September 28Sep 28 7 hours ago, smuggs said: 4 teenage girls scared shitless in the face of an experienced serial killer, who already had one double homicide on his resume. It’s no stretch to me that he was able to control the situation. One double homicide at the time that they know of. I’m guessing he’s got more.
September 28Sep 28 9 hours ago, Gourmand said: The DNA evidence is apparently slam dunk definitive. This guy's past crimes and the manner in which he committed them alone are consistent with the details of the Yogurt Shop murders. I've followed this case closely since it happened and remember very well the publicity around the unsolved nature of the crime in the early/mid-90s, just like I remember the day the news broke that they had arrested four suspects in connection with the crime back in 1998 or whatever year it was. That was HUGE news but when the details started to eventually come out about the suspects, much of it from the dogged reporting in the Austin Chronicle and AAS, I was always skeptical at best about the dipshit teens cast as murderers. Especially after what happened with the Nancy DePriest murder case and the eventual exoneration of Richard Danziger and Christopher Ochoa. If the same crooked detective was involved in the initial interrogation, I knew that the cops could not be trusted that they had the right guys. They may have brought in new detectives but those mfers were using the same tactics as Ochoa. It was clear to me back then and there are a lot of law enforcement officials with rotten eggs on their faces this morning. I'd like the local reporters to stick a camera in Paul Johnson's face so we can hear him embarrass himself one more time with protestations that he had the right guys all along. TLDR version: I'm first in line when it comes to distrusting anything that comes out of APD's offices, but the changing of the guard means the current eyes on the case aren't solely fixed on Springsteen as Scott as the killers who got off. The DNA doesn't lie and if it's a rock solid match as being reported, this is the guy. I can't believe this case is finally coming to a close. It's one of those lines of demarcation between the old Austin and the Austin of today. It was such a huge story that went on for sooo long and then all these hip hot young'ns moving here, the asshole billionaires and techbros, social media influencers, life marching on, and before we knew it those girls were mostly unknown to the New Austin but never forgotten by the old one. Ronnie Earle. Give him a pass, if you think he is a moron, as opposed to power hungry piece of shit who would railroad an innocent into the death chamber to further his own ambition. Mike Lynch. Fuck him. Fuck him until time ends. He is little different than current judges who bend and flout law for personal, read career advancement or cover your political ass, reasons. Hold judges to higher standards, ffs. He’s been retired for over a decade. I hope he can’t sleep more than an hour at a time.
September 29Sep 29 Press conference today I believe. Hopefully they can answer some of these questions.
September 29Sep 29 KXAN will cover it live here at 10 am https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/yogurt-shop-murders-more-details-expected-monday/
September 29Sep 29 Popular Post I wish retired APD Det. Paul Johnson would be there to face the cameras and answer questions about his idiotic "creek people" bullshit theories and be asked if he has anything to say to Robert Springsteen, Michael Scott, Forrest Wellborn, and the family of Maurice Pierce.
September 29Sep 29 press conference was detailed. The DNA evidence points to this guy 2.5M to 1 and they have the .380 it sounded like. This is the guy.
September 29Sep 29 Incredible detective work by Dan Jackson. Crazy details, even noting the guy was stopped at a border checkpoint between Texas and New Mexico shortly after the night of the crime.
September 29Sep 29 4 minutes ago, Gourmand said: Incredible detective work by Dan Jackson. Crazy details, even noting the guy was stopped at a border checkpoint between Texas and New Mexico shortly after the night of the crime. And they have the serial number from the gun from that stop.
September 29Sep 29 Popular Post 39 minutes ago, hornbri said: press conference was detailed. The DNA evidence points to this guy 2.5M to 1 and they have the .380 it sounded like. This is the guy. That means nothing. DNA evidence in the OJ Simpson trial was anywhere from 1 in 170 million to 1 in 21 billion, and he didn't do it.
