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- Paul Flores was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison for the 1996 murder of California college student Kristin Smart. He is not eligible for probation. He will be eligible for a parole board hearing in 15 years, at which point the board could grant or deny parole release, according to prosecutors.
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Mar 11, 2023 · Smart, 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo in 1996. Prosecutors maintained that Paul Flores, now 46, killed Smart during an attempted rape.
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After almost 25 years of suspicion, on April 13, 2021, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson announced the arrest of Paul Floresin the disappearance of Kristin Smart. SHERIFF IAN PARKINSON [to reporters]: It's been a puzzle and it's a very slow process to find each of those little pieces … some of that information came to light through the p...
Kristin's mother, Denise Smart, spent Memorial Day weekend at a swim meet with her two younger kids. She was looking forward to hearing from Kristin that Sunday. Jonathan Vigliotti: And that phone call never comes. Denise Pearce: The phone call never comes. Instead, on Monday, May 27, Denise Pearce says the Smarts got a call from Cal Poly's campus ...
The Smart's attorney James Murphy, and his wife – and office manager – Garin Sinclair, have had Kristin's billboard in their front yard since late 1997. Jonathan Vigliotti: You look at Kristin Smart every day. James Murphy: Every day. … It's just a motivator for me. …[emotional] I will go outside at nighttime and I'll look up at the full moon and I...
When Kristin Smart disappeared, Paul Flores's parents – Susan and Ruben – were separated and living apart. Four months later, while attempting to reconcile, Susan rented out her house in Arroyo Grande. Chris Lambert: A young couple moves into it with their kid. … The mother is washing her car in the driveway at one point That mother, Mary Lassiter,...
Paul Flores may have wanted a fresh start in Southern California, but Chris Lambert says, he could not seem to break old habits. Chris Lambert: Paul worked with a number of women that he made incredibly uncomfortable … girls who he tried to make a pass at sexually, girls that he tried to force to kiss him. Some of those women – who did not want the...
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Oct 19, 2022 · Two women claimed Paul Flores had raped them decades after Smart vanished, supporting the prosecution’s theory that he sexually assaulted the coed, then killed her and hid her body.
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Mar 10, 2023 · Paul Flores was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison for the 1996 murder of California college student Kristin Smart. He is not eligible for probation.
Mar 11, 2023 · Paul Flores, 46, was found guilty in October of the first-degree murder of Smart, whose body has never been located. Smart vanished in May 1996, when she and Flores were both attending Cal...
Oct 18, 2022 · Paul Flores was found guilty by a jury in Monterey County of first-degree murder and faces 25 years to life. His father, Ruben Flores, had been charged with accessory after the fact.
Oct 19, 2022 · A jury on Tuesday convicted Paul Flores in the murder of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student Kristin Smart, ending a more than two-decade mystery that both captivated and outraged the...
