The burnt remains of four young females, ages 13 to 17, were found inside the yogurt store. The victims are Amy Ayers, Eliza Thomas, Sarah Harbison, and Jennifer Harbison, clockwise from top left.
Eliza and Jennifer were manning the yogurt counter. On the night of the killings, Sarah, Jennifer’s younger sister, and Amy Ayers, Sarah’s friend, stopped by the store just before it closed. The four females had all been shot, tied up, and gagged.
The Harbison sisters
In this unidentified photo, Sarah Harbison, left, and Jennifer Harbison are seen with their mother. In the Yogurt Shop Murders, Jennifer was 17 years old when she died, while her sister Sarah was 15 years old..
Amy Ayers and family
Amy Ayers, who was 13 years old, was the youngest of the yogurt store murder victims. In an earlier, undated image, she is shown with her family.
Sonora Thomas with her sister Eliza
When Eliza Thomas, seen on the right, was killed inside the yogurt business, she was 17 years old. Eliza is shown with her younger sister Sonora, who was 13 at the time of her sister’s death, in this picture that was shot a few months before to her passing.
“I can still recall daydreaming for days that my sister had somehow managed to flee, run away, and was hiding. Sonora said to “48 Hours” that she was “constantly thinking about coming back.” “in 2021
“She was always taking care of me”
In this family portrait from 1981, Sonora Thomas, age 3, is shown hugging her sister Eliza on the left. Sonora remarked of her older sister that “She was constantly looking after me, as shown in “48 Hours” She was either in the center or the background of every time and memory you can think of.”
Charred debris inside yogurt shop
The fire inside the yogurt shop was so intense that it made collecting evidence very difficult. Seen here is a charred and collapsed shelving unit from the back of the shop.
Charred debris inside yogurt shop
Inside the yogurt business, a melted phone is still hanging on the wall.
John Jones at the scene
At the site of the murder, Detective John Jones, visible on the left, is talking with other detectives. He oversaw the investigation for the Austin Police Department for over four years. Although he has been retired for a while, he is still thinking about the case. “I can still make out the inside of the building. He told “48 Hours” that “such material is… indelibly burnt in my head.” “in 2021.
Constant reminders
