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Investigators wrapped up a search at Susan Flores’ Arroyo Grande home after soil testing suggested human remains may have been in the yard; no body was recovered, but officials say remains were present at one time and the investigation into whether Paul Flores disposed of Kristin Smart’s body continues.
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson says investigators searching Susan Flores’s Arroyo Grande home, tied to the man convicted in Kristin Smart’s 1996 murder, have not recovered Smart’s remains. The team has collected soil samples and used ground-penetrating radar and is expanding work to nearby properties; Smart’s body has never been found, Paul Flores was convicted of first‑degree murder in 2022, and Ruben Flores was acquitted in related charges. The search aims to bring Smart home, with authorities indicating it could take some time.
San Luis Obispo County deputies served a search warrant at Susan Flores’s Arroyo Grande home, the mother of Paul Flores, as part of the Kristin Smart investigation. The move follows earlier soil-vapor analysis suggesting a decomposition signal near the yard. Paul Flores was convicted of Smart’s murder in 2022, but Susan Flores has not been charged. The search is ongoing and details remain limited as authorities pursue new leads to locate Smart’s remains.
Nearly 30 years after Kristin Smart vanished, investigators served a search warrant at Susan Flores’ Arroyo Grande home—Paul Flores’ mother—to search for remains after scientists detected volatile organic compounds linked to decomposing human remains; the probe, involving ground-penetrating radar and FBI involvement, seeks to locate Smart’s body in the ongoing case, in which Paul Flores was convicted of murder but no body has ever been found and Susan Flores has not been charged.