Particle.news

Download on the App Store

HBO’s The Yogurt Shop Murders Sheds New Light on Unsolved Austin Cold Case

Using archival footage alongside fresh interviews, the four-part series revisits the 1991 execution-style killings with investigators chasing an unidentified DNA profile.

HBO’s new docuseries The Yogurt Shop Murders premieres on August 3.
Image
Image
 The Yogurt Shop Murders investigates the 1991 unsolved killings of four Texas teens.

Overview

  • The four-part series premieres August 3 on HBO at 10 p.m. ET and streams weekly on HBO Max with subsequent international releases.
  • Margaret Brown draws on an unfinished documentary by filmmaker Claire Huie to blend archival footage with present-day perspectives.
  • The narrative exposes coercive 1999 interrogations that produced false confessions before DNA breakthroughs in 2008 cleared the original suspects.
  • Family members such as Sonora Thomas and Barbara Ayres-Wilson share personal accounts of enduring grief and a relentless quest for answers.
  • The Austin Police Department is actively investigating new leads tied to the unidentified DNA as the case remains officially unsolved.