Investigators in California investigating the disappearance of a student in San Luis Obispo nearly 25 years ago have apparently found evidence that Kristin Smart’s body was moved ‘recently’ under the home of the father of the man suspected of killing .
Smart went missing in May 1996 and Paul Flores, 44, was charged last week with first-degree murder after he allegedly tried to rape her in his dormitory at California Polytechnic State University after a party off campus at the time. . She was a 19-year-old first-year student.
His father, Ruben Flores, 80, was allegedly charged as an accessory for allegedly hiding her body. His house is about 21 km from campus.
Investigators “are in possession of biological evidence that leads them to believe that the victim was buried under (Ruben Flores)’s cemetery at one point,” San Luis Obispo County prosecutors said in the court report and there is damning evidence that a body is buried. at that place and then recently relocated, “according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
The province’s trial report was obtained by the newspaper.
KRISTIN SMART CASE: PAUL AND RUBIN FLOWERS DO NOT GUILT FULL IN THE STUDENTS ‘1996 REMOVAL
Paul Flores 44 (right) is accused of killing Kristin Smart (19) after an attempted rape in his dormitory in 1996
(FBI / San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
Both men deny any involvement in her disappearance. Her body has never been found.
Ruben Flores pleaded not guilty and was released on bail. Paul Flores is being held without bail.
“Dozens of women have told Paul Flores’ sexual assaults and predatory behavior that document his 25 years as a serial rapist,” prosecutors also said in court documents.
The arrests last week followed significant developments in the case over the past few years as new witnesses emerged, investigators watched Paul Flores’ cellphone and text messages and investigations were conducted in separate homes where Flores, his father , mother and sister live.
Investigators used ground-penetrating radar and cadaver dogs during the search.
Ruben Flores’ lawyer denied the evidence. “The evidence is so minimal that it shocks the conscience,” attorney Harold Mesick said.
Prosecutor Christopher Peuvrelle has denied that investigators have found significant new evidence since the series of searches last year that eventually led to the arrests.
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“Counselor said, ‘There was very little new evidence,'” Peuvrelle said, referring to Robert Sanger, Paul Flores’ lawyer. “Well, then he should not have read the same warrant as I did. There is considerable new evidence.”
Fox News’ Frank Miles contributed to this report.