Emily Simpson

He said, I'll take her from here.

And then is his dorm in the same building?

no it's different buildings but they're next to each other okay so his his dorm room's in a completely different building yeah and i believe i mean no video cameras for for the entryway or anything there's no security cameras on zero nothing because you don't know what happened to her i would assume now i would like to know this if anyone goes to the school are there security cameras out there now because one they're cheaper

technology, they're more common insurance might require it, you know, protection and then this crime, you know, right.

So I would assume the least of the reasons why I would assume now there's security cameras that show who's going in and out at all times.

Um,

So the dogs, the cadaver dogs, head straight to his room and to where his bed is.

Search teams conduct large-scale searches of surrounding areas, but Kristen's body has never been found.

Paul Flores is now refusing to fully cooperate with investigators and frequently invokes his right to remain silent.

This is when they don't have enough evidence to charge him with murder, so they can't charge him.

But he's definitely the prime suspect.

Is he a suspect or a person of interest?

Whatever you want to call it.

But there's no one else on the radar except for him.

I'll call him guilty.

I'm predicting this one.

So they can't charge him.

So what the Smarts, Kristen Smarts' family, her mom and dad, they hire an attorney who ends up suing him for wrongful death in a civil action.

So they take a deposition or whatever.

Was that strategy to pursue something criminally?