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Major Break in 1991 ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt’ Murders | Crime Alert 6AM 11.18.2025 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm John Lemley. We begin with a major
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  Speaker 1: breakthrough in a case that has haunted Austin, Texas for
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  Speaker 1: more than three decades. Austin police say DNA testing has
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  Speaker 1: identified a new suspect in the nineteen ninety one killings
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  Speaker 1: of four teenage girls at the I can't believe It's
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  Speaker 1: yogurt shop, a case that shocked the city and remained
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  Speaker 1: unsolved for years. Authorities say DNA evidence now links the
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  Speaker 1: killings to Robert Eugene Brasher's, a man who died in
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  Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine and who investigators believed was responsible for
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  Speaker 1: other violent crimes in several states. Austin police described the
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  Speaker 1: development as a significant breakthrough. In nineteen ninety four, fourteens
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  Speaker 1: were found bound, shot and the buildings set on fire
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  Speaker 1: after the attack. Two men were once charged and later cleared,
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  Speaker 1: and the case remained open as new forensic technology evolved.
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  Speaker 1: The latest match came after samples from this were re
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  Speaker 1: examined using modern DNA methods, producing a profile that investigators
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  Speaker 1: match to Brashers. Police say the case remains open as
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  Speaker 1: they continue to review evidence and explore possible connections to
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  Speaker 1: crimes elsewhere. For the victims' families. The news is bittersweet.
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  Speaker 1: There will be no prosecution because the suspect is deceased,
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  Speaker 1: but the identification brings long sought answers. Officials plan to
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  Speaker 1: release more details in the days to come.
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  Speaker 2: now with the latest crime and justice breaking news Crime
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  Speaker 2: Online John Lemley.
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  Speaker 1: In Illinois, a jury has convicted former Sengaman County Sheriff's
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  Speaker 1: deputy Sean Grayson of second degree murder in the death
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  Speaker 1: of Sonia Massey, a Springfield woman who called called nine
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  Speaker 1: to one one to report a possible prowler. Prosecutor said
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  Speaker 1: Grayson fired three shots, killing Massey inside her own home
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  Speaker 1: after she pleaded for help. The jury rejected a first
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  Speaker 1: degree murder charge, instead finding him guilty of the lesser count,
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  Speaker 1: which carries a possible sentence of up to twenty years
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  Speaker 1: in prison. Body camera footage showed Massey holding a pot
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  Speaker 1: of hot water just moments before she was shot. The
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  Speaker 1: defense argued that Grayson believed he was in danger, but
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  Speaker 1: jurors concluded the use of deadly force was unjustified. The
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  Speaker 1: case prompted changes in Illinois law requiring greater transparency in
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  Speaker 1: the hiring and background checks of law enforcement officers. Sentencing
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  Speaker 1: is set for early next year, and legal experts expect
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  Speaker 1: a prison term rather than probation. In Nebraska, a man
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  Speaker 1: has pleaded guilty to the murder of a parish priest
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  Speaker 1: and a small town north of Omaha. Williams admitted to
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  Speaker 1: killing Reverend Stephen Gutzell inside the rectory of Saint John
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  Speaker 1: the Baptist Church in Fort Calhoun last December. Authorities say
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  Speaker 1: the priest called nine to one one to report an
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  Speaker 1: intruder armed with a knife. Deputies arrived within minutes and
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  Speaker 1: found Gutzell fatally wounded near his kitchen. Investigators later recovered
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  Speaker 1: a broken knife with a serrated blade at the scene. Williams,
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  Speaker 1: who had prior felony convictions and was working at a
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  Speaker 1: meat packing plant in Iowa, faces life in prison without
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  Speaker 1: parole when he is sentenced later this month. Prosecutors decided
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  Speaker 1: not to pursue the death penalty. The murder deeply affected
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  Speaker 1: Fort Calhoun's small community of just over one thousand residents,
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  Speaker 1: who had already been shaken by another unsolved killing earlier
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  Speaker 1: that year. In northeast Ohio, a Cleveland woman has been
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  Speaker 1: sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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  Speaker 1: for the fatal stabbing of a three year year old
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  Speaker 1: boy outside a grocery store. Thirty four year old Bianca
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  Speaker 1: Ellis was convicted in October of aggravated murder and several
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  Speaker 1: related charges in the death of Julian Wood. Prosecutors say
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  Speaker 1: Ellis stole two knives from a nearby thrift store, then
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  Speaker 1: followed Julian and his mother, Margot Wood, into the parking
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  Speaker 1: lot of a Giant Eagle supermarket in North Olmstead. There,
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  Speaker 1: she attacked without warning, stabbing the child twice as his
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  Speaker 1: mother tried to shield him. The boy died at the
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  Speaker 1: hospital and his mother was treated for a shoulder wound.
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  Speaker 1: Defense attorneys had entered a plea of not guilty by
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  Speaker 1: reason of insanity, but jurors rejected that argument. Cuyahoga County
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  Speaker 1: prosecutors described the crime as one of the most disturbing
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  Speaker 1: acts of violence they have encountered, and the judge imposed
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  Speaker 1: the maximum penalty allowed by law.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks John for the latest crime and justice needs go
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  Speaker 2: to find missing people, especially children, and solve unsolved homicides.
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  Speaker 2: With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace