Robert Eugene Brashers
Robert Eugene Brashers | |
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Mug shot of Brashers, c. 1998 | |
| Born | March 13, 1958 Newport News, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 19, 1999 (aged 40) |
| Other names | "Mr. Maroon" Jack Anthony McClelland Gary Dean Brashers |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Children | 1 |
| Convictions | Florida Attempted first-degree murder Aggravated battery Using a firearm during the commission of a crime Georgia Grand theft auto Impersonating a police officer |
| Criminal penalty | Florida 12 years imprisonment (served 3.5) Georgia 5 years imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 8+ murdered 1+ victims of attempted murder Several raped |
Span of crimes | 1985–1998 |
| Country | United States |
| States | Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas |
Date apprehended | 1986–1989, 1992–1997 |
Robert Eugene Brashers (March 13, 1958 – January 19, 1999) was an American serial killer, mass murderer and serial rapist who committed at least eight murders in Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina and Texas between 1990 and 1998. During his lifetime, Brashers was not identified as a suspect in any of his murders and remained in relative obscurity. He died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1999 to avoid arrest for an unrelated crime after a standoff with police.
Decades after his death, due to advances in investigative genetic genealogy, Brashers was tied to a series of extremely violent crimes. Investigators linked him to several unsolved rapes and murders committed against women and young girls. Police in Austin, Texas, identified Brashers as the perpetrator in the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders, in which four teenaged girls were murdered.