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Authorities mum after new search in Kristin Smart cold case

Smart was 19 when she vanished in 1996 while returning to a dorm at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, after a party.
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Deputies prepare to have a car towed for evidence, Monday, March 15, 2021, at the Arroyo Grande, Calif., home of Ruben Flores. Ruben is the father of Paul Flores, the sole person of interest in missing Cal Poly student Kristin Smart's 1996 disappearance. (David Middlecamp/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) via AP)

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. — The latest search in the nearly 25-year mystery of the disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart has ended with no comment from authorities on the results. 

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office tweeted Tuesday that service of a search warrant was concluded at the Arroyo Grande home of the father of Paul Flores, a former student who has long been under investigation in the case. 

Smart was 19 when she vanished in 1996 while returning to a dorm at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, after a party. Paul Flores has never been arrested or charged in the case.

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