One verdict is in, and a second is still up in the air in the case of the death of a Central Coast college student more than a quarter of a century ago.
Paul Flores is charged with murdering Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student Kristin Smart. She disappeared in May of 1996, after Flores was seen walking her back to school from an off-campus party. Her body was never recovered.
His father is also facing charges. Ruben Flores is accused of helping to dispose of Smart’s body. They both pled not guilty to the charges they are facing. They were tried together, but each one of them has a separate jury.
The jury is in for Ruben Flores, but the one deciding Paul Flores' fate is still deliberating. The judge hearing the case decided if one jury came in early with a verdict, they would wait until the other was ready as well, so they could be read at the same time.
