The San Luis Obispo Murder - Kristin Smart
Housewives of True Crime
Tabitha Kane
4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Kristin Smart was a bright, 19-year-old college student at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. In 1996, she went to a friend’s birthday party—and never made it home.
The last person seen with her? A classmate named Paul Flores.
Despite suspicions and years of unanswered questions, the case went cold. But after 25 years of relentless efforts by her family and a determined podcaster, the investigation was reopened—and finally, arrests were made. Paul Flores was charged with Kristin’s murder, and his father, Ruben Flores, was accused of helping cover up the crime.
What really happened the night Kristin vanished? And how did justice finally catch up after two and a half decades?
Join us as we explore one of the most haunting missing persons cases in California history—and the shocking twists that finally led to answers.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi and welcome to Housewives of True Crime. |
| 0:05.4 | Welcome. |
| 0:06.3 | Welcome. |
| 0:07.4 | I am Tabitha. |
| 0:09.2 | Give me Dateline, white wine, and I'll pick up your kids in the carpool line. |
| 0:14.3 | The next day, right? |
| 0:15.2 | Yeah, the next day. |
| 0:15.9 | Okay. |
| 0:16.8 | And I am Gretchen. |
| 0:18.2 | I like white wine, true crime, and in bed by nine, because I have a lot of stuff to do in the morning. |
| 0:26.6 | We are housewives of true crime. |
| 0:30.5 | Yes, we are. |
| 0:31.3 | Yes, we are. |
| 0:32.6 | Yes, we are. Welcome. |
| 0:45.3 | Welcome. |
| 0:46.5 | Housewives of true crime. |
| 0:49.2 | Up in here. |
| 0:50.4 | Up in here. |
| 0:51.7 | Dallas Glory. |
| 0:53.4 | Big D. |
| 0:59.4 | I finally got my voice back, you guys. It was real rough this morning. Yeah. We had the time of our lives, by the way. Pretty much did. It's going to be a while. |
| 1:08.1 | Oh, a while until you get your ass back here or what? |
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