Hudson says she kept the conversation until she told her friend, Justin Goodwin. She says a few weeks after seeing him in San Luis Obispo, she saw him again at a skate ramp in the Huasna area and because of what he had told her before, Hudson says she got sick to her stomach and left immediately and never told anyone else about it until much later. She said she was terrified by what he said and she testified to remembering his “evil eyes.” She said a public service announcement came on the radio and Paul began talking about Kristin. Hudson testified that when she was 17-years-old in 1996, Paul told her that information when she met him at a skate ramp in San Luis Obispo. Came forward after the “Your Own Backyard” podcast was released and said Paul told her back in 1996 that he put Kristin under the skate ramp on his property in Huasna. Springer said she would have been able to identify differences in that type of synthetic fiber and a fluorescent pink and red wouldn’t look the same. He asked if it was possible to confuse that with red synthetic fibers. Sanger also once again brought out pink construction twine mentioned during testimony a few weeks ago. Paul’s attorney, Robert Sanger, asked if construction, other residents living in the house or even investigation crews could contaminate the scene and leave fibers behind. Said she could identify both natural and synthetic fibers in black, brown, blue and red, plus some fibers where the color could not be determined. Discussed some of what was found in soil samples from Ruben Flores’ home during a 2021 search and dig operation. Trace evidence expert and private contractor for Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office evidence lab. Faye Springer – Sacramento County D.A. Interest in getting justice for Smart was largely reignited by Chris Lambert’s podcast “Your Own Backyard,” which put pressure on authorities to solve the case. The suit alleges Reuben relocated the remains of their loved one with the assistance of Paul’s mother, Susan Flores and her boyfriend, Mike McConville. Last April, Smart’s family sued Reuben for severe emotional distress. The Associated Press reported that the soil contained traces of human blood and stains. In February 2020, 24 years after smart went missing, search warrants were issued for Paul’s home and his parents’ home, as well, as property in Washington State.ĭuring a follow-up search of the home, police caught a break in the case they discovered “biological evidence” under the deck behind Reuben’s home. That means those separate juries will rotate in and out of the courtroom, depending on which witness is called to the stand. In a unique set of circumstances, father and son will be tried simultaneously, but with different juries. His father, Ruben Flores, was also arrested at that time. One of those students was Paul Flores.įlores was a longtime suspect in Smart’s disappearance, but was not arrested until last year when new evidence was discovered. (San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office via AP)ġ9-year-old Smart was last seen on May 26, 1996, as she left a campus party with two other students at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Flores, 44, who was the last person seen with Smart on the California Polytechnic State University campus in San Luis Obispo before she vanished in 1996, was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area. Flores, the longtime suspect in the 25-year-old disappearance of the California college student was arrested Tuesday, April 13, 2021, on suspicion of murder, and his father was booked in jail as an accessory to the crime. It does not store any personal data.This combination photo shows suspects Paul Flores (L) and Ruben Flores (R), who were arrested Tuesday, April 13, 2021, for the murder of Kristin Smart. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. 
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