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Who killed these girls? Eliza Thomas, Sarah and Jennifer Harberson, and Amy Heirs? That question still hangs over
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the city of Austin, Texas, and it weighs heavy on John Jones, the former lead detective in the case. In December of
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1991, all four teenagers were murdered inside the yogurt shop where they worked. The killers then set that store
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on fire. When I first met John shortly after the murders, it was evident just how much this case mattered to him. He
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had two daughters of his own. He wanted to bring the family peace and he wanted to bring the killer or killers to
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justice. Even decades later in 2022, you could still feel his passion. It is one of the
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longest investigations I've covered. But John Jones has still not given up hope.
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>> I just hope one of these days we can put this thing to bed >> for the family's sake.