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    Split verdict in Kristin Smart murder: Why Paul Flores was found guilty but not his dad

    In a courtroom in Salinas, California, on Tuesday, a jury rendered a verdict in one of California’s most enduring murder mysteries. The panel found Paul Flores guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student Kristin Smart, who went missing more than two decades ago but whose body has never been found. Minutes later, a second jury acquitted his father, Ruben ...
    by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Oct 19, 2022 3 minutes
    A photo of Kristin Smart on a missing persons poster provided by the FBI after the 1996 disappearance of the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, student.

    In a courtroom in Salinas, California, on Tuesday, a jury rendered a verdict in one of California’s most enduring murder mysteries.

    The panel found Paul Flores guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student Kristin Smart, who went missing more than two decades ago but whose body has never been found.

    Minutes later, a second jury acquitted his father, Ruben Flores, of charges that the 81-year-old helped his son cover up the crime.

    While both cases were presented in the same courtroom, they were different in many

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