(SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.) — The jury is deliberating in the murder trial of the man accused of killing Kristin Smart, a California college student who disappeared in 1996 while walking home from a party.
Paul Flores, 45, who walked Smart from the party and previously was named the “prime suspect,” was arrested and charged with her murder last year.
After 11 weeks of testimony, closing arguments wrapped late Tuesday afternoon and the jury is currently deliberating their verdict.
In his closing argument, defense attorney Robert Sanger told the jury, “there is no evidence of a murder so that’s really the end of it.”
“This case was not prosecuted all these years because there was no evidence and there’s still no evidence,” he said.
The prosecutor, San Luis Obispo County Deputy District Attorney…