September 29Sep 29 34 minutes ago, Gourmand said: Incredible detective work by Dan Jackson. Crazy details, even noting the guy was stopped at a border checkpoint between Texas and New Mexico shortly after the night of the crime. This was the one detail I was most interested in. Could they locate him in Texas in another way besides the DNA showing up? Family also said he would travel often for work. Weeks at a time. That's when he would pull off these crimes. Just a random monster cruising the country. Very sad.
September 29Sep 29 5 minutes ago, Chopped said: Just a random monster cruising the country. At least he wasn’t out of focus.
September 29Sep 29 3 minutes ago, BrickHorn said: That’s the problem. That’s not his true fur color. He dyes it.
September 29Sep 29 2 hours ago, hornbri said: press conference was detailed. The DNA evidence points to this guy 2.5M to 1 and they have the .380 it sounded like. This is the guy. That's like 14 people in Texas
September 29Sep 29 There is a border checkpoint between Texas and New Mexico? I get we are our own country but didn't know this.
September 29Sep 29 4 hours ago, Gourmand said: I wish retired APD Det. Paul Johnson would be there to face the cameras and answer questions about his idiotic "creek people" bullshit theories and be asked if he has anything to say to Robert Springsteen, Michael Scott, Forrest Wellborn, and the family of Maurice Pierce. Brashers could have been in the creek that night, ya know. hangin' with his high school buddies from Anderson.
September 29Sep 29 1 hour ago, dcar00 said: There is a border checkpoint between Texas and New Mexico? I get we are our own country but didn't know this. There are CBP checkpoints along I-10 east of El Paso and in New Mexico in the Las Cruces area.
September 29Sep 29 18 minutes ago, royiv said: There are CBP checkpoints along I-10 east of El Paso and in New Mexico in the Las Cruces area. Thanks, Walter White.
September 29Sep 29 2 hours ago, dcar00 said: There is a border checkpoint between Texas and New Mexico? I get we are our own country but didn't know this. 1 hour ago, royiv said: There are CBP checkpoints along I-10 east of El Paso and in New Mexico in the Las Cruces area. 51 minutes ago, Deej said: Thanks, Walter White. 31 minutes ago, Ten Bears said: That's where Willie got busted. I've made this drive somewhere in the double digits. Never once have i been anything other than maybe an id check and wave through. But I'm lily white. Every time I've gone through this check point I get nervous and I've done nothing wrong. Always hated it.
September 29Sep 29 2 minutes ago, hayden_horn said: I've made this drive somewhere in the double digits. Never once have i been anything other than maybe an id check and wave through. But I'm lily white. Every time I've gone through this check point I get nervous and I've done nothing wrong. Always hated it. Take a detour. Go through Cloudcroft. Enjoy the scenery.
September 29Sep 29 John Jones wore the shirt when it was solved just like he said he would more than 30 years ago. If you missed the recent HBO special about this case, it is still relevant but may be even more infuriating to watch now than it was a few months ago when we were still waiting for answers. Some of these APD detectives were shockingly bad, but John Jones seemed ethical and just wanted to do things right.
September 30Sep 30 3 hours ago, hayden_horn said: I've made this drive somewhere in the double digits. Never once have i been anything other than maybe an id check and wave through. But I'm lily white. Every time I've gone through this check point I get nervous and I've done nothing wrong. Always hated it. I don’t think they can legally even ask you for ID without probable cause. I’ve been through the checkpoints in south texas easily hundreds of times. It’s usually just “US citizen?” or they’ll ask where I’m going. A couple times they’ve asked to search my trunk. Never been asked for license. Still the whole thing is annoying.
September 30Sep 30 I just binge watched the four hour hbo special. The most interesting fact was the two detectives pleading with the medical examiner to not take the bodies until they could check for DNA samples. Those two guys deserve a lot of credit.
September 30Sep 30 I'm curious now that this is hitting national headlines, how many PDs are going to take another look at their own cold cases to see if this fuckstick was involved.
