Still Missing CA - Kristin Smart, 19, San Luis Obispo, 25 May 1996 *arrests* #3
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@Emi -- I'm not sure if this is a WS site issue or what but with the exception of post #700 (i.e., Law & Crime and Court TV tweets), I'm not able to view the tweets posted on the last two pages of this thread, and when trying to access the links, they just spin for me. 
Thanks again for all of your effort.
Thanks again for all of your effort.
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I think it may be a WS issue for you because they load for me?@Emi -- I'm not sure if this is a WS site issue or what but with the exception of post #700 (i.e., Law & Crime and Court TV tweets), I'm not able to view the tweets posted on the last two pages of this thread, and when trying to access the links, they just spin for me.
Thanks again for all of your effort.
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Monday, August 8th:
*Trial continues (Day 9) (@ 8:30am PT) - CA - Kristin Denise Smart (19) (missing May 25, 1996 while walking back to her dorm from a off campus frat party at Cal Poly, reported missing on May 26, 1996, San Luis Obispo, still missing; legally declared dead on May 25, 2002) – *Paul Ruben Flores (19 @ time of crime/44/now 45) arrested (4/13/21), charged (4/14/21) & arraigned (10/20/21) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. No bond.
*Ruben Ricardo Flores (55 @ time of crime/80/now 81) arrested (4/13/21), charged (4/14/21) & arraigned (10/20/21) with accessory to murder after the fact. Plead not guilty. $250K bond. Bond was lower to $50K. Has posted bond (4/22/21), out of jail.
Trial began with final jury selection for Paul from 6/27 & ended 6/28/22 & for Ruben jury selection started on 7/11 & ended 7/12/22.
Trial began on 7/18/22 with opening statements for Paul in am & Ruben in pm (which was continued on 7/21/22).
Paul’s attorney Robert Sanger & Ruben’s is Harold V. Mesick. Prosecutor is Christopher Peuvrelle. Judge Jennifer O’Keefe presiding.
Judge O’Keefe has blocked defense attorney Sanger from suggesting someone else killed Smart unless he can provide evidence of direct involvement.
Trial has been moved from San Luis Obispo County to Monterey County in Salinas. For 2 juries each: 12 jurors & 8 alternates; Paul’s: 8 men & 12 women & Ruben’s: 9 men & 10 women (still waiting for correction). 8/4/22: Another juror from Ruben's jury is out this morning & an alternate was sworn in to replace them. So now the count is correct at 19.
Case & court info from 5/17/21 thru Final Jury Selection Day 1-2 (7/11 & 7/12/22 for Ruben) & 7/14 thru 7/19/22 & Trial Day 1-4 (7/18, 7/21-7/25/22) & 7/26/22 & Trial Day 5-7 (8/1 to 8/3/22) reference post #669 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-34
8/4/22 Thursday, Trial Day 8: State witnesses: Mario Garcia, played pool with Paul. Felipe Arias, Kristin’s friend. DA Investigator James JT Camp was recalled.
For more info see posts #683 thru 700 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-35
SLO Tribune, ABCNews, Associated Press & LA Times filed motion to unseal records in Smart case. The motion hearing is on 8/4/22 @ 3pm.
The Judge decided to begin unsealing records, after the Media's motions was filed. Both the prosecution & defense agreed most records should be unsealed now that the jury has been picked. The news coalition believes the records should have been unsealed regardless. DA & Defense must provide a list of documents they want sealed and why they want them sealed no later than 8/25/22. The Judge also modified the gag order.
for more info see posts #708 to 710 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-36
Court will not be in session on Friday. Trial continues on Monday, 8/8/22.
*Trial continues (Day 9) (@ 8:30am PT) - CA - Kristin Denise Smart (19) (missing May 25, 1996 while walking back to her dorm from a off campus frat party at Cal Poly, reported missing on May 26, 1996, San Luis Obispo, still missing; legally declared dead on May 25, 2002) – *Paul Ruben Flores (19 @ time of crime/44/now 45) arrested (4/13/21), charged (4/14/21) & arraigned (10/20/21) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. No bond.
*Ruben Ricardo Flores (55 @ time of crime/80/now 81) arrested (4/13/21), charged (4/14/21) & arraigned (10/20/21) with accessory to murder after the fact. Plead not guilty. $250K bond. Bond was lower to $50K. Has posted bond (4/22/21), out of jail.
Trial began with final jury selection for Paul from 6/27 & ended 6/28/22 & for Ruben jury selection started on 7/11 & ended 7/12/22.
Trial began on 7/18/22 with opening statements for Paul in am & Ruben in pm (which was continued on 7/21/22).
Paul’s attorney Robert Sanger & Ruben’s is Harold V. Mesick. Prosecutor is Christopher Peuvrelle. Judge Jennifer O’Keefe presiding.
Judge O’Keefe has blocked defense attorney Sanger from suggesting someone else killed Smart unless he can provide evidence of direct involvement.
Trial has been moved from San Luis Obispo County to Monterey County in Salinas. For 2 juries each: 12 jurors & 8 alternates; Paul’s: 8 men & 12 women & Ruben’s: 9 men & 10 women (still waiting for correction). 8/4/22: Another juror from Ruben's jury is out this morning & an alternate was sworn in to replace them. So now the count is correct at 19.
Case & court info from 5/17/21 thru Final Jury Selection Day 1-2 (7/11 & 7/12/22 for Ruben) & 7/14 thru 7/19/22 & Trial Day 1-4 (7/18, 7/21-7/25/22) & 7/26/22 & Trial Day 5-7 (8/1 to 8/3/22) reference post #669 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-34
8/4/22 Thursday, Trial Day 8: State witnesses: Mario Garcia, played pool with Paul. Felipe Arias, Kristin’s friend. DA Investigator James JT Camp was recalled.
For more info see posts #683 thru 700 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-35
SLO Tribune, ABCNews, Associated Press & LA Times filed motion to unseal records in Smart case. The motion hearing is on 8/4/22 @ 3pm.
The Judge decided to begin unsealing records, after the Media's motions was filed. Both the prosecution & defense agreed most records should be unsealed now that the jury has been picked. The news coalition believes the records should have been unsealed regardless. DA & Defense must provide a list of documents they want sealed and why they want them sealed no later than 8/25/22. The Judge also modified the gag order.
for more info see posts #708 to 710 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-36
Court will not be in session on Friday. Trial continues on Monday, 8/8/22.
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Examining California's Kristin Smart trial: The anatomy of a case with no body
The decades-old murder case involving vanished college freshman Kristin Smart is complicated, to say the least -- especially since the 19-year-old's body has never been found.
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