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Four men wrongly accused of grisly Austin yogurt shop murders reach $35m settlement with city

The Independent·Jim Vertuno·20 days ago
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Three men and the family of a fourth, who were wrongly accused of the 1991 rape and murder of four teenage girls at a yogurt shop, are expected to recieve $35 million under a tentative settlement reached with the city of Austin Tuesday. Robert Springsteen, Michael Scott, Forrest Welborn and Maurice Pierce had all insisted they were innocent of one of the city's most notorious crimes . They were finally exonerated by a judge in February after investigators determined the crime was committed by a suspect who died in 1999. The settlement must still be approved by the city council at a later date. Details of the payments to the men and their families were not released. “This settlement closes the final chapter of a devastating story in Austin ’s history," Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax said.…

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