Sal Abreo
Texas Ranger who worked on the case. Helped interrogate Michael Scott.
Sarah Statham Adair
Friend of Michael Scott, a self-identified person-in-black and sister of Amanda Statham.
Louis Akin
A private investigator for the Michael Scott defense team. He presented testimony on the yogurt shop’s back door lock.
Randy Arlett
Falsely confessed to the murders.
Pamela Ayers
Mother of Amy Ayers. In 1995, moved to Blanco with her husband. Worked at the Dripping Springs middle school cafeteria.
Robert Ayers
Father of Amy Ayers. A full-time rancher, moved to Blanco in 1995 with his wife.
Barbara (Suraci) Ayres Wilson
Mother of Jennifer and Sarah Harbison.
Anthony Banta
Travis County Sheriff’s Office employee. Found contraband weapons in Michael Scott’s cell on Jan. 28, 2002.
Jorge Barney
Manager of the business next to the yogurt shop. He heard “pops” on the night of the murders.
John Bencheri
Uncle of Eliza Thomas. Lived in Marietta, Ohio, traveled to Charleston, W.V., for Robert Springsteen IV’s extradition hearings.
Berkley Bettis
Attorney for Robert Springsteen.
Tom Bevel
Crime scene analyst and reconstructionist. He was hired by the prosecution to reconstruct the crime scene around Amy Ayers. He is a colleague of Ross Gardner.
Betty Blackwell
Austin attorney contacted by Michael Scott after being questioned by police in 1999.
Bruce Boardman
Austin Police Department sergeant. Testified about department leaks and said the crime scene was not as secure as it should have been.
Wesley Brace
Austin Fire Department fire fighter who responded to the scene.
Alex Briones
Falsely confessed to the murders.
Dr. Thomas J. Brown
Performed the autopsies on the girls.
Rodney Bryant
Austin Police Department investigator. Returned to the crime scene to find a spent .380-caliber shell casing in the yogurt shop’s drain.
Sam Buchanan
Jennifer Harbison’s boyfriend.
David Bungard
Robert Springsteen IV’s attorney in Charleston, W.V.
Floyd Cady
Travis County Sheriff’s Office jail worker. Testified Michael Scott said he never knew a gun touched the back of his head during an interrogation.
Dr. David Cancelada
General surgeon at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Testified about the severity of the burns on the girls.
Casssie Carradine
Texas Department of Public Safety criminalist.
Diana Castañeda
Former school board member and member of grand jury that indicted Michael Scott, Maurice Pierce and Robert Springsteen IV. She wrote a letter to Jude Mike Lynch saying the grand jury may have been deceived. She also conversed with Tony Diaz, Michael Scott’s attorney, while the grand jury hearings were ongoing.
Andrew J. Causey III
Native American Explorer Post adviser. Michael Scott was in the post and attended a craft session the day after the murders.
Deborah Collins
Employed Michael Scott at a machine and repair shop. Let Scott live with her.
John Colunga
Austin Police Department weapons expert. Helped re-enact gunshots from the yogurt shop for noise tests.
Dearl Croft
Was in the yogurt shop the night of the murders and reported seeing a suspicious man wearing a “green Army jacket.”
Patrick Davidson
Friend of Michael Scott. Scott said he gave him one of the guns used in the murders to throw away.
Darla Davis
Assistant prosecutor.
Robert Craig Davis
One of three people accused by Shawn Smith of committing the yogurt shop murders. An investigation cleared him.
David Deveau
Austin Fire Department fire fighter. One of the first two firefighters to enter the yogurt shop. He discovered the girls’ bodies.
Efrain DeLaFuente
Assistant prosecutor.
Donie Dewbre
Austin Police Department evidence room employee.
Tony Diaz
Attorney for Michael Scott.
Stephen J. Donovan
Former Service manager at Town North Nissan. Found the stolen Nissan Pathfinder taken by Maurice Pierce.
Amy Dreiss
Worked at the yogurt shop at the time of the murders.
Constance Fisher
Texas Department of Public Safety DNA analyst.
Norma L. Fowler
Stepmother of Eliza Thomas. Associate professor of botany at The University of Texas.
Manuel Fuentes
Austin Police Department detective. Interrogated Robert Springsteen IV and Michael Scott.
Carlos Garcia
Attorney for Michael Scott. Appointed to the case on Sept. 25, 2001 when other defense lawyers argued they needed an experienced death penalty lawyer on their team.
Ross Gardner
Crime scene analyst and reconstructionist. Hired by the Michael Scott defense team. Wrote a book on crime scene reconstruction with Tom Bevel.
Rene Garza
Austin Fire Department fire fighter. One of the first two fire fighters to enter the yogurt shop. He reported the finding of the bodies.
Alexandra Gauthier
Attorney for Robert Springsteen IV.
Troy Gay
Austin Police Department officer. Found the fire at the yogurt shop. He also assisted Joe Pennington with measurements.
Elsa Gilchrest
Austin Police Department investigator.
Dexter Gilford
Attorney for Michael Scott.
