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January 22, 2021
Multi-Day Joint Agency Operation Lost Angels Leads to the Recovery of 33 Missing Children During Trafficking Awareness Month
On behalf of more than two dozen partner agencies, Assistant Director in Charge Kristi K. Johnson, of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, announced the results of ”Operation Lost Angels,” an initiative which began on January 11th and recently culminated in the recovery of 33 children.
During January Human Trafficking Awareness Month the FBI worked with the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and more than two dozen law enforcement and non-governmental partners to identify, locate, and recover missing children, particularly those who have been or were suspected of being sexually exploited and/or trafficked.
A look back: Central Coast s top stories of 2020
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2020 has seen many up and downs. It will forever be etched in history as a time of social upheaval, natural disaster, and worldwide lockdown due to COVID-19.
Let s take a look back at some of the most memorable events that happened on the Central Coast.
In late January, new developments unfolded in the case involving Cal Poly student, Kristin Smart, who went missing in 1996. The San Luis Obispo Sheriff s Office confirmed it seized two trucks belonging to family members of Paul Flores that same year. Flores has been a person of interest in Smart s disappearance for 24 years. Smart s disappearance has been the focus of a popular podcast Your Own Backyard by Chris Lambert. In the months following, investigators searched Flores home and 3 other homes which belong to his family members.