On Saturday, May 25, 1996, in San Luis Obispo, California, USA, 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart did not return to her dormitory that morning. Kristin, a freshman at California Polytechnic State University, disappeared after attending a party the night before at an off-campus fraternity. The fact that Kristin was missing was first discovered by her friend, Margarita. Every time Kristin returned late to the dormitory, she would always stop by Margarita's room first. However, on the previous night, Kristin did not visit Margarita's room as she usually did. Worried, Margarita, along with other friends, searched the campus surroundings and the party location for Kristin, but Kristin was nowhere to be found. Eventually,

Kristin's friends contacted the university police to report her missing. However, the university police, with a somewhat indifferent expression, mentioned that Kristin seemed to have left on a trip alone without any specific plans and reassured them that she would probably return over the weekend, so they shouldn't worry. The friends still insisted that they should search the campus area, but the university police ignored their request and told them to leave quickly as they were very busy. Kristin's friends, who were chased away from the police station, initially thought that Kristin might have gone to meet her boyfriend or to visit her parents, hoping that the worst-case scenario wouldn't happen. Two days later, on Monday, May 27, 1996, Kristin's roommate, Crystal Calvin, discovered that Kristin had been gone for the weekend.

I stayed at home and returned to the dormitory. Crystal had already known about her roommate Christine's disappearance as she received a call from her friends. When Crystal returned to the dormitory, she found Christine's wallet and personal belongings still in the room. Since Christine never went far without her wallet, Crystal thought there was definitely a problem with her roommate Christine. She immediately informed other friends of this fact. Christine's friends contacted the university police again, requesting more strongly to find Christine. The university police agreed this time and said they would take immediate action. They also contacted Christine's parents to check if she was at home. Christine's parents told the police that she was not at home, and strangely, this time.

Over the weekend, they said they hadn't contacted home. Now, the university police have determined that there is a problem with Christine. Finally, after Christine had been missing for over a day, the university police finally started looking for her. However, absurdly, the university police initially thought Christine had run away and asked Christine's mother, Denise, if there had been any problems with her daughter as usual. In response to the university police's ridiculous question, Denise decided she couldn't trust the university police and immediately contacted the California State Police to report that her daughter was missing. Eventually, the State Police intervened in the case and, together with the university police, began investigating to find Christine. The police first located the position of a men's social club outside the campus where the party was held, 11 minutes away from Christine's dormitory.

The police called the students who attended the party for interviews. Most of the students stated that they saw Kristin during the party. They mentioned that Kristin did not drink any alcohol at the party due to her religious beliefs. Strangely, towards the end of the party, the students claimed to have seen Kristin noticeably drunk lying on the grass. At that moment, Tim Davis and Cheryl Anderson, who were at the party, came to the police station and stated that they supported Kristin and helped her up to take her back to the dormitory. At the time, Tim and Cheryl were moving Kristin towards her dormitory, suddenly Paul Flores appeared, offering to help support Kristin, and joined the group, stating that he would assist in accompanying Kristin, along with the others.

Flores told the team and Cheryl that he lives in the same direction as steam, so he would take her himself. He told the team and Cheryl to go in first. The team and Cheryl with a hold limit said they understood. Tim, who lived farthest from the campus, left first. Then Cheryl asked Christine to take care and left. After hearing the statements of Tim and Cheryl, the police immediately summoned Christine, who was the last to see Paul, to the police station. The police immediately investigated Paul, who said he took Christine to the dorm and then returned to the dorm himself, claiming he hadn't seen Christine since. However, Paul's roommate, who heard his statement, claimed that Paul was lying and told a story to him after the incident.

I told the police that Paul's roommate initially told the police that Paul did not bring Christine to the dormitory but rather took her to Christine's parents. Shocked by the roommate's disclosure, Paul rambled and kept changing his statement, causing the police to deem his testimony unreliable due to his inconsistent statements. Eventually, the police confirmed Paul, who was the last person to see Christine, as the prime suspect and summoned him to the police station for intense questioning. Surprisingly, the more the police investigated a man named Hole, the more they realized he was not an ordinary college student. 19-year-old college student Paul Flores had difficulty making friends due to his strange personality since high school, and even after entering college, his personality remained unchanged.

