By City News Service
Apr 20, 2021
SAN PEDRO (CNS) - A San Pedro resident pleaded not guilty today to murdering his former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo classmate Kristin Smart, who was last seen walking back to the college dormitories from an off-campus party nearly 25 years ago.
Paul Ruben Flores who had long been described as a “prime suspect by authorities was arrested last Tuesday at his home in San Pedro and charged a day later with killing the 19-year-old freshman, whose body has not been found.
The criminal complaint alleges that the now 44-year-old defendant killed Smart on May 25, 1996, while he was “engaged in the commission of, or attempting to commit, the crime of rape.
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Paul and Ruben Flores Make First Court Appearance in Kristin Smart Killing
Paul Flores was charged with murder in connection to Smart s 1996 disappearance and his father, Ruben Flores, was charged as an accessory
Paul Flores, left, and his father Ruben Flores, right, appeared in court Thursday after being charged in connection with Cal Poly student Kristin Smart’s 1996 disappearance. Paul Flores is charged with murder and Ruben Flores has been charged with accessory. (San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office photos) By Matt Fountain for The San Luis Obispo Tribune
April 15, 2021
| 1:03 p.m.
Two days after their arrests in the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart, Paul and Ruben Flores appeared in San Luis Obispo Superior Court on Thursday morning to be arraigned on charges of murder and accessory, respectively.