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Marissa Pierce

Marissa Pierce

Daughter of Maurice Pierce, one of four men exonerated in the 1991 Austin Yogurt Shop Murders; spoke at her father's formal exoneration hearing in 2026.

Jun 26, 2026

22:02
Tell me about it, Marissa.
22:05
I was on the phone, I was on the phone when it happened.
22:09
Um, and that's how I knew that he just wanted to get away because he had told me.
22:16
Like, could hear it in his voice, the fear that was taking over.
22:23
He said, "They're after me.
22:25
They're after me." And, um, I heard him put his car in park.
22:36
I heard him open the door.

19 MINS LATER

41:14
I guess I loved the way that he loved me.
24:33
Tell me about it, Marissa.
24:36
I was on the phone, I was on the phone when it happened.
24:40
Um, and that's how I knew that he just wanted to get away, because he had told me, like could hear it in his voice, the fear that was taking over.
24:53
He said, "They're after me.
24:56
They're after me." And um, I heard him put his car in park.
25:07
I heard him open the door.
25:10
I heard him run.

20 MINS LATER

45:16
I guess I loved the way that he loved me.

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