Smart went missing from her dorm at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1996. The jury unanimously agreed Tuesday to convict Paul Flores of first-degree murder, capping a San Luis Obispo mystery that has been unsolved for more than 26 years.
During the trial, which began in June, prosecutors presented evidence that attempted to show his father, Ruben Flores, helped dispose of Smart's body, which has never been found.In closing arguments, Paul Flores' defense attorney, Robert Sanger, claimed the prosecution had presented no evidence his client assaulted Smart, and that witnesses who testified they had been assaulted by Flores were not relevant or credible, according to.
On May 25, 1996, witnesses say, Smart got drunk at a party about a 10-minute walk from her dorm room at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Two fellow students decided to walk her back to her dorm, and Paul Flores offered to join them. When the other two students left the group, Paul Flores told police he walked with her the rest of the way and never saw her again.
Prosecutors charged Flores with murder, which they say he committed while raping or trying to rape Kristin in his dorm room. Four women have told police that Flores drugged and raped them, Deputy District Attorney Christopher Peuvrelle said in court last year. Flores hasn't been charged with a crime stemming from those allegations.and generated new leads and witnesses for police.
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