Overview
- ABC will broadcast the two-hour episode on Friday, Feb. 27, from 8–10 p.m. CT, with streaming available Saturday on Disney+ and Hulu.
- The special features exclusive interviews with Brashers’ daughter, relatives of all four victims, law enforcement officials, genetic genealogist CeCe Moore, and reporting from the Austin American-Statesman.
- Investigators preserved early DNA that was too limited to match, then combined advanced ballistics work, cutting-edge testing, and investigative genetic genealogy to develop leads.
- Authorities exhumed Brashers’ remains in 2018 to obtain DNA, linking him to multiple crimes; he died by suicide in 1999 after a police standoff, and investigators say he used the same gun tied to the Austin killings.
- The program also chronicles the case’s recent legal conclusion and revisits how four teenagers were originally pursued, including disputed confessions and overturned convictions.