Suspects arrested in 1996 murder of California college student Kristin Smart

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Paul Flores, a classmate of Smart and long the main suspect in her disappearance, was taken into custody on Tuesday morning in the Los Angeles suburb of San…

“We have not recovered Kristin. We will continue to focus on finding her remains,” Parkinson said. Investigators have searched 18 locations for her body.

Paul Flores was jailed on one count of murder and was being held without bail until an initial court appearance later this week. Attorney Sarah Sanger, who is representing him, said her law office did not comment on pending cases. “There has been no offer of any physical evidence at this point,” Harold Mesick, the attorney representing Ruben Flores, told Reuters in an interview.tap here to see other videos from our team“My client is entitled to the presumption of innocence. That means he is absolutely not guilty. As far as the charges go, my client is not guilty in actuality and not guilty under the law.

After Smart was reporting missing, Paul Flores told investigators that he left a campus party with her shortly before 2 a.m. on May 25, 1996, but parted company about a block from her dorm. Delays in the investigation of the Smart case prompted California lawmakers to pass legislation requiring colleges and universities to share information more quickly about missing students with off-campus police.

 

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