DNA discovery in yogurt shop murders sparks FBI standoff
AUSTIN -- In the spring of 2017, veteran Travis County prosecutor Efrain De La Fuente called Bob Ayers, the father of one of four girls brutally murdered at an Austin yogurt shop in 1991. He had exciting new information to share, a DNA discovery that he hoped could bring resolution to the nearly 30-year-old case.
After years of roadblocks, setbacks and dead ends, investigators finally had identified forensic evidence that might lead to the girls killer.
De La Fuente explained that an Austin police cold case detective had submitted a new kind of DNA profile called Y-STR into a searchable database. Although there was no name attached, the match could identify a possible killers male relatives and help police track down the perpetrator.
It was a great day. We thought this was really going to break our case, and they were elated as well, De La Fuente recalled.
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