From disappearance to arrest: the Kristin Smart timeline
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. – After more than two decades of unanswered questions, an arrest has been made in the disappearance of Kristin Smart.
Longtime person of interest Paul Flores was arrested Tuesday and booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail for Smart s death. Flores father, Ruben Flores, was also arrested as an accessory to the crime.
The arrests come nearly 25 years after Kristin Smart disappeared from the campus of Cal Poly.
Here is a timeline of the events, leading up to Tuesday s arrest.
Kristin Smart Investigation Timeline (San Luis Obispo County Sheriff)
BRIAN MELLEY
Associated Press
The âprime suspectâ was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder in the 25-year-old disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart.
Paul Flores, 44, who was the last person seen with Smart on the California Polytechnic State University campus in San Luis Obispo before she vanished in 1996, was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area. His father, Ruben Flores, 80, was arrested as an accessory at his Arroyo Grande home, where sheriffâs investigators conducted their latest search for evidence.
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson said search warrants were sealed and so he could not disclose what evidence led to the arrests, but he said Smart s remains were not found.
Prime suspect in Kristin Smart case arrested; man s dad also arrested
Paul Flores, 44, who was the last person seen with Smart before she vanished in 1996, was arrested Tuesday in the Los Angeles area. His father was also arrested.
Credit: San Luis Obispo County Sheriff s Office
Kristin Smart disappeared in 1996 after leaving an on-campus party at Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo. Author: Staff (ABC10), Associated Press Published: 12:24 PM EDT April 13, 2021 Updated: 8:11 PM EDT April 13, 2021 I hope we can have justice for the Smart family, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson said in a press conference about the arrests. For over twenty-four years, we have waited for this bittersweet day. It is impossible to put into words what this day means for our family; we pray it is the first step to bringing our daughter home, Kristin Smart s family said in a statement.
LOS ANGELES The longtime suspect in the 25-year-old disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder, and his father was booked in jail as an accessory to the crime. Paul Flores, 44, who was the last person seen with Smart on the California Polytechnic State University campus in San Luis Obispo before she vanished in 1996, was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area. His father, Ruben Flores, 80, was arrested at his Arroyo Grande home, where sheriff s investigators conducted a new search for evidence. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson said arrest warrants were issued after a search of the elder Flores home last month using ground-penetrating radar and cadaver dogs turned up new evidence linked to Smart s killing, though her body has not yet been found.
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson announced his detectives found evidence related to the murder of Kristin Smart at the homes of