He didn't, because he always looked at female students with a lewd gaze, so his school friends said that Paul had the same taste and avoided him. College student Paul had no interest in studying at all. He spent his weekends alone in his room drinking or wandering around the outskirts of the campus, wondering which party to attend. Eventually, Paul was caught drunk driving, lost his license, and suffered the consequences. The incident occurred six months ago in December 1995 when Paul suddenly drank and caused a disturbance on the dormitory balcony. University police had to intervene and pull him off the balcony. The university police considered him a person of concern and intensified surveillance on Paul. After Christine disappeared and Paul was summoned to the police station as a prime suspect, he showed up with a black eye on one side.

He appeared. The day after the party ended, he claimed that he got hit in the eye with a basketball during a game and got hurt. However, Paul's college friends who were playing basketball with him said that he already had a bruise on his eye when he came to play basketball at that time. When his statements didn't match, Paul suddenly looked confused and claimed that he was injured before coming to the police station. Later, he reversed his statement, saying that he got hurt while fixing his father's truck. The police determined that they could not trust Paul's words, as he had changed his statement several times. As the interview progressed, Paul became more and more agitated and showed suspiciously nervous behavior. The police called in everyone who attended the party and asked about Paul. Most students said that Paul secretly followed behind Kristin at the party, and Kristin went outside.

He said he followed Hol out. All circumstantial evidence pointed to Hol as the prime suspect, but Hol claimed that Kristin's disappearance had nothing to do with him. He immediately hired a lawyer with his father's help and refused to cooperate with the police interviews thereafter. Since no decisive evidence had been found to issue a warrant for Hol, the police could no longer summon him forcibly for questioning. To obtain a warrant, decisive evidence was necessary, so the police promptly conducted an extensive search of the university campus and its surroundings. The police checked all possible places where Kristin could be, even digging through the garbage landfill where the university's waste is dumped. The search operation was then expanded to the Polle dormitory building, but it was around the end of the semester and the beginning of summer vacation.

Due to the fact that the dormitory had already been cleaned, the police intensified their efforts to find the whereabouts of Kristin Smart by installing missing person posters and advertisements on the campus inside and along the external roads. They also intervened in the FBI's case and declared a reward of $75,000 to anyone who could provide decisive information about Kristin. Unfortunately, no such crucial leads were received. Eventually, considering the possibility of Kristin's death, the police decided to resume the investigation and immediately conducted additional searches on the campus by deploying cadaver dogs. Surprisingly, the cadaver dogs signaled to the police that there had been a body in a former dorm room in the Horseshoe Dorm. The police interpreted this signal as related to Kristin's disappearance and searched the dormitory once again, but no specific evidence regarding Kristin's disappearance was found.

In early October 1996, Mary Lassiter, a woman living in Arroyo Grande, California, went to the police station to submit evidence regarding the disappearance of Kristin. Mary, who is a tenant in the house of the mother of the suspect, Paul Flores, stated that she found a necklace similar to the one Kristin was wearing in the missing person poster at the entrance of the house. Mary immediately handed over the necklace to the police. Unfortunately, at that time, the police had lost a crucial piece of evidence during the investigation. Although there was no direct evidence, all indirect evidence consistently pointed to one person, the last man seen with Kristin, Paul Flores. At the end of October 1996, the court sent a subpoena for Paul Flores to testify as a key witness in the disappearance case of Kristin Smart to Debbie Simon.

However, Paul exercised his right under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which states that no one shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, following the advice of his lawyer. He only answered basic questions about his name, date of birth, and social security number and refused to answer any other questions, preventing further investigation into the case. Eventually, the police, in an attempt to pressure Paul, convinced Kristin's family to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Paul demanding $40 million in damages. However, Paul remained silent, citing the Fifth Amendment repeatedly and refusing to answer any questions. Consequently, the police, deeming it more important to find Kristin's body first, conducted numerous searches around the Holloway family-owned property from 1996 to 2007 in an effort to locate Kristin Smart's remains.

