Kristen Smart

Kristin denise smart (february 20, 1977 – disappeared may 25, 1996; Mar 11, 2023smart, 19, disappeared from california polytechnic state university in san luis obispo in 1996. Prosecutors maintained that paul flores, now 46, killed smart during an attempted rape.

May 31, 2023for decades, it seemed like no one would ever know, for certain, what happened to kristin smart. The police had a “person of interest” in paul flores, smart’s classmate who walked her. Jul 16, 2023nineteen-year-old kristin smart disappeared memorial day weekend of 1996.

Jan 9, 2024according to prosecutors, smart – who was last seen while walking home with flores after an off-campus party – was killed by her fellow first year student when he tried to rape her in his dorm. Jan 27, 2026but for denise and the smart family who have faced the unimaginable, “it isn’t over” until kristin is brought home, she said. Oct 24, 2025a jury in 2022 found that flores murdered smart during an attempted rape following a 1996 frat party held near the cal poly san luis obispo campus.

Oct 10, 2025paul flores is back in court seeking to overturn his 2022 conviction for the 1996 murder of cal poly student kristin smart. May 25, 1996california attorney general rob bonta is pushing back against paul flores, the man convicted of murdering california polytechnic state university (cal poly) freshman kristin smart in. Feb 10, 2025the disappearance of kristin smart in 1996 shook san luis obispo county to its core.