CA CA - Kristin Smart, 19, San Luis Obispo, 25 May 1996

[Pharmer]

The 8th episode of "Your Own Backyard" is now available. Not a ton of new info, but I found the Australian student's account of what he saw on campus interesting.

CBS also featured Kristin on their "48 Hours" crime show last night. It originally aired at 10pm PT on November 27th. I didn't get a chance to watch it

Spotify Link: Episode 08: The 16-Hour Gap - Your Own Backyard

 

[JnRyan]

The 8th episode of "Your Own Backyard" is now available. Not a ton of new info, but I found the Australian student's account of what he saw on campus interesting.

CBS also featured Kristin on their "48 Hours" crime show last night. It originally aired at 10pm PT on November 27th. I didn't get a chance to watch it

Spotify Link: Episode 08: The 16-Hour Gap - Your Own Backyard

Wow! The part about the Australian exchange student witnessing a struggle between woman seemingly matching Kristen's description and a male just inside a dorm is interesting. Especially since LE may ruled it out as a result of misunderstanding where the guy was riding his bike.

 

[Knox]

I feel sort of let down, there was some really promising activity and now silence. Hopefully an arrest next year!

 

[Emi]

The 8th episode of "Your Own Backyard" is now available. Not a ton of new info, but I found the Australian student's account of what he saw on campus interesting.

CBS also featured Kristin on their "48 Hours" crime show last night. It originally aired at 10pm PT on November 27th. I didn't get a chance to watch it

Spotify Link: Episode 08: The 16-Hour Gap - Your Own Backyard

The 48 Hours episode is tonight 10pm Pacific

 

[Emi]

[URL='https://twitter.com/48hours']48 Hours [URL='https://twitter.com/48hours']@48hours [/URL][/URL]8m
LIVE IN THE WEST: In 1996, college freshman Kristin Smart vanished on the way home from a party — and police suspect the last person seen with her ... But no arrests have been made. Why?
@JonVigliotti investigates. https://cbsn.ws/2JcSmmA

 

[Emi]

[URL='https://twitter.com/48hours']48 Hours [URL='https://twitter.com/48hours']@48hours [/URL][/URL]2h
What do you think was the biggest misstep in the initial investigation? See more photos from the case:


[URL='https://t.co/sbqOqNsJoM?amp=1']The Kristin Smart disappearance
A series of missteps left the Kristin Smart case unsolved. But a recent podcast has turned up the heat on the case and the one and only suspect.
cbsnews.com[/URL]

Jonathan Vigliotti @JonVigliotti
3h

Would you quit your job to investigate a decades-old missing persons case? cc:
@48hours
#yourownbackyard

 

[Emi]

Jonathan Vigliotti @JonVigliotti 2h

Kristin Smart was just 40 yards away from making it home to her dorm. As you listen to her friends on tonight’s @48hours, what do you think happened that night?

 

[Emi]

48 Hours @48hours 4h
UP NEXT: Join us tonight for an all-new #48Hours, starting one minute late at 10:01/9:01c. https://cbsn.ws/2Je1HKy


48 Hours @48hours 6h

A college student goes missing and a podcaster turns up the heat to solve Kristin Smart’s disappearance. #48Hours tracks down the prime suspect, TONIGHT at 10:01/9:01c. https://cbsn.ws/3fHW6IM

 

[Emi]

[URL='https://twitter.com/48hours']48 Hours [URL='https://twitter.com/48hours']@48hours [/URL][/URL]Nov 27
A popular podcast has heated up a case about a college freshman that vanished in 1996. Police have had a prime suspect since the beginning, but no one has been charged with her disappearance.


"48 Hours" investigates college freshman's disappearance after podcast brings more attention to case. A popular podcast has heated up a case about a college freshman that vanished after attending a party at California Polytechnic State University in 1996. Police have had a prime suspect since the...
cbsnews.com

 

[Andreee]

That interview with the renter about the noise from outside re. the cellphone every early morn is stunning! LE needs to GO BACK TO THAT HOUSE and EXCAVATE!!! I'm appalled that they didn't do that before!

 

[Ozoner]

That interview with the renter about the noise from outside re. the cellphone every early morn is stunning! LE needs to GO BACK TO THAT HOUSE and EXCAVATE!!! I'm appalled that they didn't do that before!

Most people believe that Kristin's body was moved after that, but there could be some evidence left.

 

[Andreee]

Most people believe that Kristin's body was moved after that, but there could be some evidence left.

I was under the impression the place was rented out some time after the crime and that is when the renter heard the alarm or whatever the sound was. So wouldn't that mean the phone was still there, or ?

 

[Emi]

I was under the impression the place was rented out some time after the crime and that is when the renter heard the alarm or whatever the sound was. So wouldn't that mean the phone was still there, or ?

Phone or clock

 

[JnRyan]

48 Hours @48hours Nov 27
A popular podcast has heated up a case about a college freshman that vanished in 1996. Police have had a prime suspect since the beginning, but no one has been charged with her disappearance.


"48 Hours" investigates college freshman's disappearance after podcast brings more attention to case. A popular podcast has heated up a case about a college freshman that vanished after attending a party at California Polytechnic State University in 1996. Police have had a prime suspect since the...
cbsnews.com

A very good broadcast that is needed. I wish they addressed the Australian exchange student, but maybe the work on this episode was done before the podcaster uncovered the exchange student.

 

[Ozoner]

Phone or clock

If I remember correctly, it was a digital watch with a timer. Kristin had the alarm on it set very early because she had report to the pool very early to work as a lifeguard. (Not many people had cell phones back in 1996.)

 

[Ozoner]

I was under the impression the place was rented out some time after the crime and that is when the renter heard the alarm or whatever the sound was. So wouldn't that mean the phone was still there, or ?

The body must have still been there when the original renters were there. Concrete had been poured over the alleged burial site (ostensibly for some kind of planter). That concrete was later broken up; apparently Kristin's body was dug up and moved after those renters had moved away.

 

[Andreee]

The body must have still been there when the original renters were there. Concrete had been poured over the alleged burial site (ostensibly for some kind of planter). That concrete was later broken up; apparently Kristin's body was dug up and moved after those renters had moved away.

Wow! I'm thinking there may still be some kind of trace evidence at this site in the dirt under the cement even after the alleged moving of the body from there. However, it sounds like from what LE said on the show last night that they found some kind of evidence inside the homes that they recently re-searched again so that's good.

 

[Knox]

I love my boys, I have two adult sons. So I feel I can make this comment with authenticity; if I suspected one of them killed a woman, I would never cover for him. Let alone bury a body in my backyard. I really have a hard time understanding Paul's parents and the actions with their son.

It seems for years, whatever could go wrong, did in this case. I voted for Ian and think he does a fine job in our County. I hope he and Dan Dow are able to close the chapter in this case, both are heavily invested.

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

Exactly! He’s not the brightest bulb but would he really still have evidence in his possession 24 years later?

From what I have read regarding males who continually accost women...

These men often save items (indefinitely) reminding them of their victims...

Perhaps Paul Flores is one of these individuals?

Just a thought...

 

[Richard]

Kristin Smart, 19
Missing 25 May 1996