Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...also took part in the crime, Maurice Pierce and Forrest Welborn...."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rain Without Thunder

"...Directed by: Gary Bennett. Starring: Betty Buckley, Ali Thomas, Carolyn Mccormick, Iona Morris, Jeff Daniels, Frederic Forrest, Graham..."

March 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Keel Repeat

Former state rep to head up Texas Facilities Commission

"...commissioners were just going to give interim executive director Thomas Forrest the position. However, instead of going with the..."

Dec. 17, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Somebody Has to Die

The conviction of Robert Springsteen in the yogurt shop murders leaves many questions unanswered.

"...Believe It's Yogurt! shop. On December 6, 1991, Eliza Thomas, 17; Amy Ayers, 13; and sisters Jennifer and Sarah..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

State Facilities Head Leaves for Consulting Gig

Former city employee steps in as interim director

"...the agency." Stepping up as interim executive director is Thomas Forrest, who joined TFC in May 2008. Forrest formerly..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

"...Directed by: Stephen Daldry. Starring: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow, Viola..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

F. Scott Fitzgerald's slender, unsentimental curio has been stretched by David Fincher into a nearly three-hour-long motion picture about a man (played by Brad Pitt) who ages in reverse.

"...Katrina). When his wife dies in childbirth, a devastated Thomas Button (Flemyng) scoops up his eyesore of a son..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A False Confession?

Witness testimony in the capital murder trial of Michael Scott, the second defendant to stand trial for the yogurt shop murders, began August 14.

"...December 1991 murders of four teenage girls -- Eliza Thomas, 17, Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, 17 and 15, and..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Yogurt Shop Saga: New Unknown DNA Evidence

The DNA of yet two more unknown males has been discovered

"...with the crime: Spring­steen, Michael Scott, Maurice Pierce, and Forrest Welborn. Prosecutors Gail Van Winkle and Efrain De La..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

A federal indictment charges Patric Davidson as an "accessory after the fact."

"...with capital murder in the 1991 slayings of Eliza Thomas, 17; Amy Ayers, 13; and sisters Jennifer and Sarah..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Scott Locked Down

Michael Scott is convicted in the second yogurt shop murder trial.

"...North Austin I Can't Believe It's Yogurt Shop. Eliza Thomas, 17, and sisters Sarah and Jennifer Harbison, 15 and..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Second Yogurt Shop Case Begins

Jury selection is set to begin July 29 for round two of the infamous yogurt shop murder trials.

"...capital murder in the December 1991 deaths of Eliza Thomas, Amy Ayers, and sisters Jennifer and Sarah Harbison. The..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Capitol Idea? The Capitol Complex Meets the Downtown Austin Plan.

Texas Facilities Commission takes another look at Capitol redevelopment

"...little or no detail. (Johnson and former top staffer Thomas Forrest both had espoused a New Urbanist vision for..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...the governor) was broadly expected to make interim Chief Thomas Forrest's position permanent. But rather than going with the..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature

A Forced Confession?

Jurors spent much of week three of the yogurt shop murder trial of Michael Scott watching nearly 20 hours of an exhaustive videotaped confession he gave Austin police in September 1999.

"...investigators) arrested Scott, Springsteen, Pierce, and a fourth suspect, Forrest Welborn. Last summer, Springsteen was convicted and sentenced to..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Yogurt Shop DNA Saga Continues, Pt. 3

Is there enough evidence to set Robert Springsteen free?

"...before dismissing all charges against him in 2003, and Forrest Welborn who prosecutors said acted as a lookout, but..."

June 19, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Hitting Below the Mason-Dixon Line

America's Favorite Curmudgeon Takes On Thomas Pynchon

"...Stout The recently issued Mason & Dixon, like all Thomas Pynchon novels, is a load of crap. He has..."

June 13, 1997 Books Feature

Yogurt Shop Murders: New DNA Test Results Reported to Defense

Attorneys for defendants Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott get results from latest round of DNA testing

"...with the crime, Springsteen, Michael Scott, Maurice Pierce and Forrest Welborn. At the time, prosecutors Gail Van Winkle and..."

Dec. 31, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Yogurt Shop Trial Turns Fiery

Week Two of the capital murder trial of Michael Scott, the second defendant charged in Yogurt Shop Murders.

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Club Listings: Hugh Forrest, E. A. Srere, Margaret Moser, Julie Weaver, Kim Mellen..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Comer, Creationists and Dover Schools

Why the author of the book for which TEA's science expert says she got fired gets creationists so upset.

"...forwarded an email about a speech by Dr. Barbara Forrest, co-author of Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent..."

Dec. 5, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM

It's time for the American South to reject its "rebel" hypocrisy of states rights and atone for the sins of the slave economy of the Confederacy.

"...it chooses to call heroes. For instance, Nathan Bedford Forrest was a slave trader before the war -- the..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Saturday Sleepers

"...to a track on Stephen Marley's Mind Control. – Thomas Fawcett Loxsly..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

After a Fashion

Two Parises for Popov, a pink limousine for Stephen, and a little praise for Anthony-Nak

"...PARIS X 2 Said FactoryPeople's Le Popov, "Thomas and I were at market in L.A. and had..."

June 17, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...ever-thoughtful Jodie Foster, hot property Matthew McConaughey, computer effects-savvy Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis, and a little free publicity..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...A highly compelling portrait of outspoken indie-rock hero Bob Forrest, through his life-threatening struggle with addiction, to his transformation..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Robert Redford; with Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Neill, Dianne Weist, Chris Cooper...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...kidnap his employer Ð the wealthy, casually racist Thaddeus Thomas (Belafonte) Ð in order toÉ what? He doesnÕt know,..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Liveshots

"...rudimentary, try bridge work, vocal variety, and dramatic pause. Forrest Darst: very nice instrumental guitar, classical to rock motifs;..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Music Feature

Yogurt Shop DNA

After months of testing, the state knows a lot about who doesn't match the new DNA evidence

"...were responsible for the murders: Robert Springsteen, Michael Scott, Forrest Welborn, and Maurice Pierce (whom prosecutors labeled the "mastermind"..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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