Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And I'm Britt. And the story I have for you today is one of the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office most enduring mysteries. And it's not the one you're probably thinking of. I mean, for most crime junkies, when you hear San Luis Obispo, one case comes to mind. Yeah, Kristen Smart. Exactly. But her case now solved was never the most baffling one.

Far from it.

The strangest case the sheriff's office is tasked with solving is from 16 years before Kristen

Smart went missing.

When two little girls vanished off the street in broad daylight in the middle of San Miguel, a town

with only 800-ish residents.

Everyone is a suspect and every theory is still on the table, even after their bodies were

discovered and there were plenty of strange clues and physical evidence.

Now, the only reason you don't know about this case is because it's

never been told in full before, not until today. And this is one that you're going to want to

pay attention to because even though this case is 45 years old, big things are about to happen.

The currently detective on this case literally came out of retirement just to

solve it, and he just so happens to be the same guy who solved Kristen Smart's case in 2022.

And in this one, he has fresh leads and DNA evidence on his side. So this case is closer than

ever before to being solved. But now it's a race against time to make sure justice comes

while these girls' families are still alive to witness it.

This is the story of Teresa Flores and Martha Mezzo.

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I'm going to Saturday, May 17, 1980 would be the start to a mystery that has endured for the San

Louis Obispo Sheriff's Office for 45 years.

That is the day that 4-year-old Martha Mezzo and 5-year-old Teresa Flores, known to their families as Marty and Terry,

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