Green Army jacket guy
This man has never been identified. Although it is suspect to be Maurice Pierce. The man, according to witnesses Dearl Croft and Maria Thomas, was acting suspiciously in the yogurt shop on the night of the murders. The man only ordered a Sprite, went the bathroom and was never seen again by Croft of Thomas.
Guillermo Gonzalez
Attorney for Maurice Pierce.
Leon Grizzard
Original appointed lawyer for Michael Scott. Released from that service on Nov. 19, 1999.
Gary Gunno
Police officer in West Virginia. Arrested Springsteen in 1992 for public intoxication. Testified that Springsteen told him he was a suspect in a major crime in Austin.
Kelly Hanna
Robert Springsteen IV’s girlfriend in 1991. Springsteen’s original alibi was that he spent the entire evening with her.
Mark Harbison
Uncle of the Harbison sisters. Attended Springsteen’s final extradition hearing in West Virginia.
Michael Harbison
Father of Jennifer and Sarah Harbison.
John Hardesty
Austin Police Department detective.
Dr. Jeffrey Harlow
Robert Springsteen IV’s psychologist in West Virginia. Testified that he treated Springsteen for depression; ordered by Judge Mike Lynch to testify.
Laura Hays
One of three people accused by Shawn Smith of committing the yogurt shop murders. An investigation cleared her.
Eric Hodges
Police officer in Charleston, W.V. Helped Austin detectives located Robert Springsteen IV.
John Holder
Sold Maurice Pierce a gun.
Dr. Mitchell Holland
Director of the Bode Technology Group DNA lab.
Tim Howlingcrane
Native American Explorer Post adviser. Michael Scott was in the post and attended a craft session the day after the murders.
Michael Huckabay
Austin Police Department investigator.
Mary Ann Hueske
Austin Police Department employee, testified Robert Springsteen III reported his son missing the morning of the murders.
Jack Hunter
A forensic audio and video expert from Washington, D.C. Testified about the confession video of Robert Springsteen IV.
Linda Icenhauer-Ramirez
Attorney for Forrest Welborn.
Julianne Johnston
A middle school friend of Michael Scott. After years of separation, she tried to contact him the day he was arrested for the murders.
Paul Johnson
Austin Police Department detective. Took over the case in 1996. Broke the case in 1999.
John Jones
Austin Police Department detective. Responded to the crime scene and was the original case agent over the investigation.
Lusella Jones
In the yogurt shop the day of the murders. She picked Maurice Pierce out of a photo lineup.
Kenneth Keys
A friend of Michael Scott’s from Amtgard, a medieval reenactment group.
Alexander Kieke
A special education teacher at McCallum High School. Michael Scott was one of his students.
Dr. Seung Kim
Stationed at Brooke Army Medical Center, Col. Kim reviewed photographs of the girls’ burned bodies.
Robert Kimmons
Austin Fire Department fire fighter. Testified that he may have nudged the body of Amy Ayers while trying to put of the fire at the store.
Henri Lacaille
Austin Fire Department fire fighter who responded to the scene.
Chris Lanas
Friend of Maurice Pierce.
Ron Lara
Austin Police Department detective, interviewed Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen IV.
Rosemary Lehmberg
Assistant District Attorney, worked on the indictments of the suspects.
Karen Lindell
Texas Department of Public Safety DNA expert.
Marshall Littleton
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms fire expert.
Julie Logsdon
A friend of Chandra Morgan. Logsdon was called to testify at Michael Scott’s trial to discredit Morgan.
Judge Mike Lynch
167th District Judge. Presided over the trials of Robert Springsteen IV and Michael Scott.
Freddie McAfee
Travis County Sheriff’s Office jail worker, booked Michael Scott into jail.
Mike McCathern
Boyfriend of Sarah Harbison. When forced to disrobe, Sarah left his senior ring in her pile of clothes.
Brandon Maddry
Friend of Michael Scott. Scott lived in Fort Worth with Maddry and his wife Belvin Stile.
Robert Merrill
Austin Police Department detective. Interviewed Robert Springsteen IV and Michael Scott.
Chuck Meyer
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms special agent. Responded to the crime scene.
Danen Milam
A nueropsychologist who testified on behalf of Michael Scott. At the time of the murders, Scott had the mind of a 10- or 11-year-old, she said.
Ricky Moore
Austin Fire Department fire fighter who responded to the scene.
Chandra Morgan
A friend of the suspects. Testified she was at Northcross Mall with the boys on the night of the murders. She said they left and came back to pick her up. She was 13 at the time and admitted to taking acid; she said the boys may have taken acid as well.
Robin Moss
Robert Springsteen IV’s wife.
Robert Merrill
Austin Police Department detective, he interviewed Robert Springsteen IV during his confession in Charleston, W.V.
John Murdoch
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms firearm tool expert.
Dr. Beth Nowert
Pediatrician. Examined autopsy photos for signs of sexual abuse.
Joe Pennington
Austin Police Department accident investigator. With the help of Troy Gay, he mapped out the crime scene and the position of the bodies.
