Jurors hear opening statements in Kristin Smart murder trial
Opening statements kicked off Monday in the trial of a man and his father charged in connection with the disappearance of Kristin Smart.
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Opening statements kicked off Monday in the trial of a man and his father charged in connection with the disappearance of Kristin Smart.
Opening statements in the murder trial against Paul Flores are expected to begin Monday in Monterey County.
Smart is still missing, but the man last seen with her at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo in 1996 is on trial more than a year after he was arrested on a murder charge along with his father, who is accused of helping hide her body.
26 years and two months since she was last seen alive, Kristin Smart's accused murderer finally goes on trial this week along with his alleged accomplice dad, in a Salinas court.
More than 26 years after Kristin Smart disappeared in San Luis Obispo, the trial of Paul Flores, the man accused of her murder, and his father, Ruben Flores, who is charged as an accessory, begins.