Search at Flores home in Kristin Smart case yields no remains yet, sheriff says
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.