Overview

• APD named Brashers as the suspect in the murders of Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, Eliza Thomas, and Amy Ayers at an Austin frozen-yogurt shop.
• Officials said modern DNA testing and ballistics linked evidence from the scene to Brashers.
• The investigation remains open, and Brashers died by suicide in 1999 after a police standoff.
• Authorities have previously tied Brashers to other violent crimes in South Carolina, Memphis, and Missouri.
• The development follows renewed attention from an HBO docuseries and was described by Mayor Kirk Watson as a significant breakthrough.