Paul Flores killed Kristin Smart during attempted rape, prosecutors allege - Los Angeles Times

Paul Flores killed Kristin Smart in his college dorm room as he sexually assaulted the 19-year-old student, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.

The grim details of how Smart is believed to have died while a freshman at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo came on a day when Flores was formally charged with first-degree murder in the case and accusations surfaced that he has assaulted other women in the decades after allegedly killing Smart.

In announcing the murder charge against Flores, San Luis Obispo County Dist.

Flores.” Saying Flores was known to frequent bars in the San Pedro area, the district attorney asked that women who may have been assaulted by Flores contact San Luis Obispo authorities.

After years of suspicion, Paul Flores is arrested in the disappearance of Kristin Smart.

After years of suspicion, Paul Flores is arrested in the disappearance of Kristin Smart.

Paul Flores, long described as a ‘prime suspect,’ was taken into custody by San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s officials.

Flores, 44, was arrested Tuesday at his home, nearly 25 years after Smart left a party near the Cal Poly campus and vanished on the way back to her campus dormitory.

Over the years, San Luis Obispo authorities called Flores a “person of interest,” then a “suspect,” then a “prime suspect.” They searched his homes.

Kristin Smart case: Images from the investigation and arrest of Paul Flores.

Kristin Smart case: Images from the investigation and arrest of Paul Flores?

The arrest comes nearly 25 years after Smart vanished while walking back to her dorm at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo?

Flores for the murder of Kristin Smart.”.

Both men have yet to enter a plea and are due to be arraigned Thursday morning in San Luis Obispo Superior Court

The long, twisted, frustrating road to an arrest in the disappearance of Kristin Smart

The long, twisted, frustrating road to an arrest in the disappearance of Kristin Smart

Despite numerous investigations, searches and legal procedures, it took 24 years for an arrest to be made in the disappearance of Kristin Smart

One warm Friday night in late spring 10 years ago, Kristin Denise Smart and three other young women started walking from their dorms at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo