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Saturday May 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
It was a case that stunned the nation more than three decades ago and is still making headlines. In December 1991, four teenage girls were found murdered inside an Austin, TX yogurt shop, and the store had been set ablaze: resulting in the loss of critical crime scene evidence.  With few leads, law enforcement identified four teenage boys as suspects. Two later gave false confessions and were subsequently convicted of the murders. One was sentenced to Death Row, and the other was sentenced to life in prison. Ultimately, their convictions were overturned, and the case went cold, leaving the victims’ families fighting for answers. Decades later, a new cold case detective cracked the case wide open, leading authorities to a serial killer.


ABC News correspondent John Quiñones will sit down with Shawn and Angie Ayers, the brother and sister-in-law of the youngest victim, Amy Ayers. The Ayers family never gave up their belief that Amy fought back against her attacker – and in 2025, it was DNA found under Amy’s fingernails that played a critical role in identifying the killer who authorities believe is responsible for the Yogurt Shop Murders. 


Joining them is Former Assistant Texas Attorney General Mindy Montford who started Texas’ first statewide cold case unit and ABC News Legal Contributor Matt Murphy.  They will explain how it took a combination of new technology and evidence to bring closure to this complicated 34-year-old investigation.

Speakers
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Matt Murphy

Former Homicide Prosecutor & Author
Matt Murphy is a legal analyst for ABC News and an attorney in private practice in Southern California.  He was a Senior Deputy District Attorney in Orange County California. Matt Murphy spent 21 years assigned to the sexual assault and homicide units where he prosecuted some of... Read More →
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John Quiñones

Correspondent, ABC News
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Shawn Ayers

Victim Advocate
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Angie Ayers

Victim Advocate
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Mindy Montford

Fmr. Asst. Attorney General, Texas AG's Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit
Saturday May 30, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
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