Man convicted in 1996 disappearance and murder of California college student Kristin Smart to be sentenced
Posted on AllSides March 10th, 2023
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The California man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, a college student who disappeared in 1996, will be sentenced Friday. Paul Flores, 46, was found guilty in October by a jury in Monterey County of first-degree murder and faces 25 years to life in prison. Prosecutors accused him of killing Smart during an attempted rape on May 25, 1996, in his dorm room at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, where they were both students. Smart’s remains have never been found. She was declared legally dead in 2002. Flores'...