Kristin Smart case: Paul Flores, top right, and his father, Ruben Flores, bottom right, are charged in the May 25, 1996, disappearance and murder of Kristin Smart, left.
Ruben Flores, 80, of Arroyo Grande, is charged as an accessory after the fact in Smart’s death.
Flores, 44, of San Pedro, is charged with first-degree murder.
Kristin Smart case: Defendants Paul Flores, top left, and his father Ruben Flores, bottom center, appear via video conference during their arraignment Thursday, April 15, 2021, in a San Luis Obispo, Calif., courtroom.
Kristin Smart case: San Luis Obispo District Attorney Dan Dow, right, announces a murder charge against Paul Flores in the Kristin Smart case, as Deputy District Attorney Chris Peuvrelle looks on, during a news conference Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Arroyo Grande, Calif.
Paul Flores remains in the San Luis Obispo County Jail, where he is being held without bail.
In the documents, Deputy District Attorney Chris Peuvrelle, argued that bail should be denied for both men.
Flores, 80, and his son, Paul Flores, 44, of San Pedro, were arrested Tuesday, April 13 and charged in the May 25, 1996, disappearance and murder of Kristin Smart.
Flores, 44, and his father, Ruben Flores, 80, of Arroyo Grande, were arrested Tuesday, April 13, 2021, and charged in the May 25, 1996, disappearance and murder of Kristin Smart.
Smart’s parents, Stan and Denise Smart, also pleaded for the judge to keep the pair of defendants behind bars as they await trial.
Kristin Smart case: Family photos show Kristin Smart, who vanished in May 1996 from the campus of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
Kristin Smart case: Paul Flores, left, and his father, Ruben Flores, right, were arrested Tuesday, April 13, 2021, and charged in the May 25, 1996, disappearance and murder of Kristin Smart.
Smart, 19, of Stockton, was a classmate of Paul Flores’ at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, where she disappeared while walking home from a party.
Paul Flores became a suspect within days of Smart’s disappearance, which took place after she attended an end-of-year party alone at a home near the Cal Poly campus.
A couple of fellow students, including Cheryl Anderson, walked her the majority of the way back to Muir Hall, the dorm where Smart lived.
San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s investigators took over the case a month after her disappearance.
Flores, who was booked on an outstanding DUI warrant two days after Smart’s disappearance, had a black eye in his booking photo.
Parkinson said that cold case investigators discovered additional evidence in 2016 that pointed to Flores as Smart’s killer.
Police obtained additional evidence last April during a search of Paul Flores’ home, the sheriff said.