The investigation proceeded. Unfortunately, despite these efforts, there seemed to be no sign of solving the disappearance case of Christine. However, Christine's family could never give up on their daughter. The family contacted the FBI agents regularly, hoping that someday the truth would be revealed and justice would be served. They also reached out to Paul's family, begging them to please share any information, but unfortunately, Paul's family did not reply and remained silent. Six years after the incident, on May 29, 2002, Christine Smart was declared legally dead. Christine's family also believed that there was no possibility of their daughter being alive and hoped at least to recover her body. While Christine's family was grieving the loss of their daughter, a possible suspect was being widely considered.

Paul Flores, who had been under suspicion, appeared in the media and talked about how they are also going through pain. Paul then appealed that he had great difficulty finding a job. At one point, he tried to join the military to escape from society, but Christine's family somehow found out and came to the military first to expose his suspicious past, claiming that Paul couldn't even enlist in the military in the end, stating that he was also a victim of the Doi incident. As a result, the Christine disappearance case remains a mystery forever, leaving a scar in everyone's hearts. Fifteen years after the incident in 2011, a new investigator was appointed to handle the Christine disappearance case. His name was Investigator Ian Parkinson, who promised Christine's family to prioritize this case and make it the top priority once again.

I have initiated hope. In order to keep the promise of Lee Han-pyung, we have assigned an additional detective to handle the case, received help from the FBI, once again deployed cadaver dogs on campus, and even proceeded with the excavation of a section of the university campus. During this excavation process, various items presumed to belong to Christine were discovered. However, once again, we could not find concrete evidence linking the items to the crime, and the case fell into mystery once again. 23 years after the incident in 2019, Lambert, a composer, musician, and sound engineer, happened to pass by Arroyo Grande, California, and saw a billboard for Christine Smart's disappearance on the road. Erected a few years after Christine went missing in 1996, this billboard featured a smiling photo of Christine along with information about her whereabouts.

A statement was written offering a reward of $75,000 for providing crucial information. At the time of Kristin's disappearance, Chris Lambert was only eight years old, so he knew very little about the case. Twenty-three years later, as an adult, Chris became curious about Kristin's disappearance and started asking family and friends about the case that occurred 23 years ago. In September 2019, Chris began to feel more interested in the case. He wanted to know more details about Kristin's disappearance. He often joked with friends that maybe he could solve the case himself. Eventually, Chris decided to start a podcast on Kristin's disappearance to turn his joke into reality. Finally, on September 29, 2019, Chris tackled the disappearance of Kristin Smart.

I started a free podcast. It started as a joke, but it really sparked nationwide interest in the disappearance of Christine. At that time, Chris never dreamed that his podcast would play a crucial role in capturing the culprit of Christine Smart's disappearance. In the first episode, Chris started the podcast with Christine's face on the missing person poster. In the broadcast, Chris highlighted Christine's last whereabouts, delving into the background of the prime suspect, Paul Flores, urging anyone with information about Paul to come forward. Besides requesting tips from listeners, Chris also personally started investigating and uncovering the truth behind the case. In particular, Chris insisted on finding witnesses who were reluctant to cooperate with the police 23 years ago, encouraging them to talk to investigators again.

He approached the witnesses who had not been interviewed by the police at the time. Furthermore, Chris visited Christine's family and provided them with an opportunity to share the story of the incident once again through his podcast. After the broadcast, the response to the podcast was immediate and overwhelming, exceeding Chris's expectations. On the first day of the podcast's release, the first episode recorded approximately 75,000 streaming views and quickly spread. After watching the broadcast, Chris received numerous tips and inquiries. The tips he received contained information more important than what the police had investigated for 23 years. Soon, the second episode, focusing on the only suspect, Paul Flores, was released. In the second episode, Chris shed light on Paul Flores, a strong suspect in the case. At the end of the broadcast, Chris appealed to the public to provide crucial information that could identify Paul Flores as a suspect. The second episode continues from the first.