September 30Sep 30 Or can plausibly blame him and get credit for closing a cold case, like cops did with that one serial killer that would “confess” to anything. Edited September 30Sep 30 by Pato del Muerto
September 30Sep 30 1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said: Or can plausibly blame him and get credit for closing a cold case, like cops did with that one serial killer that would “confess” to anything. Henry Lee Lucas?
September 30Sep 30 Popular Post 4 hours ago, used2b said: John Jones wore the shirt when it was solved just like he said he would more than 30 years ago. If you missed the recent HBO special about this case, it is still relevant but may be even more infuriating to watch now than it was a few months ago when we were still waiting for answers. Some of these APD detectives were shockingly bad, but John Jones seemed ethical and just wanted to do things right. Yeah, he even said this: The retired detective explained he had flown into Austin Monday morning. Unable to secure a 5 a.m. United Airlines flight "on a day's notice," Jones opted to use Southwest. "I wanted to be here because — actually, because of the four boys," he said, referring to the former suspects in the case, two of whom served prison time before their convictions were overturned. "I wanted to hear someone take responsibility for that."
September 30Sep 30 12 hours ago, used2b said: John Jones wore the shirt when it was solved just like he said he would more than 30 years ago. If you missed the recent HBO special about this case, it is still relevant but may be even more infuriating to watch now than it was a few months ago when we were still waiting for answers. Some of these APD detectives were shockingly bad, but John Jones seemed ethical and just wanted to do things right. The most incredible part of this entire story is that the shirt still fit.
September 30Sep 30 2 minutes ago, Deej said: The most incredible part of this entire story is that the shirt still fit. Are you saying that most people can't fit in clothes they had 30 years ago?
September 30Sep 30 Popular Post My biggest takeaway from this has nothing to do with some dead guy that did it. It’s that “we” wrongly convicted people, drug their names through the mud in the national media, locked them up, and sentenced one guy to death. We collectively seem to realize how fucked the system is when information like this comes out but never stop immediately assuming guilt after the next big arrest is made.
September 30Sep 30 13 hours ago, Helobious said: I don’t think they can legally even ask you for ID without probable cause. I’ve been through the checkpoints in south texas easily hundreds of times. It’s usually just “US citizen?” or they’ll ask where I’m going. A couple times they’ve asked to search my trunk. Never been asked for license. Still the whole thing is annoying. VAPA:
September 30Sep 30 11 minutes ago, Larry T. Spider said: My biggest takeaway from this has nothing to do with some dead guy that did it. It’s that “we” wrongly convicted people, drug their names through the mud in the national media, locked them up, and sentenced one guy to death. Amen, Larry. The AAS quotes Jones, but never bothers to report if anyone did take responsibility for the railroading of innocents. Never mentions the detective who was known for securing confessions from the wrong people, from innocent people. Never addresses the cases that particular detective had worked, when wrongful confessions led to wrongful convictions, and whether convictions had been overturned. Jones does appear to be the bright spot in a highly suspicious and corrupt department.
September 30Sep 30 4 hours ago, Willfully Horn said: Amen, Larry. The AAS quotes Jones, but never bothers to report if anyone did take responsibility for the railroading of innocents. Never mentions the detective who was known for securing confessions from the wrong people, from innocent people. Never addresses the cases that particular detective had worked, when wrongful confessions led to wrongful convictions, and whether convictions had been overturned. Jones does appear to be the bright spot in a highly suspicious and corrupt department. In the press conference someone did come up with the sole purpose of acknowledging those 4 men and how there is still work to do to clear their names and that they are going to help do it.
