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Kristin Smart: classmate found guilty of murdering California woman missing since 1996

framed portrait of smart in graduation robe
A vigil for Kristin Smart in Arroyo Grande last year. Photograph: Sacramento Bee/Rex/Shutterstock

The last man seen with Kristin Smart was convicted on Tuesday of killing the college freshman, who vanished from a California campus 25 years ago.

Jurors unanimously found Paul Flores guilty of first-degree murder, the San Luis Obispo Tribune reported. Flores was one of Smart’s college classmates at the time.

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