Cold Cases in Austin, Texas
ColdCaseIndex documents 3 cases in Austin, Texas, dated 1884 to 1991. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is The Servant Girl Annihilator (Austin Axe Murders) (1884) and the most recent is Austin Yogurt Shop Victims (1991).
- Unsolved 1 (33%)
- Solved or convicted 2 (67%)
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Austin Yogurt Shop Victims
Four girls aged 13 to 17 were shot and an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop was set on fire in Austin, Texas, on December 6, 1991. Two men convicted in 2001 and 2002 had their convictions overturned and charges dismissed in 2009.
Debra Jan Masters Baker
Debra Masters Baker, 34, was beaten to death in her bed by an intruder at her Austin, Texas, home in January 1988. The case went unsolved for more than two decades until a DNA match linked it to the 1986 killing of Christine…
The Servant Girl Annihilator (Austin Axe Murders)
The 'Servant Girl Annihilator' was an unidentified serial killer who terrorized Austin, Texas, in 1884 and 1885, murdering eight people, most of them young Black servant women, in a series of nighttime axe and knife attacks.