Kristin Smart case: Paul Flores, Smart s former classmate, charged with murder
By Mary Stringini
Kristin Smart case: Paul Flores arrested in the Cal Poly students’ 1996 disappearance
Nearly twenty-five years after Kristin Smart disappeared after a college party near California Polytechnic State University s campus, authorities Tuesday arrested her former classmate, Paul Flores, on suspicion of murder. Flores was the last person to see her alive in 1996 before she vanished.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said that Flores, 44, was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area Tuesday morning. He was booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail just after noon Tuesday on a single charge of murder with no bail. His father, Ruben Flores, 80, was arrested on suspicion of accessory after a felony. His bail was set at $250,000.
Kristin Smart case: Paul Flores, Smart s former classmate, charged with murder
By Mary Stringini
Kristin Smart case: Paul Flores arrested in the Cal Poly students’ 1996 disappearance
Nearly twenty-five years after Kristin Smart disappeared after a college party near California Polytechnic State University s campus, authorities Tuesday arrested her former classmate, Paul Flores, on suspicion of murder. Flores was the last person to see her alive in 1996 before she vanished.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said that Paul Flores, 44, was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area Tuesday morning. He was booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail just after noon Tuesday on a single charge of murder with no bail. He is expected to be arraigned on Thursday.
Authorities in California have taken two men into custody in the 1996 disappearance of a college student—one of whom has been the prime suspect in the case the whole time..
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Getty Images The former classmate of Kristin Smart who was the last person seen with her in 1996 after they left a party was taken into custody Tuesday morning, along with his father, and was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Paul Flores was taken into custody at his home in San Pedro and has been arrested on suspicion of murder, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff s Department said. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Flores father, 80-year-old Ruben Flores, was taken into custody at his San Luis Obispo County home with bail set at $250,000. He was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory.
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