The researchers believed they had found the mortal remains of Kristin Smart under the porch of the home of the father of Paul Flores, the alleged murderer. But they didn’t find them there
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Researchers believe that the body of Kristin Smart, the student who disappeared almost 25 years, was recently pulled from under the porch of the father’s Arroyo Grande house of the alleged murderer , Paul Flores . Ruben Ricardo Flores, from 80 years, it has also been arrested on suspicion of helping his son to dispose of the mortal remains .
The prosecutors of San Luis Obispo said that the detectives have “the biological evidence that makes them believe that the victim was buried under the patch sometime”. Not many more details of this research were revealed.
Last week it was made public that the researchers had good tests that could indicate where would be the lifeless body of the missing girl in May 1996. However, prosecutors did not say on this occasion if the place they believed he was in was the home of Ruben Flores or another.
After the arrest of the older man. de los Flores last Tuesday 14 April, the researchers stayed at the man’s residence looking for new evidence . The inspection lasted at least until the next day. And it wasn’t the first. In March, they had already held another two-day property on Ruben Flores’ property and on others related to the families.
The authorities said that the arrests of the past week had been the fruit of witness statements who had not yet spoken and the discovery of new evidence. District Attorney Dan Dow said he declined to reveal what the evidence was during the conference, but did say it pointed to Paul Flores as the alleged killer.
Kristin Smart disappeared on the weekend of Memorial Day weekend after a party that was held outside the university campus but which was attended by other colleagues from Cal Poly University San Luis Bishop. Both Smart and Flores, both freshmen from years, attended the event and, according to the witnesses, went back to the student dormitory together .
The prosecution considers that the suspect killed Smart in her room while raping her or trying to do so . Dow revealed Wednesday of last week that are investigating whether Flores sexually assaulted other women in the San Pedro area. , where you have lived approximately since , according The Angels Times . Months before Smart’s disappearance, another college classmate had reported that Flores, apparently drunk, had climbed onto the balcony of his room and did not want to leave.