MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, who vanished from a California college campus in 1996, has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
— MONTEREY, Calif. The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, who vanished from a California college campus in 1996, has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
A judge in Monterey County sentenced Paul Flores on Friday, calling him “a cancer to society.”
The judge also rejected requests from the defense to acquit Flores and order a new trial.
Smart was 19 when she disappeared from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
Her remains have never been found, but prosecutors alleged Flores, a fellow student, killed her while trying to rape her in his dorm room. He was convicted in October. His father was accused of helping hide her body but was acquitted.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
LOS ANGELES The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, who vanished from a California college campus more than 25 years ago, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday for her murder.
Paul Flores could face 25 years to life in state prison. However, the judge was first expected to consider defense motions to toss out Flores’ conviction, acquit him and order a new trial.
Smart, 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo on the state’s scenic central coast over Memorial Day weekend in 1996.
