Paul Flores, Kristin Smart's killer, hospitalized after being attacked in prison, lawyer says

Paul Flores was found guilty last year in the 1996 abduction and murder of Kristin Smart, a college freshman who vanished from campus.

, a college freshman who vanished from the California Polytechnic State University campus in 1996.

Jurors unanimously found Paul Flores guilty of first-degree murder in October 2022. His sentencing in March marked the culmination of a case that had drawn worldwide attention for over a quarter century. Flores had long been considered a prime suspect in Smart's death before he was arrested in 2021. Paul Flores puts on a new N95 mask Aug. 3, 2021, at a preliminary hearing in San Luis Obispo, Calif., as he faces a murder charge in the disappearance of Kristin Smart.Smart was 19 years old when she vanished while returning to a dorm at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Flores was also a student at the school.

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