The second episode caused a bigger impact. Several listeners sent emails claiming that Paul had a history of sexual harassment in the past, and even women who had been victimized by him appeared. Subsequent episodes revealed new witnesses and clues each time they were released. At the time, a man who was an Australian exchange student at California Polytechnic State University reported to Chris that he saw Paul and Christine arguing near the last place Christine was seen. Furthermore, Mary Lassiter, a tenant who rented a house from Paul's mother, discovered evidence that seemed to be Christine's necklace. After watching the Mary Lassiter cast, she contacted Chris and recounted the chilling story from that time. Since the Mary Lassiter incident, every day around 4:20 AM, a beep sound, presumed to be an alarm clock, started.

I woke up and claimed it was true. Mary said the sound was coming from the backyard and insisted that the strange sound matched the place where she found evidence pointing to Christine's necklace. Mary said she was almost driven crazy by the constant beeping at the time and searched the backyard to find the cause but found nothing. Strangely, a few months later, the beeping suddenly stopped. Mary mentioned that the beeping disappeared suddenly like magic, whether the alarm clock's battery was drained or if someone removed the clock itself, it was unknown. Chris, who received Mary's report, noticed that Christine Smart, who had gone missing at the time, was working as a search and rescue worker. Chris mentioned that Christine usually arrived at work by 9 a.m., probably getting ready for work.

Chris said it is highly likely that the alarm was set around 4:20 a.m. He claimed that Chris might have been buried in the backyard of the house owned by Susan, the mother of Holly. This broadcast by Chris caused a bigger stir than usual. Right after the broadcast, a former colleague of Susan, Holly's mother, contacted Chris after listening to the podcast. The informant revealed that the day after Kristen went missing, Susan received a sudden call in the middle of the night and hurriedly drove out, complaining that she couldn't sleep properly. Chris interpreted this as contacting his father for help in dealing with Kristen's body. Chris attempted to contact Susan directly to alleviate these suspicions, but Susan did not respond to Chris's interview request.

I refused, but the disclosure did not stop here. Another listener, Justin, contacted Chris and provided crucial information that Holt is the culprit. Justin claimed that at the time, his roommate Jennifer Hudson heard a shocking confession from Holt at a party after the incident. According to Justin, Jennifer, who met Holt at a party where they were both intoxicated, said that Holt confessed to killing Christine and burying her body at the family villa in Huasnai. Initially, Jennifer thought Paul was joking, but she was terrified when she saw the look in Paul's eyes, which truly resembled those of a killer, as he stared at her with a sinister smile. Frightened by Paul's appearance, Jennifer was afraid that reporting to the police might endanger her safety, so she decided to remain silent about the incident. However, thanks to Chris's podcast after 23 years, she finally...

It was a revelation of the truth in the world. Since 2011, Investigator Ian Parkinson, who was in charge of the Kristin missing case, gained confidence that the case could be solved thanks to Chris's podcast. In the year the podcast was released, in 2019, the investigation of the case was officially reopened. The investigator was able to review the information collected by Chris through the podcast and closely collaborated with him during the investigation process. Thanks to these efforts, the police finally succeeded in obtaining a court order to wiretap and monitor Paul's phone calls and text messages. Furthermore, in February 2020, the police were able to obtain a search warrant for the house owned by Paul's family. The police immediately investigated the houses owned by Paul's family, and as a result of the investigation, the police were able to secure significant evidence in the attic of Paul's house. Surprisingly, the evidence discovered by the police at that time was.

Dating violence, drugs, illegal firearms, and advice from Susan, Paul's mother, to focus on listening to Chris's podcast and prepare. Lastly, a video was found showing young women committing crimes using drugs. Paul was arrested for illegal possession of firearms. In March 2021, the police conducted a massive search at the home owned by Paul's family. They used cadaver dogs and ground-penetrating radar to detect human remains. Soil samples collected from the backyard of Paul's parents' house in Arroyo Grande revealed traces of human blood inside a pit. Also, traces of clothing worn by Kristen when she was last seen were found in the pit. Finally, with strong evidence in hand, the police apprehended Paul and his father.

