The brutal rape and murder of four teenagers at a frozen yogurt shop in Austin, Texas, is the subject of Margaret Brown's HBO docuseries, "The Yogurt Shop Murders."
The 1991 murders of Amy Ayers, sisters Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, and Eliza Thomas baffled police, haunted the victims' families, and, over time, became part of Austin's essence, according to Brown.
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"It's something you can't really escape in Austin," Brown said.
Although Brown ("Descendant") was familiar with the crime, the idea for a four-part docuseries came from Emma Stone and her husband Dave McCary, who lived in Austin.
Brown spent more than three years interviewing the crime investigation teams and the victims' parents and siblings. The director and her production team also tracked down interrogation room footage of four teenagers who served time for the crime. Additionally, Brown interviewed "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty, who covered the case, and documentary filmmaker Claire Huie, who attempted to make a film about the murders. Huie's abandoned footage, which appears throughout "The Yogurt Shop Murders," included interviews with the victim's family, detectives, and Robert Springsteen, one of the men who was on death row for the crime after falsely confessing to his involvement in the widely publicized murders.
Variety spoke with Brown about "The Yogurt Shop Murders" ahead of the series' August 3 premiere on HBO.
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