SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The murder trial for the men accused in connection with the 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart continued Monday with testimony from a cadaver dog handler.
Paul Flores is accused of killing Smart after leaving an off-campus Cal Poly party in May 1996. His father, Ruben Flores, is accused of helping hide her body. The two were arrested in April 2021 after 24 years, despite Smart’s body never being found.
The trial moved to Salinas after San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Craig van Rooyen ruled the Flores men were unlikely to receive a fair trial in San Luis Obispo. Monterey County Superior Court judge Jennifer O’Keefe is presiding over the case.