Ruben was convinced that Paul, who was 44 years old at the time, and his 80-year-old father, Hol, were clearly suspects in the disappearance of Christine Smart, and applied for an arrest warrant. The court immediately issued an arrest warrant, and on April 13, 2021, Paul and his father Hol were arrested by the police. Paul was charged with first-degree murder committed during the harassment of Christine, while Hol, his father, was charged as an accomplice after the fact. The police promptly reconstructed the case to figure out what happened to Christine Smart at the time of the incident. On Friday, May 24, 1996, Christine Smart, a student at California Polytechnic State University, ended her classes early before the Memorial Day weekend. Around 5:30 p.m., she called her parents to check-in, saying she would call again on Sunday before ending the call.

After that, Christine came out of the campus with three friends around 8:30 p.m. to attend a gathering. Even after the gathering ended, Christine wanted to continue having fun, so she suggested to her friends that they attend a party at a nearby boys' social club. Her closest friend, Margarita, said she was tired, and decided to go back to the dormitory first. Despite Christine's request, the other friends also decided not to attend the party. In the end, Christine decided to go to the party alone, and her friends dropped her off near the party venue around 10:30 p.m. Since Christine was not a heavy drinker, she only engaged in conversations with people at the party. During the party, Christine encountered Holl Flores, who usually followed her around. Holl came face to face with a man.

Awkwardly greeting each other, Kristin nodded uncomfortably and quickly avoided the situation. Hall continued to secretly follow her from behind, and just as Kristin was conversing with others, Hall discreetly put a date rape drug in Kristin's drink. Kristin, not suspecting anything, drank the beverage prepared by Hall and soon lost consciousness, collapsing on the party venue's grassy lawn. Around 2 a.m., Tim and Cheryl discovered Kristin, helped her up, and began escorting her back to the dormitory. At that moment, Paul suddenly appeared and insisted on personally escorting Kristin safely to the dormitory until the end. As Tim and Cheryl left, Hall, instead of taking Kristin to her dormitory, took her to his own dormitory and assaulted her.

Despite being under the influence of drugs, Kristin was startled by the sudden situation and regained her composure. She resisted against Paul and fought back, causing a bruise on his eye by hitting him. As the fight escalated, Paul, consumed by anger, ended up killing Kristin. Paul, in a state of shock, immediately contacted his father, Ruben, for help. Together, Paul's parents moved Kristin's body to the family's villa in Huasnay and buried her under a slope. They then returned to Paul's dorm room to clean up and intentionally vandalize the crime scene to create confusion for the investigation. After 26 years since the events that occurred between July 18 and 26, 2022, the trial of the Kristin Smart murder case finally began. The prosecution emphasized that all evidence and clues point to Paul Flores as the prime suspect. Subsequently, the prosecution...

The detection dog indicated that Kristen was present at Paul Flores' family home by presenting evidence of finding traces of a deceased person in Paul's dormitory. Crucially, evidence found during the search of Paul Flores' family home played a significant role. Particularly, a positive human blood reaction was found in the soil sample taken from the backyard, and it was crucial that investigators found traces of the clothes Kristen wore on the night of her disappearance in the backyard soil sample. Lastly, testimonies from witnesses who appeared on Chris's podcast sealed the deal. Among them, the most crucial testimony was from Jennifer Hudson, who was 17 years old in 1996. Jennifer, who revealed her presence, shared a shocking story where she testified that Paul asked her at a party if he could bury Kristen at her house. Additionally, the prosecution revealed that even after the Poly case, drugs were used to commit crimes.

