By JOSH FRIEDMAN. Join our Fan Club to listen to this episode and more! Paul Flores is arrested in the disappearance of Kristin Smart. Audio from Flores' father, Ruben . Ruben Flores was released on bail in late April; Paul Flores remains incarcerated without bail at the San Luis Obispo County Jail. Paul and Ruben Flores are pictured in photos provided by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department. On Monday, April 19, the father and son virtually appeared in court for their arraignment, where their respective attorneys entered their pleas. By Matt Fountain. Paul Flores, left, and his father Ruben Flores, right, appeared in court Thursday after being charged in connection with Cal Poly student Kristin Smart's 1996 disappearance. Both son and father were arrested last month in connection with Smart's disappearance and death, but Paul's mother, Susan, and her boyfriend have not been criminally charged. UPDATE (4/13, 5 p.m. Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old freshman at California . On Tues., April 13, 2021, Paul Flores and his father, Ruben Flores, were arrested in connection to Kristin Smart's case. His father, Ruben Flores, 80, was also arrested Tuesday and booked on suspicion of accessory and faces a $250,000 bail, Parkinson said. PAUL Flores, who is a prime suspect in the Kristin Smart case, has been arrested.Smart was a freshman at Cal Poly when she disappeared back in 1996.Wh. He is being held on $250,000 bond. Paul and Ruben Flores are . Bombshell Evidence Sends Paul And Ruben Flores To Trial. Charged with accessory after the fact, Ruben Flores is suspected of helping his son dispose . Paul and Ruben Flores are pictured in photos provided by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department. Paul Flores, 44, the last person seen with Smart before she vanished in 1996, was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area. The last person to see her was a fellow student named Paul Flores. The San Luis Obispo Sheriff's office shared these photos. Boy In the Box. Flores sported the injury in his booking photo. Both . It is alleged he caused Kristin's death while in the commission of or attempt to commit rape. Investigators are currently digging under Rubin Flores' home in another apparent attempt to find the missing teen's body. Where is Paul Flores now? By Matt Fountain. Photo by Rick Evans. The arrests come after authorities used cadaver dogs and radar to search Ruben's home in March 2021 nearly 25 years after the student disappeared. A case that has remained unsolved for decades took a dramatic turn in . The article added that Flores . May 25, 2021 marked 25 years since Kristin Smart went missing in San Luis Obispo. The allegation is that Ruben helped conceal Kristin's body after she was murdered. Without hard evidence, authorities couldn't tie Flores to Smart's disappearance and presumed death. Paul Flores, 44, of San Pedro pleaded not guilty to murder and his 80-year-old father, Arroyo Grande resident Ruben Flores, pleaded not guilty to accessory in the second arraignment in Smart's . After a nearly two-month-long hearing, a San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge on Wednesday ruled that the case against Paul and Ruben Flores will move toward trial for the 1996 . Duration: 02:43 9/23/2021. In addition, Ruben's attorney argued in favor of the 80 year old's bond release. Paul Flores attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and was the last person to see his classmate, Kristin Smart, alive. UPDATE: Paul and Ruben Flores formally pleaded not guilty to charges in connection to the disappearance of Kristin Smart. Ruben Flores, 80, has been booked on an accessory charge and is being held on $250,000 bail. Ruben Flores, 80, was arrested . Paul Flores is shown in an unrelated arrest photo from 1996, when he was 19. . Paul is currently still in the custody of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office, while Ruben was released on bail eight days after his arrest. Police Hope Break In 1957 Unsolved Murder Leads to The Boy In The Box's Identity. On May 25, 1996, a man and a woman both Cal Poly students walked an . According to CNN, authorities searched Ruben . Balloons wrap around the Kristin Smart billboard in Arroyo Grande after the arrest of Paul and Ruben Flores in April 2021. Ruben Flores, Paul Flores' father, is alleged to have helped hide the body, which has still not been found. His father, Ruben, is seen in the foreground and defense attorney Robert Sanger is seen on . A case that has remained unsolved for decades took a dramatic turn in . . Paul Flores and his father, Ruben Flores, both pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges related to the murder of Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old college student who vanished from the California . . The start of the much-anticipated court hearing was set on Monday . Paul's father, Ruben Flores, was also . FILE - In this Thursday, April 15, 2021, file photo, defendants Paul Flores, top left, and his father, Ruben Flores, bottom right, appear via video conference during their arraignment in San . On Monday, April 19, the father and son virtually appeared in court for . Paul is facing a murder charge in Kristin Smart's 1996 disappearance. Kristin Smart, a freshman at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, disappeared on May 25, 1996. . Flores' 80-year-old father, Ruben Flores, has also been arrested and charged with accessory after the fact. Paul's father, Ruben Flores, was also reportedly taken into custody at around the same time at his home in Arroyo Grande, California. Paul and Ruben Flores are . Paul and Ruben Flores will go to trial in the disappearance and alleged murder of college student Kristin Smart that took place in 1996. Paul Flores, 44, who was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished in 1996, was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. The family of Kristin Smart filed a complaint against Ruben Flores on April 21, 2021, claiming