Vanished From Campus: The Disappearance Of Kristin Smart

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

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True Crime

4.8 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In 1996, 19-year-old Cal Poly student Kristin Smart went missing after attending a college party over Memorial Day weekend. Although she did not seem drunk to partygoers, students found her passed out in a neighboring lawn. Paul Flores volunteered to walk Kristin home and was the last person to see her. Flores became a person of interest in the investigation into Kristin's disappearance and would later become the prime suspect in her murder. Retired San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Detective Clint Cole became the lead investigator in Kristin's case in 2019. He discusses the evolution of the case, and how he was eventually able to bring answers to the decades-old mystery. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At any given moment, there are up to 3,000 people in witness protection in the UK,
0:06.3	giving up their life for a new identity in a safe house.
0:10.6	But what happens when it all goes wrong?
0:15.2	Three shot, two male, one female.
0:17.5	And the detective inspector is Nile.
0:19.3	It's a safe house.
0:20.5	Sheltering, a protective witness and his family.
0:22.7	Who did this?
0:23.4	I am going to find out.
0:24.5	I promise.
0:25.3	Protection.
0:26.4	Coming soon on ITV1 and ITVX.
0:31.5	The bustling campus of California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly, was unusually empty Memorial Day weekend, 1996.
0:41.4	Although many students went away for the holiday, a few stayed on campus to enjoy some college
0:46.2	fun. 19-year-old Kristen Smart was a freshman at Cal Poly, living at the Muir Hall Dormitory.
0:53.2	On Friday, May 24th, she and a group of other girls
0:56.5	who had stayed for the weekend gathered together for a night out at a local house party.
1:01.6	The party seemed relatively over, and while her friends were ready to go home, Kristen stayed out,
1:06.9	eager to find another fun event to continue the night. She entered a party at 1.35 Crandall Way,
1:13.6	an unofficial fraternity house located close to the campus.
1:17.6	Although Kristen didn't know anyone there,
1:19.6	her beauty and bubbly nature helped her to stand out.
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