He has continued to commit crimes, and Kristin also claims to be one of the victims. She submits drugs found in his house and videos of women as evidence. In addition, testimony from women who were sexually assaulted by him due to drugs used by Hall for several years after Kristin went missing was also revealed. Throughout the trial, Hall could not properly refute the evidence presented by the prosecution and only provided inconsistent explanations. On March 23, 2023, the prosecutor described him as a true psychopath who continuously posed a threat to public safety and sentenced him to the maximum capacity possible. Kristin Smart's family also supported this and requested a life sentence. The judge also criticized Hall as a cancer in society and sentenced him to life in prison, the verdict everyone wanted. Unfortunately, Paul's father, Ruben, emphasized his son's involvement in the crimes.

Although the suspicion was acknowledged, it was judged that he did not participate in the actual crime, and due to lack of evidence, he was eventually acquitted and released. After the trial, Ruben, the father of Paul, who had regained his freedom, insisted that he and his son Paul had no connection to the Christine murder case, but no one listened to Ruben's story. Detective Lee, who greatly contributed to solving the case, highly praised Chris's dedication in assisting the investigation through his podcast, acknowledging that his podcast played a crucial role in resolving the case. Thanks to the Christine case, the Christine Smart Campus Security Act was enacted. This law obligates schools to automatically enter into agreements with local police departments to promptly report and resolve violence or incidents related to existence that occur at schools.

Family members expressed hope that the Kristin Smart Campus Safety Act, born out of Kristin's sacrifice, would help address and prevent incidents on campus in the future.

*실화사건* 그녀는 23년 동안 땅속에 숨어 있었다. 26년 만에 밝혀진 캠퍼스에서 사라진 여대생의 비밀

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1996년 여대생 크리스틴 스마트 실종 사건은 미해결로 남았으나, 23년 후 팟캐스트를 통해 새로운 증거와 증언이 드러나며 재수사가 시작되었다.

팟캐스트의 결정적인 역할로 폴 플로레스와 그의 아버지가 체포되었고, 폴은 크리스틴을 살해한 혐의로 유죄 판결을 받았다.

이 사건을 계기로 캠퍼스 안전 법안이 제정되어 학교 내 폭력 및 사건 발생 시 신속한 대응을 위한 협력 체계가 구축되었다.

💔 크리스틴 스마트 실종 사건의 시작

1996년 5월 25일, 19세 대학생 크리스틴 스마트가 실종됩니다. 친구 마가리타는 크리스틴이 기숙사로 돌아오지 않은 것을 발견하고 걱정하며 찾기 시작했지만, **크리스틴은 어디에도 없었습니다**.

친구들은 경찰에 신고했지만, 경찰은 대수롭지 않게 여겼습니다. 크리스틴의 룸메이트 크리스탈 캘빈은 주말 동안 크리스틴이 돌아오지 않았고, **지갑과 소지품이 그대로 있는 것을 발견하고** 심각성을 인지합니다.

👮‍♂️ 경찰의 초기 대응과 수사 과정

경찰은 처음에는 크리스틴이 가출했다고 생각했고, 크리스틴의 어머니에게 평소 딸과의 관계에 문제가 있었는지 묻는 등 **부적절한 태도를 보였습니다**. 결국 주 경찰이 개입하여 캠퍼스 밖 남학생 클럽에서 열린 파티를 중심으로 수사를 시작합니다.

파티 참석자들은 크리스틴이 술에 취해 잔디밭에 누워 있었다고 증언합니다. 팀 데이비스와 셰릴 앤더슨이 크리스틴을 부축해 기숙사로 데려가려 할 때, **폴 플로레스가 나타나 돕겠다고 나섰습니다**.

폴은 크리스틴을 기숙사까지 데려다주고 돌아왔다고 주장했지만, 그의 룸메이트는 폴이 거짓말을 하고 있다고 진술합니다. 폴은 진술을 번복하며 **점점 더 수상한 행동을 보입니다**.

경찰은 폴을 유력한 용의자로 지목하고 집중적으로 조사했지만, **결정적인 증거를 찾지 못해** 영장을 발부받지 못합니다. 캠퍼스와 주변 지역을 광범위하게 수색했지만, 크리스틴의 행방은 묘연했습니다.