he moved Kristin Smart's body from . Photo Source. August 22, 2011. No bail amount is listed. Paul Flores, 44, was arrested Tuesday for murder in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles, according to San Luis Obispo County jail records . UPDATE: Paul and Ruben Flores formally pleaded not guilty to charges in connection to the disappearance of Kristin Smart. No bail amount is listed. His father, Ruben Flores, 80, was arrested as an accessory at his Arroyo Grande home, where sheriff's investigators conducted another search. Paul Flores, 44, has been booked on a murder charge, the records show. Testimony resumed Tuesday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court in the preliminary hearing for Paul Flores and his father, Ruben. He's the man charged with killing her. Paul Flores is accused of . The Sheriff's Office has issued a press . "The preliminary hearing has concluded in the cases of Paul and Ruben Flores," the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's office tweeted on Wednesday. His father, Ruben Flores, 80, is charged with helping his son conceal . Kristin Smart Credit: AP. Join the Fan Club **Please note** All Fan Club episode sources are listed directly on their episode show notes in the Fan Club app. His father, Ruben Flores, 80, was also arrested at his Arroyo Grande . Paul Flores in San Luis Obispo Superior Court for his preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. Paul Flores, the man charged in the death and disappearance of Kristin Smart, will face a judge Monday in a highly anticipated preliminary hearing where we will hear evidence and witness testimonies. The primary defendant is a man who authorities long treated as a suspect. Paul Flores was the last person seen with Smart on May 25, 1996, at California Polytechnic . Paul Flores, 44, was arrested Tuesday for murder in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles, according to San Luis Obispo County jail records . A judge on March 30 ruled that the trial would be moved out of San Luis . Paul Flores, 45, was the last person seen with Smart before she vanished from her college town. Ruben Flores, who is the father of murder suspect Paul Flores, is accused of moving Smart's remains from his home in Arroyo Grande in February 2020. Paul Flores was a longtime suspect, but he was not arrested until April of last year when detectives found new evidence. Paul Flores, 44, was arrested Tuesday for murder in the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly University student Kristin Smart and his father Ruben Ricardo Flores, 80, was arrested under suspicion of . San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office personnel search under the deck in the backyard of the home of Ruben Flores, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Arroyo Grande, Calif. Flores is the father of Paul Flores, who remains the prime suspect in the disappearance of Kristin Smart in 1996. Paul Flores, the man charged in the death and disappearance of Kristin Smart, will face a judge Monday in a highly anticipated preliminary hearing where we will hear evidence and witness testimonies. Ruben Flores was released on $50,000 bail on April 21 after Judge Craig van Rooyen reduced it from the original $250,000. This is Paul and Ruben Flores, as they were being taken into custody. According to SFGate after a 22 year preliminary hearing, Superior Court Judge Craig van Rooyen determined the prosecution presented sufficient evidence to move the case to the criminal trial phase. Two arrests have been made in the 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Denise Smart, 19. Meet Paul Flores, the former Cal Poly student who is the last known person to see Kristin Smart alive the night she disappeared from campus in May 1996 . " A judge has determined sufficient evidence was presented for . That's the night she walked back to her California Polytechnic State University dorm room after a party. The 44-year-old Flores - a former classmate of Smart's - was booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail just after midday on Wednesday on a single charge of murder. Ruben Flores, 80, has been booked on an accessory charge and is being held on $250,000 bail. The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office argued . Paul Flores, 44, is charged with first-degree murder in the 1996 disappearance of the 19-year-old Cal Poly University student. Photo by Rick Evans. Kristin Denise Smart. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested Paul Flores, the primary suspect in the disappearance of Kristin Smart, and his father, Ruben Flores, at separate locations Tuesday morning. Paul Flores, along with the father Ruben Flores, are both scheduled to appear in a San Luis Obispo County courtroom Monday afternoon for a pre-preliminary hearing. A judge on March 30 ruled that the trial would be moved out of San Luis . The two were arrested in April 2021 25 years after Smart's disappearance. Paul and Ruben Flores were both arrested in April 2021. On April 13, Paul's father, Ruben Flores, 80, was also arrested and charged with being an accessory after the murder for allegedly hiding her body in his yard on White Court in Arroyo Grande. FILE - This file photo provided by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office shows suspect Paul Flores who was arrested Tuesday, April 13, 2021, for the murder of Kristin Smart. Paul Flores is charged with raping and murdering Kristin Smart in 1996 . San Luis Obispo County sheriff's detectives arrested Paul Flores, 44, on suspicion of murder and booked him into the San Luis . ET): Twenty-five years after 19-year-old Cal Poly student Kristin Smart went missing on campus after a party, prime suspect Paul Flores, 44, was arrested on one count of . He was the last person to see Smart alive and for years has been eyed by detectives in the case; he has denied any involvement in Smart's disappearance. Photo Source. No bail has been set. Paul Flores was the last person seen with Smart on May 25, 1996, at California