September 30Sep 30 35 minutes ago, hornbri said: In the press conference someone did come up with the sole purpose of acknowledging those 4 men and how there is still work to do to clear their names and that they are going to help do it. That was Travis County DA Jose Garza, villain of local magats (cough cough Angie Ayers) and puppet of global cabal leader George Soros. I watched the entire press conference and was taken aback by the contrast of the words of Barbara Wilson and Sonora Thomas vs the words of Shawn and Angie Ayers. Especially Angie Ayers, who was not a blood relative to any of the victims and simply married into the family tragedy and made it a life mission to get justice for the Ayers family. Where both Wilson and Sonora Thomas exuded grace and humility and thankfulness, Angie Ayers came off as a look-at-me narcissist with venom to spit for whoever it was that leaked the break in the case to the media on Friday. Shawn and Angie were pissed off about that and she in particular used that as cudgel to berate the audience in the chambers and viewers watching online. Then she proceeded to go on waaaay too long about her role in the investigation over the years and how she had been there fighting it longer than any investigators, prosecutors, etc. Really unhinged stuff imo. She showed her true colors when she turned her attention to the broken justice system and, rather than acknowledge the FOUR OTHER VICTIMS whose lives were irreparably broken by actions of a serial killer and APD detectives, she says this insane remark. Shameful behavior considering how she had the family convinced the innocent men were guilty.
September 30Sep 30 19 hours ago, Helobious said: I don’t think they can legally even ask you for ID without probable cause. I’ve been through the checkpoints in south texas easily hundreds of times. It’s usually just “US citizen?” or they’ll ask where I’m going. A couple times they’ve asked to search my trunk. Never been asked for license. Still the whole thing is annoying. what's that smell?
September 30Sep 30 40 minutes ago, Gourmand said: That was Travis County DA Jose Garza, villain of local magats (cough cough Angie Ayers) and puppet of global cabal leader George Soros. I watched the entire press conference and was taken aback by the contrast of the words of Barbara Wilson and Sonora Thomas vs the words of Shawn and Angie Ayers. Especially Angie Ayers, who was not a blood relative to any of the victims and simply married into the family tragedy and made it a life mission to get justice for the Ayers family. Where both Wilson and Sonora Thomas exuded grace and humility and thankfulness, Angie Ayers came off as a look-at-me narcissist with venom to spit for whoever it was that leaked the break in the case to the media on Friday. Shawn and Angie were pissed off about that and she in particular used that as cudgel to berate the audience in the chambers and viewers watching online. Then she proceeded to go on waaaay too long about her role in the investigation over the years and how she had been there fighting it longer than any investigators, prosecutors, etc. Really unhinged stuff imo. She showed her true colors when she turned her attention to the broken justice system and, rather than acknowledge the FOUR OTHER VICTIMS whose lives were irreparably broken by actions of a serial killer and APD detectives, she says this insane remark. Shameful behavior considering how she had the family convinced the innocent men were guilty. she was shown in the HBO special as the idiot that invited the windchime "Private investigator" and the looney tunes "the satanic cult must have done this" posse to her house to have them all kibbitz in front of the camera about how they have all collectively solved the murders, if only the cops would listen to them and their hunches. I get that her husband has major PTSD from his older sister being SA'd and murdered, so I guess she's decided to be the family mouthpiece.
September 30Sep 30 On 9/29/2025 at 4:04 PM, hayden_horn said: I've made this drive somewhere in the double digits. Never once have i been anything other than maybe an id check and wave through. But I'm lily white. Every time I've gone through this check point I get nervous and I've done nothing wrong. Always hated it. You should be nervous. There are tons of YouTube videos of guys just as lily white as you having their trucks torn apart for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
September 30Sep 30 2 hours ago, Gourmand said: That was Travis County DA Jose Garza, villain of local magats (cough cough Angie Ayers) and puppet of global cabal leader George Soros. I watched the entire press conference and was taken aback by the contrast of the words of Barbara Wilson and Sonora Thomas vs the words of Shawn and Angie Ayers. Especially Angie Ayers, who was not a blood relative to any of the victims and simply married into the family tragedy and made it a life mission to get justice for the Ayers family. Where both Wilson and Sonora Thomas exuded grace and humility and thankfulness, Angie Ayers came off as a look-at-me narcissist with venom to spit for whoever it was that leaked the break in the case to the media on Friday. Shawn and Angie were pissed off about that and she in particular used that as cudgel to berate the audience in the chambers and viewers watching online. Then she proceeded to go on waaaay too long about her role in the investigation over the years and how she had been there fighting it longer than any investigators, prosecutors, etc. Really unhinged stuff imo. She showed her true colors when she turned her attention to the broken justice system and, rather than acknowledge the FOUR OTHER VICTIMS whose lives were irreparably broken by actions of a serial killer and APD detectives, she says this insane remark. Shameful behavior considering how she had the family convinced the innocent men were guilty. She's a nutter, for sure.
