Posted on 09/21/2022 5:13:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The California trial for the men accused in connection with college student Kristin Smart’s disappearance and presumed death returned to a Monterey County courtroom on Monday after nearly a week hiatus.
Jurors on Monday heard from forensic DNA analyst Angela Butler, who first took the stand last week before court went dark. Butler has spent over 20 years in her role and later began focusing her workload on "the most complicated cases submitted to the lab — usually cold cases," she said, according to reports from inside the courtroom.
Smart was a 19-year-old college student at California Polytechnic State University in 1996 when she vanished after an off-campus party, investigators said. More than 26 years later, Paul Flores — the man who was last seen with Smart — and his father are standing trial on charges related to her presumed death.
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More and more of these cold cases will come up as DNA is tested and that’s a good thing these people will not be able to get away with the evil they have done
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