Kristin Smart Search Ends At Arroyo Grande Home With No Remains Found
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office said it completed a search at an Arroyo Grande home on Saturday, May 9, 2026, without recovering Kristin Smart's remains.[1]
The search, begun earlier in the week after a new warrant, targeted the East Branch Street home of Susan Flores, the mother of convicted murderer Paul Flores.[1] Investigators used ground-penetrating radar and soil testing, and said scientific evidence suggested human remains may once have been present at the property.[1]
Paul Flores was convicted in 2022 of murdering Smart, who disappeared in 1996 while a student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and he is appealing his conviction.[1]
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- On Saturday, May 9, 2026, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office announced it had completed a search at an Arroyo Grande home without recovering Kristin Smart's remains.
- The search, begun earlier in the week after a new warrant, targeted the East Branch Street home of Susan Flores, mother of convicted murderer Paul Flores.
- Investigators used ground-penetrating radar and soil testing and say scientific evidence suggested human remains may once have been present at the property.
- Paul Flores was convicted in 2022 of murdering Smart, who disappeared in 1996 while a student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and he is appealing his conviction.
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May 10, 2026