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The trial of Paul Flores, the man accused of killing California college student Kristin Smart in 1996, begins today with opening statements in Monterey County.
Opening statements for the trial of Paul and Ruben Flores are scheduled Monday in Monterey County Superior Court in Salinas. They were arrested and charged on suspicion of killing and hiding the body of Kristin Smart in 1996.
Paul Flores, 45, and his father, Ruben Flores, 81, will stand trial for the 1996 murder of California Polytechnic State University student Kristin Smart decades after her disappearance.
Paul Flores is accused of killing 19-year-old Kristin Smart during an attempted rape in 1996. His father, Ruben Flores, is charged as an accessory.
The Kristin Smart murder trial is officially underway in a Salinas court – 26 years after the former Cal Poly student disappeared in May 1996.