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Travis County Moves to Exonerate Four Wrongfully Accused

12/13/2025

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The Travis County District Attorney's Office is moving to exonerate four men wrongfully accused in the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders.
DNA evidence identified Robert Eugene Brashers as the true killer, who died by suicide in 1999.
District Attorney José Garza filed motions for exculpatory evidence and to appoint counsel for the four men, charged in 1999 but whose convictions were overturned, and he stressed the justice goal after 34 years.

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The Travis County District Attorney's Office is moving to exonerate four men wrongfully accused in the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders.
DNA evidence identified Robert Eugene Brashers as the true killer, who died by suicide in 1999.
District Attorney José Garza filed motions for exculpatory evidence and to appoint counsel for the four men, charged in 1999 but whose convictions were overturned, and he stressed the justice goal after 34 years.