In a courtroom in Salinas, Calif., a jury rendered a verdict in one of California’s most enduring murder mysteries. While both cases were presented in the same courtroom, they were different in many ways, which could account for the different verdicts.
Despite numerous investigations, searches and legal procedures, it took 24 years for an arrest to be made in the disappearance of Kristin Smart.The case again Ruben Flores, who was accused of being an accessory, appeared harder to prove.A soil scientist and archaeologist testified that ground radar showed an anomaly and indications of fluids that were consistent with a body having been buried and removed, Peuvrelle repeatedly reminded jurors.
Prosecutors pointed to what they said was hole on the property, 6 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet. Archaeologist Cindy Arrington, Peuvrelle noted, said that the hole was dug by hand and that fluid had leaked into the soil slowly, creating a bath-like ring.The father of murder suspect Paul Flores is charged with accessory. Two juries are deciding the men’s fate.
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