The last man seen with Kristin Smart was convicted of killing the college freshman, who vanished from a California campus more than 25 years ago.
October 18, 2022, 8:03 PMRuben Flores speaks to the media after being acquitted of accessory to murder charges on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, outside a Salinas Court in Salinas, Calif. Ruben's son, Paul Flores, was found guilty of murder in the killing of missing Cal Poly Student Kristin Smart.
A jury in a separate trial found his father, Ruben Flores, not guilty of charges of being an accessory to murder after the fact. The conflicting verdicts were read moments apart in the same courtroom. Smart disappeared from California Polytechnic State University on the state's scenic central coast over Memorial Day weekend in 1996. HerSan Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson told reporters at a news conference that the investigation won't end until Smart's remains are found.
His father, now 81, was accused of helping bury the slain student behind his home in the nearby community of Arroyo Grande and later digging up the remains and moving them. Paul Flores had long been considered a suspect in the killing. He had a black eye when investigators interviewed him. He told them he got it playing basketball with friends, who denied his account, according to court records. He later changed his story to say he bumped his head while working on his car.
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