Sheriff’s investigators search Susan Flores home for Kristin Smart remains
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Updated · Los Angeles Times · May 6
Sheriff’s investigators search Susan Flores home for Kristin Smart remains
15 articles · Updated · Los Angeles Times · May 6
At the Arroyo Grande property, experts in ground-penetrating radar and soil science began a two-day search after 2023 soil-vapor tests detected compounds possibly linked to human decomposition.
Paul Flores, the last person seen with Smart in 1996, is serving 25 years to life for her murder, but her body has never been found.
Authorities previously searched Flores family properties without recovering remains; the sheriff said the new court-approved warrant reflects a continued effort to bring Smart home to her family.
Can experimental soil-vapor technology finally locate Kristin Smart's remains after thirty years?
After decades of searches, what new evidence led police back to the killer's mother's backyard?