After 20 years of speculation, Paul Flores charged with the murder of Kristin Smart
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After over two decades of speculation, investigation and heartbreak, two suspects have been taken into custody in connection with the 1996 disappearance and murder of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart.
Paul Flores, once Smart s classmate, has long been the only suspect in the case. According to jail records, he was arrested Tuesday in San Pedro and charged with murder. His father Ruben Flores, 80, was arrested at his residence in Arroyo Grande and has been charged with accessory to a felony. His bond was set at $250,000, while Paul Flores is being held without bail.
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An undated handout image of missing college student Kristin Smart. Office of the Attorney General of California/Handout via REUTERS
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Police have arrested a longtime suspect and his father in connection with the murder of Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old college freshman who went missing from her California university 25 years ago.
Smart was last seen walking to her dormitory on the campus of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Los Angeles, in 1996 after attending an off-campus party.
Paul Flores, a fellow student at Cal Poly SLO in 1996 and long a prime suspect in the unsolved case, was taken into custody on a murder charge on Tuesday morning in the Los Angeles suburb of San Pedro, a source close to the case told Reuters. Flores is now 43.