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Nearly 25 years after Kristin Smart vanished while walking back to her dorm at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, authorities on Tuesday made an arrest in the case, law enforcement sources said.
Paul Flores, long described by authorities as a “prime suspect” in the case, was taken into custody by San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s officials, the sources said. In the past, Flores has denied any wrongdoing.
Flores’ father also was arrested Tuesday morning at his home in Arroyo Grande. Ruben Ricardo Flores, 80, was booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail at 9:30 a.m. on suspicion of being an accessory after the fact, jail records show. Armed with a warrant, investigators were searching Ruben Flores’ home and garage Tuesday morning, according to television news reports. .
Paul Flores taken into custody in California in connection with Kristin Smart case
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and last updated 2021-04-13 16:16:17-04
SAN PEDRO, Calif. â A man named Paul Flores was taken into custody Tuesday morning in San Pedro, California, reportedly in connection with the disappearance of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. He was booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail just after noon Tuesday on a single charge of murder.
Paul s father, Ruben Flores, was also reportedly taken into custody at around the same time at his home in Arroyo Grande, California. He was booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail shortly after 9:30 a.m. on a single charge of being an accessory after the fact.
Paul Flores reportedly taken into custody in connection with disappearance of Kristin Smart
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FILE: A 2006 photo shows a missing poster for student Kristin Smart in the California Central Coast town of Arroyo Grande. Smart was in her first year at Cal Poly when she vanished in 1996. Smart was declared legally dead in 2002, despite the fact that her body has never been recovered. The sign is on property belonging to the attorney for the Smart family.Don Kelsen/Getty Images
Paul Flores and his father Ruben Flores have reportedly been taken into custody in connection with the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. The news was first reported by KSBY. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff s Office said it will be holding a press conference to announce a major development in the case at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Two men were arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the disappearance of Kristin Smart, the California college student who vanished in 1996, San Luis Obispo (SLO) County Sheriff Ian Parkinson said at a news conference.