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Oct 19, 2022 · A California jury has found Paul Flores, the man accused of the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart, guilty of first-degree murder, according to a news release from the San Luis Obispo County District ...
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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 17, 2022 · Paul Flores and his father, Ruben, were arrested on the morning of April 13, 2021, at their separate homes in connection with the May 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart. Paul, 45, was charged ...
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Oct 19, 2022 · Ruben Flores speaks to the media Tuesday outside a Salinas, Calif., court after he was acquitted of being an accessory to the murder of Kristin Smart. Flores’ son, Paul Flores, was found guilty ...
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Kristin Denise Smart (February 20, 1977 – disappeared May 25, 1996; [1] [6] declared legally dead May 25, 2002) was a 19-year-old American woman murdered by Paul Flores at the end of her first year on the campus of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo). On Saturday, May 25, 1996, Smart attended a ...
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- Declared dead in absentia on May 25, 2002 (aged 25)
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Mar 10, 2023 · Flores' father, Ruben Flores, was acquitted in October of accessory after the fact. Prosecutors said Paul Flores was the last person seen with a very intoxicated Smart and walked her home from an ...
Mar 10, 2023 · Paul Flores, who was found guilty last year of murdering Kristin Smart in 1996 when they were both university students, ... Ruben Flores, 81, not guilty of helping to hide Ms. Smart’s body. Her ...
