Fresno County prosecutors have filed charges against a self-proclaimed “satanist” accused of stabbing the man convicted of killing California Polytechnic State University student, Kristin Smart. Jason Richard Budrow, 43, is accused of stabbing Paul Flores, 47, who’s behind bars at California’s Pleasant State Valley Prison, for the 1996 murder of Cal Poly Tech college student, …
A California judge on Friday denied defense motions to throw out Paul Flores’ conviction for the murder of Kristin Smart in 1996 and sentenced him to 25 years to life in prison. Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jennifer O’Keefe called Flores “a cancer on society” and ordered him to register as a sex offender, the …
Convicted California murderer Paul Flores is scheduled to be sentenced today for the murder of California Polytechnic State University student, Kristin Smart. According to Fox News Digital, Flores faces 25 years to life in prison for the death of Smart, whose remains have never been found. She was last seen on campus on Memorial Day …
Attorneys for the man convicted of killing Cal Poly student Kristin Smart in 1996 have filed a series of motions seeking to throw out the jury’s guilty verdict. The jury found Paul Flores guilty of Smart’s murder last October. He is scheduled for sentencing on March 10 and faces 25 years to life in prison, …
A woman who once met convicted California killer Paul Flores reportedly claimed that he told her years ago that he killed California Polytechnic State University student Kristin Smart, in the summer of 1996. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a jury convicted Flores, who attended Cal Poly in 1996 with 19-year-old Smart, of murder earlier this month. …
Verdicts have been reached in the trial of Paul Flores and his father, Ruben Flores, in connection with the 1996 disappearance and presumed death of California Polytechnic University student Kristin Smart. A jury at the Monterrey County Superior Court in California found Paul Flores guilty of murder, The Tribune reports. The defendants’ trials were held …
A California jury has reached a verdict for Ruben Flores, the father of a man accused of murdering California Polytechnic University student Kristin Smart, in 1996. According to The Tribune, a jury at the Monterey County Superior Court reached a verdict in the elder Flores’ case but that verdict won’t be read until the jury …
A jury in Salinas, California, is now in deliberations following weeks of testimony in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of California Polytechnic State University student, Kristin Smart. “Paul Flores murdered her and buried her under his father’s deck. It is that simple,” San Luis Obispo County Deputy Dist. Atty. Chris Peuvrelle during closing arguments, …
A California jury heard from the former girlfriend of Paul Flores last week, during his trial for the disappearance and presumed death of California Polytechnic State University student, Kristin Smart. Paul Flores’ former girlfriend, Angie, took the stand last week and testified that she dated him from 2004 to 2006. By this time, Smart had …
A California jury heard from a man Wednesday who testified that the accused killer of Kristin Smart joked that her body was at his mother’s house. As CrimeOnline previously reported, suspect Paul Flores, who attended California Polytechnic State University in 1996 with 19-year-old Smart, stands accused of her murder. Flores’ father, Ruben, 81, is facing …
Friends of slain college student Kristin Smart testified Monday that alleged murderer Paul Flores had a strange obsession with Smart before she vanished from California Polytechnic State University in 1996. Flores, who attended school at college with 19-year-old Smart, stands accused of her murder. Flores’ father, Ruben, 81, is facing charges of helping his son …
A California father and son are set to go on trial Monday for charges relating to the death of a college freshman who disappeared from a San Luis Obispo campus in 1996. Prosecutors say Paul Flores, now 45, killed 19-ear-old Kristin Smart in his dorm room at California Polytechnic State University during an attempted rape, …