September 30Sep 30 2 hours ago, Gourmand said: That was Travis County DA Jose Garza, villain of local magats (cough cough Angie Ayers) and puppet of global cabal leader George Soros. I watched the entire press conference and was taken aback by the contrast of the words of Barbara Wilson and Sonora Thomas vs the words of Shawn and Angie Ayers. Especially Angie Ayers, who was not a blood relative to any of the victims and simply married into the family tragedy and made it a life mission to get justice for the Ayers family. Where both Wilson and Sonora Thomas exuded grace and humility and thankfulness, Angie Ayers came off as a look-at-me narcissist with venom to spit for whoever it was that leaked the break in the case to the media on Friday. Shawn and Angie were pissed off about that and she in particular used that as cudgel to berate the audience in the chambers and viewers watching online. Then she proceeded to go on waaaay too long about her role in the investigation over the years and how she had been there fighting it longer than any investigators, prosecutors, etc. Really unhinged stuff imo. She showed her true colors when she turned her attention to the broken justice system and, rather than acknowledge the FOUR OTHER VICTIMS whose lives were irreparably broken by actions of a serial killer and APD detectives, she says this insane remark. Shameful behavior considering how she had the family convinced the innocent men were guilty. I saw part of her insane ramblings on the news after MNF last night and thought the same thing. Way to make it all about you, you crazy bitch.
September 30Sep 30 2 hours ago, Gourmand said: That was Travis County DA Jose Garza, villain of local magats (cough cough Angie Ayers) and puppet of global cabal leader George Soros. I watched the entire press conference and was taken aback by the contrast of the words of Barbara Wilson and Sonora Thomas vs the words of Shawn and Angie Ayers. Especially Angie Ayers, who was not a blood relative to any of the victims and simply married into the family tragedy and made it a life mission to get justice for the Ayers family. Where both Wilson and Sonora Thomas exuded grace and humility and thankfulness, Angie Ayers came off as a look-at-me narcissist with venom to spit for whoever it was that leaked the break in the case to the media on Friday. Shawn and Angie were pissed off about that and she in particular used that as cudgel to berate the audience in the chambers and viewers watching online. Then she proceeded to go on waaaay too long about her role in the investigation over the years and how she had been there fighting it longer than any investigators, prosecutors, etc. Really unhinged stuff imo. She showed her true colors when she turned her attention to the broken justice system and, rather than acknowledge the FOUR OTHER VICTIMS whose lives were irreparably broken by actions of a serial killer and APD detectives, she says this insane remark. Shameful behavior considering how she had the family convinced the innocent men were guilty. Spot on. I missed the clip you linked, but that's very fitting and expected.
October 1Oct 1 On 9/29/2025 at 4:04 PM, hayden_horn said: I've made this drive somewhere in the double digits. Never once have i been anything other than maybe an id check and wave through. But I'm lily white. Every time I've gone through this check point I get nervous and I've done nothing wrong. Always hated it. We drove past el cosmico in Marfa past the check point just to get to darker skies and when we drove back they were super suspicious and they followed us too south and spied on us with night vision I’m sure from across the way.
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