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Soil testing at California house turns up evidence of human remains in Kirstin Smart case
Home reportedly occupied by mother of Paul Flores, who was convicted of killing college student who went missing in 1996
Soil testing at a property linked to the man convicted in the murder of California college student Kristin Smart, who disappeared in 1996, turned up evidence of human remains, a state sheriff announced on Friday.
“We can’t call it Kristin, but there’s evidence to support human remains – there at one time,” the San Luis Obispo county sheriff, Ian Parkinson, said at a news conference.
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Uwa Ede-Osifo and agencies · Sat, May 9, 2026, 5:49 AM
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Home reportedly occupied by mother of Paul Flores, who was convicted of killing college student who went missing in 1996
Soil testing at a property linked to the man convicted in the murder of California college student Kristin Smart, who disappeared in 1996, turned up evidence of human remains, a state sheriff announced on Friday.
“We can’t call it Kristin, but there’s evidence to support human remains – there at one time,” the San Luis Obispo county sheriff, Ian Parkinson, said at a news conference.
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