Emily Simpson

This case has been... Why it came up in my mind again was because there's been renewed attention on this case.

Because... Because recently...

the police had been investigating because her body's never been found.

So they had been, they had gotten police warrants to search Paul Flores' mother's home, Susan Flores.

After relentless searching, her body was never found and the case went cold for over two decades.

In 2021, the case took a turn when investigators were finally able to narrow in on two suspects and arrest them for Kristen's murder, which ends up being Paul Flores and his father, Ruben Flores.

All right.

Let's just go through the background a little bit and give a little early life and college years on Kristen so we can learn a little bit about her.

So on February 20th of 1977, Kristen Denise Smart was born in Augsburg, Germany, to Stan and Denise Smart, who were both teachers working on a U.S.

military base.

She later grew up in Stockton, California.

You ever been to Stockton?

No.

You?

Yeah.

I wouldn't say it was as lovely as where we currently live, but it's Northern California.

No judgment.

No judgment.

And is described by friends and family as outgoing, friendly, and athletic.

Kristen eventually enrolls in Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1995 as a freshman majoring in architecture.