Ruben Flores Verdict: Paul Flores was found guilty of Kristin Smart in March 2021. He and his father Ruben Flores both were the prime suspect in Kristin Smart’s murder, Kristin disappeared after a college party in 1996 at 2 am. Kristin’s murder trial began 26 years after her abrupt disappearance.
Ruben Flores’ Son Paul Flores
In April 2021, Ruben Flores, 81, and his son Paul Flores, 46, were taken into custody in Arroyo Grande, California. Ruben Flores was guilty of the suspicion of accessory to murder and his son Paul Flores was the murderer of the 19 years old woman Kristin Smart.
Ruben Flores was held on a $250,000 bond. Afterward, the Police made an investigation and search for Paul’s home where items of interest were founded.
The 46, years old Paul Flores was convicted of a first-degree charge of murder, and his father Ruben Flores was also charged as an accessory. Later it was decided by the court that the jury will deliver separate verdicts to the accused father, Ruben Flores, and son Paul Flores.
Did Ruben Flores allegedly hide facts of Kristin Smart Case?
Yes, Ruben, 81, who was also involved in the case of Kristin. He just hide the facts of the case and also accompanied to save his son’s life. His son Paul Flores was convicted as the murderer of Kristin Smart.
Ruben Flores was acquitted. Paul was a former classmate of Kristin, he and Kristin both were a freshman in the same college in Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He first helped Kristin to leave her to her dorms and later he attempted to rape and killed her in 1996. The news of Kristin’s death came to light in 2002 after it was legally declared that she was dead.
Ruben Flores Verdict
In March 2023, District Attorney Dan Dow announced that Paul Flores was sentenced to serve 25 years to life in state prison after he was convicted of the murder of Kristin Smart. Now the case of Kristin’s disappearance has been solved because the convict has been arrested in March 2023.
However, since Kristin disappeared there is no trace of her body and neither her remains were founded.
