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Austin police arrest a mail-theft suspect with a $22K bond and over 25 prior arrests, accused of ripping open USPS boxes in an affluent neighbourhood.

DNA evidence links Robert Eugene Brashers to Austin's 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders, as police revisit the case and probe the mystery of a possible accomplice.

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A responding SWAT officer was killed during a gunfire exchange

Four bodies have been pulled from Austin’s Lady Bird Lake this year - joining a total of at least 18 since 2018. As police roundly deny rampant serial killer speculation, relatives of the victims tell Andrea Blanco what needs to happen to avoid more tragedies

A month after the Texas Department of Public Safety began patrolling Austin streets, city officials have both praised a drop in violent crime and condemned the operation’s disparate impact on Latino and Black residents. In 2019, Dallas faced the same challenges.

A number of men in their 30s have been pulled from Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, sparking fears there could be a serial killer on the loose - with some linking the deaths to the similar circumstances of the 'Smiley Face Murders'

After four men in their 30s were pulled from the water at Lady Bird Lake in a short space of time, many are speculating there may be a serial killer on the loose in Austin targeting young men on nights out at bars on nearby Rainey Street