🕵️‍♀️ 결정적 증거 부족과 답보 상태

1996년 10월, 폴 플로레스의 어머니 집에서 크리스틴의 목걸이와 유사한 물건이 발견되지만, **수사 과정에서 중요한 증거가 유실됩니다**. 폴은 묵비권을 행사하며 수사에 협조하지 않습니다.

크리스틴의 가족은 폴을 상대로 손해배상 소송을 제기하지만, 폴은 계속 묵비권을 유지합니다. 2002년, **크리스틴 스마트는 법적으로 사망 선고를 받습니다**.

🎙️ 팟캐스트의 등장과 새로운 국면

2019년, 크리스 램버트라는 음악가가 크리스틴 스마트 실종 사건에 대한 팟캐스트를 시작합니다. **팟캐스트는 전국적인 관심을 불러일으키고**, 수사에 중요한 단서를 제공합니다.

팟캐스트를 통해 과거 폴에게 성추행을 당했던 여성들의 증언이 나오고, 새로운 증인들이 등장합니다. 특히, 폴의 어머니 집에서 하숙했던 메리 래시터는 **이상한 소리와 관련된 증언을 합니다**.

또 다른 제보자는 폴이 크리스틴을 살해하고 가족 별장에 묻었다는 충격적인 증언을 합니다. 팟캐스트는 **23년 만에 사건 해결의 실마리를 제공합니다**.

🚓 폴 플로레스와 아버지의 체포, 그리고 재판

팟캐스트 덕분에 수사는 재개되고, 경찰은 폴의 전화 통화와 문자 메시지를 감청합니다. 폴의 집을 수색한 결과, **다양한 증거들이 발견됩니다**: 데이트 폭력, 마약, 불법 총기 등.

2021년, 폴과 그의 아버지 루벤은 체포됩니다. 폴은 크리스틴을 괴롭히는 과정에서 1급 살인을 저지른 혐의로, 루벤은 사후 공범 혐의로 기소됩니다. **26년 만에 진실이 드러나는 듯했습니다**.

재판에서 검찰은 폴이 크리스틴의 음료에 데이트 강간 약물을 넣고, 저항하는 크리스틴을 살해했다고 주장합니다. 폴의 집 뒷마당에서 발견된 **혈흔과 크리스틴의 옷 조각이 결정적인 증거로 제시됩니다**.

2023년, 폴 플로레스는 종신형을 선고받습니다. 하지만 그의 아버지 루벤은 증거 부족으로 무죄 판결을 받습니다. **정의가 실현된 순간이었습니다**.

크리스틴 스마트 사건을 계기로 '크리스틴 스마트 캠퍼스 보안법'이 제정되어, 학교 내 폭력 및 사건 발생 시 **신속한 신고 및 해결을 위한 협력 체계를 구축하도록 의무화합니다**. 크리스틴의 희생이 헛되지 않도록, 앞으로 캠퍼스 내 안전을 강화하는 데 기여할 것으로 기대됩니다.

1996년 5월 25일, 크리스틴 스마트의 실종 사건 발생

19세 여대생 크리스틴 스마트가 파티 참석 후 기숙사로 돌아오지 않음.

친구 마가리타가 크리스틴의 실종을 처음 인지하고 경찰에 신고했지만, 경찰은 안일하게 대처.

크리스틴의 룸메이트가 그녀의 지갑과 소지품이 방에 그대로 있는 것을 발견, 친구들이 재차 경찰에 신고.

경찰은 크리스틴이 가출했을 가능성을 제기, 크리스틴의 어머니가 직접 주 경찰에 신고.

파티 참석자들의 증언과 주요 용의자 폴 플로레스

파티 참석자들은 크리스틴이 술에 취해 쓰러져 있었고, 팀과 셰릴의 도움을 받아 기숙사로 향했다고 진술.

폴 플로레스가 나타나 크리스틴을 데려다주겠다고 자청, 이후 폴이 크리스틴을 마지막으로 본 사람으로 지목됨.

