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Kristin Smart trial: Murder suspect Paul Flores had black eye, was acting ‘nervous’ days later, classmate says

Written by on August 5, 2022

People who knew Kristin Smart and Paul Flores took the stand to describe their interactions before and after the freshman disappeared from her college campus in May 1996.

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