Overview
- Advanced testing matched DNA recovered from under 13-year-old Amy Ayers’ fingernails to Brashers, according to Austin police.
- A .380 shell casing from the scene returned a NIBIN match to a 1998 Kentucky homicide, and records show Brashers was stopped near El Paso with a .380 pistol less than 48 hours after the murders.
- Investigators report no evidence of an accomplice and note similarities to Brashers’ known crimes, including bindings with clothing, sexual assault and fires set to destroy evidence.
- Travis County District Attorney José Garza said the evidence points to the guilt of one man and the innocence of four men previously charged, whose convictions were later overturned and cases dismissed.
- Brashers died by suicide in 1999, so no trial will occur, and the investigation remains open as authorities review links to other cases and seek additional information.