Polytechnic . Paul Flores, 44, who was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished in 1996, was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area. Paul Flores, 44, has been booked on a murder charge, the records show. Authorities released the mugshots on Tuesday of the defendants in the disappearance and alleged murder of college student Kristin Denise Smart, 19. Paul Flores gets Googled. After a nearly two-month-long hearing, a San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge on Wednesday ruled that the case against Paul and Ruben Flores will move toward trial for the 1996 . Paul Flores and his father Ruben Flores will stand trial on charges related to the death and disappearance of college student Kristin Smart in 1996, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's . Paul's father Ruben Flores, 80, is . May 25, 2021 marked 25 years since Kristin Smart went missing in San Luis Obispo. Filed Under: Kristin Smart, Paul Flores, Ruben Flores, Stockton SAN LUIS OBISPO (CBS13) More than two decades after Kristin Smart's disappearance, the main suspect in the case is now set to . The main suspect in Kristin Smart's 1996 disappearance is headed to trial for her murder and his father will also face proceedings for allegedly helping him bury her body. Paul Flores was the key witness in the 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart. A judge ordered both Wednesday to stand trial for the murder of Stockton native Kristin Smart. According to the last reports, Paul Flores has been residing in San Pedro, California, since 2011 and is a "quiet" and sometimes "paranoid" neighbor. In the two decades since he has been a suspect in Kristin's case, Paul has allegedly been harassed so much by the law officials that he had to leave several jobs and lose many opportunities. Authorities served another search warrant at Ruben's Arroyo Grande home on Tuesday . Paul Flores, 44, has been charged with first degree murder. Paul Flores, 44, was taken into custody on Tuesday morning in San Pedro, California, records show. Paul Flores and his father Ruben Flores will stand trial on charges related to the death and disappearance of college student Kristin Smart in 1996, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's . SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- The preliminary hearing for Paul Flores and his father Ruben Flores will begin on Monday, July 6. Ruben Flores, 80, has pleaded not guilty to accessory after a murder. Kristin Denise Smart. Paul Flores is being held without bail and is set to be arraigned on Thursday, San Luis . Then there's his father Ruben Ricardo Flores, 80, accused of being an accessory. The primary defendant is a man who authorities long treated as a suspect. Paul Flores and his father, Ruben Flores, both pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges related to the murder of Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old college student who vanished from the California . At left is Paul Flores, 44. The last person to see her was a fellow student named Paul Flores. Dow . Paul Flores is a longtime person of interest. He is charged with murder, and his father, Ruben Flores, is charged with accessory for allegedly helping to hide Smart's body. More From CBS . Ruben Flores, 80, is charged with accessory after the fact to the crime of murder. April 13, 2021. Paul and Ruben Flores. While Paul Flores was denied bail after his arrest, his father Ruben Flores' bail was lowered to $50,000 on April 21, 2021, and he was released after posting bond, the San Luis Obispo Tribune . 44-year-old Paul Flores and his father 80-year-old Ruben Flores, following their arrests on April 13, 2021, in the 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart in San Luis Obispo, Calif. (San Luis Obispo . Paul Flores, 44, of San Pedro pleaded not guilty to murder and his 80-year-old father, Arroyo Grande resident Ruben Flores, pleaded not guilty to accessory in the second arraignment in Smart's . 4. That changed Tuesday when San Luis Obispo County sheriff's detectives arrested Flores, 44, on suspicion of murder. Paul Flores, 44, of San Pedro, pleaded not guilty to murder and his father Ruben Flores, 80, of Arroyo Grande, pleaded not guilty to accessory after the fact before Judge Craig Van Rooyen. Flores' father, Ruben Ricardo Flores, 80, was also arrested and is accused of helping his son dispose of Smart's remains . Updated: 4:47 PM PDT April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Daniel Dreifuss) Balloons wrap around the Kristin Smart billboard in Arroyo Grande after the arrest of Paul and Ruben Flores in April 2021. A judge on March 30 ruled that the trial would be moved out of San Luis . This booking photo of Paul Ruben Flores, the suspect in the murder of Kristin Smart, was released by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office on April 13, 2021. . Ruben Flores' son Paul Flores is accused of murdering Kristin Smart during an attempted rape in 1996. Two arrests have been made in the 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Denise Smart, 19. His father, Ruben Flores, 80, was arrested as an accessory at his Arroyo Grande home, where sheriff's investigators conducted another search. Balloons wrap around the Kristin Smart billboard in Arroyo Grande after the arrest of Paul and Ruben Flores in April 2021. Paul Flores, now 44, is the last person known to have seen the 19-year . On day 15 of the preliminary hearing for Paul and Ruben Flores, the two men charged in connection with the disappearance of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart, testimony continued with another cadaver . His father, Ruben Flores, 80, was also arrested and booked on suspicion of accessory to murder. This booking photo of Paul Ruben Flores, the suspect in the murder of Kristin Smart, was released by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office on April 13, 2021. . That's the night she walked back to her California Polytechnic State University dorm room after a party.