The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago sued the school on Thursday, alleging it caused Kristin Smart’s murder through negligence.
The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago has sued the school, alleging it caused Kristin Smart’s murder through negligence. The suit filed Thursday contends that California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo could have prevented Smart s death if it had properly dealt with previous allegations that another student, Paul Flores, had stalked and harassed women there. The 19-year-old Smart vanished from campus over the Memorial Day weekend in 1996. Flores was convicted of her murder last year and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Prosecutors say he killed Smart while trying to rape her in his dorm room.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago sued the school on Thursday, alleging it caused Kristin Smart’s murder through negligence. Smart, then 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo on the state’s scenic Central Coast over Memorial Day weekend in 1996. Her […]