Kimberli Pierce
Wife of Maurice Pierce.
Hector Polanco
Austin Police Department detective. Headed the homicide division at the time of the murders. He was transferred from that post after several false confessions were linked to his interrogations.
Sharon Pollard
Mother of Forrest Welborn.
Reese Price
Manager of the “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt!” store on the night of the murders. She said the girls were so badly burned that she could not identify them.
Nancy Reed
Mother of Sarah Statham Adair and Amanda Statham. Amanda told her that Scott had confessed the murders to her.
Alishia Reyna
Sister of Maurice Pierce.
Rachel Riffe
FBI fingerprint examiner.
Irma Rios
Texas Department of Public Safety crime scene team leader on the night of the murders. Now the DNA lab supervisor for DPS.
Leroy Roberts
An audio editor in Austin. Testified about the audio on the videotaped confession of Robert Springsteen IV.
Steve Robertson
Texas Department of Public Safety crime lab technician.
Charlene Rose
Wife of Roy Rose. The couple is best friends with the Robert Springsteen IV couple.
Roy Rose
Best friend of Robert Springsteen IV from Charleston, W.V. Told the grand jury that Springsteen told him about the crime. Refused to testify at Springsteen’s trial and was held in contempt of court.
Joe James Sawyer
Attorney for Robert Springsteen IV.
Guy Schuman
Friend of Maurice Pierce.
Deborah K. Scott
Stepmother of Michael Scott, wife of Philip Scott.
Jeannine Marie Stark Scott
Wife of Michael Scott. Michael Scott was in the process of legally adopting her daughter when he was arrested.
Philip Scott
Father of Michael Scott.
David Seguin
Friend of Michael Scott through Amtgard, a medieval reenactment group. Scott once confided in Seguin he was the “mushroom king” of Austin selling more than $100,000 of hallucinogenic mushrooms in a year.
Sharon Shipman
Mother of Forrest Welborn.
Robert Shomer
A memory expert from Harvard University. Testified on behalf of Michael Scott.
Billy Sifuentes
Civilian who witnessed Michael Scott sign his confession. A former Austin Police Department gang unit officer.
Mary Skipper
Former girlfriend of Michael Scott. Scott, Robert Springsteen IV, Maurice Pierce and Forrest Welborn traveled, in a stolen Nissan Pathfinder the Sunday after the murders, to visit Skipper.
Doug Skolaut
Austin Police Department detective.
Dennis Smith
Second Austin Police Department officer to arrive at the yogurt shop. Assisted Troy Gay is setting up crime scene tape.
Robert Smith
Assistant District Attorney and lead prosecutor.
Shawn Smith
Falsely confessed to the murders.
William Sorrow
Austin Police Department ballistics expert.
Robert Springsteen III
The father of Robert Springsteen IV.
Melvin Stahl
Austin Fire Department fire expert.
Amanda Statham
Sister of Sarah Statham Adair. Claimed that Michael Scott confessed the murders to her.
Bruce Stevenson
Austin Police Department polygrapher. He interviewed Michael Scott but never game him a polygraph test.
Belivn Stile
Friend of Michael Scott. Scott lived in Fort Worth with Stile and her husband Brandon Maddry.
Calvin Story
Austin Police Department ballistics expert.
Skip Suraci
Stepfather to Harbison sisters at the time of their death.
Tracey Suire
Austin Fire Department fire fighter. Responded to the scene.
Lisa Talamantez
Her brother was accused by Alex Briones of being an accomplice in the yogurt shop murders. Testified her brother was in the late stages of AIDS and near death at the time of the murders.
James E. Thomas
Father of Eliza Thomas. A social worker at the time of the murders.
Maria Thomas
Mother of Eliza Thomas.
Sheldon Thomas
Austin Fire Department fire fighter who responded to the scene. Not related to the Thomas family.
Sonora Thomas
Younger sister of Eliza. Wanted to visit Eliza on the night of the murders at the yogurt shop but could not get permission.
Brett Thompson
Stepfather of Robert Springsteen IV.
Michelle Thompson
Mother of Robert Springsteen IV.
Timothy Trozzie
FBI fingerprint examiner.
Suzanna Ulery
DNA analyst with Bode Technology Group.
Glenn Unnasch
Texas Department of Public Safety fingerprint examiner.
Brenda Urban
Manager of an adult bookstore. Fired Michael Scott for stealing from the cash register.
Jessie Vasquez
Austin Police Department officer who responded to the crime scene.
Justin Vick
One of three people accused by Shawn Smith of committing the yogurt shop murders. An investigation cleared him.
Iva Wesley
Travis County Sheriff’s Office jail worker. Testified Michael Scott said he never knew a gun touched the back of his head during an interrogation.
Warren Wilbanks
Texas Department of Public Safety crime scene technician.
Malcolm Wilson
Off-duty Austin Police Department officer who arrested Maurice Pierce for having a gun at Northcross Mall.
Bud Youhill
A friend of Michael Scott’s from Amtgard, a medieval reenactment group.
Wilson Young
Texas Department of Public Safety DNA expert.
