SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - San Luis Obispo prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former classmate of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart with first-degree murder since she disappeared in 1996.Smart's body has still not been found, but District Attorney Dan Dow hinted that authorities might know where it might be.
Sheriff Ian Parkinson on Tuesday arrested Paul Flores on suspicion of murder and his father, Ruben Flores, as an alleged accessory after the fact.Dow said that Flores allegedly killed Smart as he was also trying to rape her.
But the statute of limitations for attempted rape has since run out. Dow said that at this point, they don't have evidence to charge anyone else with Smart's death and disappearance and he conceded it would be difficult.