Jury finds Paul Flores guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Kristin Smart. His father was found not guilty of being an accessory to the murder.
Meanwhile, a separate jury found Flores’ father, Ruben, now 81, not guilty of being an accessory to Smart’s murder, CNN affiliates KION and KEYT report. Prosecutors alleged Flores, now 45, raped or attempted to rape Smart and killed her in his dorm room while he and the victim were students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and that his father helped move her body to his home in nearby Arroyo Grande, hiding her body for a time under his deck.
In documents filed in the case, a sheriff’s office detective stated investigators are “in possession of biological evidence that makes them believe the victim was buried underneath the defendant’s deck at one time.” Prosecutors believe the father and son moved the body to another location before authorities searched the property, affiliates KEYT and KRON reported. The Floreses’ lawyers vehemently asserted their clients’ innocence, repeatedly citing a lack of eyewitnesses and evidence.
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