폴 플로레스는 고등학교 때부터 특이한 성격으로 친구를 사귀기 어려워했고, 여성들을 음란한 시선으로 바라봤다는 증언이 나옴.

폴은 과거 음주 운전과 기숙사 난동으로 경찰의 감시 대상이었으며, 크리스틴 실종 후 멍든 눈으로 나타나 진술을 번복함.

파티 참석자들은 폴이 크리스틴을 몰래 따라다녔다고 증언.

경찰의 수사 과정과 증거 확보 노력

경찰은 폴의 알리바이를 입증할 증거를 찾지 못해 수사에 난항을 겪음.

경찰은 캠퍼스 내 수색견을 투입, 과거 기숙사 방에서 시체 냄새 반응을 확인했지만 결정적인 증거를 찾지 못함.

폴의 어머니 집에서 크리스틴의 목걸이와 유사한 물건이 발견되었지만, 결정적인 증거로 채택되지 못함.

폴은 묵비권을 행사하며 수사에 협조하지 않았고, 크리스틴의 가족은 폴을 상대로 손해 배상 소송을 제기.

2002년 크리스틴은 법적으로 사망 판정을 받음. 폴은 언론에 고통을 호소하며 취업에 어려움을 겪고 있다고 주장.

새로운 수사관 임명과 사건 재조명

2011년 새로운 수사관이 사건을 재수사, 캠퍼스 내 발굴 작업을 진행했지만 결정적인 증거를 찾지 못함.

크리스 램버트의 팟캐스트 시작과 사건 해결의 실마리

2019년 크리스 램버트가 크리스틴 스마트 실종 사건에 대한 팟캐스트를 시작, 전국적인 관심을 불러일으킴.

크리스는 팟캐스트를 통해 새로운 증인과 증거를 확보, 23년 전 경찰이 조사하지 못했던 정보를 수집.

팟캐스트 방송 후, 폴의 과거 성추행 전력과 관련된 증언들이 쏟아져 나옴.

폴의 어머니 집에서 이상한 소리가 들렸다는 증언, 폴이 과거 파티에서 크리스틴 살해를 암시하는 발언을 했다는 증언 등이 나옴.

크리스의 팟캐스트 덕분에 수사관은 사건 해결에 대한 확신을 얻고 2019년 수사를 재개.

경찰은 폴의 통화 내용과 문자 메시지를 감청하고, 폴의 집을 수색하여 중요한 증거를 확보.

폴의 집 뒷마당에서 크리스틴의 혈흔과 옷가지가 발견, 폴과 그의 아버지가 체포됨.

사건 재구성 및 폴 플로레스 재판

경찰은 사건 당시의 상황을 재구성, 폴이 크리스틴을 성추행하려다 살해했을 가능성을 제기.

폴은 크리스틴에게 몰래 약물을 먹여 정신을 잃게 한 후, 자신의 기숙사로 데려가 성폭행을 시도.

크리스틴은 저항하다 폴의 눈에 상처를 입혔고, 격분한 폴이 크리스틴을 살해.

폴은 아버지의 도움을 받아 크리스틴의 시신을 유기하고 범행 현장을 은폐.

재판에서 검찰은 폴의 집에서 발견된 증거, 팟캐스트에 출연한 증인들의 증언 등을 제시하며 폴을 압박.

폴은 과거에도 약물을 이용한 성범죄를 저질렀다는 사실이 드러남. 법원은 폴에게 종신형을 선고.

폴의 아버지 루벤은 증거 불충분으로 무죄 판결을 받음. 크리스틴 스마트 사건을 계기로 캠퍼스 안전법이 제정됨.

크리스틴의 가족들은 캠퍼스 안전법이 미래에 캠퍼스 내 사건 사고를 예방하는 데 도움이 되기를 희망.

실화사건 그녀는 23년 동안 땅속에 숨어 있었다. 26년 만에 밝혀진 캠퍼스에서 사라진 여대생의 비밀

실화사건 그녀는 23년 동안 땅속에 숨어 있었다. 26년 만에 밝혀진 캠퍼스에서 사라진 여대생의 비밀