Robert Eugene Brashers

Robert Eugene Brashers
Born Robert Eugene Brashers
(1958-03-13)March 13, 1958
Newport News, Virginia[1]
Died January 13, 1999(1999-01-13) (aged 40)
Kennett, Missouri
Cause of death Suicide by firearm
Details
Victims 3
Span of crimes
 1990–1998
Country United States
State(s) South Carolina, Missouri

Robert Eugene Brashers (March 13, 1958 – January 13, 1999) was an American serial killer. In 2018 he was identified via genetic genealogy as the murderer of Genevieve Zitricki in Greenville, South Carolina in 1990 and mother and daughter Sherri and Megan Scherer in Portageville, Missouri in 1998.[2] Brashers died in 1999 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was approached by police officers in Kennett, Missouri. His body was exhumed in 2018 in order to collect a DNA sample and confirm a match to DNA evidence from the crime scenes.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007". Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2015.
  2. ↑ Gross, Daniel J.; Lafleur, Elizabeth; Cavallaro, Gabe (2018-10-05). "Greenville cold case solved: Jenny Zitricki killed by serial killer Robert Brashers in 1990, police say". Greenville News. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  3. ↑ "Robert Eugene Brashers". Paragould Daily Press. 1999-01-15. Robert Eugene Brashers, 40, of Paragould died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, in Dunklin Co., Mo. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Shiloh Cemetery with Robert Jack officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 this evening at Heath Funeral Home in Paragould.
  4. ↑ "20 year old Portageville murder solved by DNA match". Delta Dunklin Democrat. 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.


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