His sentence marks a near an almost 27-year thriller. A September 2019 podcast referred to as “Your Personal Yard” seemed into Sensible’s then-unsolved disappearance, putting the tragedy again into the general public eye.
Sensible, a 19-year-old first-year pupil at California Polytechnic State College in San Luis Obispo, was final seen as she walked house from an off-campus celebration in Might 1996 with Flores, a fellow pupil. Initially, Flores was thought-about a “individual of curiosity” within the case. Investigators had questioned him and searched his dorm.
However it wasn’t till the case was revived in 2021 that Flores grew to become a “prime suspect” and was positioned underneath arrest.
Flores’ lawyer tried to persuade jurors that one other then-Cal Poly pupil, Scott Peterson — who years after leaving school was convicted of first- and second-degree homicide within the dying of his spouse and their unborn youngster, a case that gripped nationwide consideration— was chargeable for Sensible’s homicide.
Prosecutors accused Flores’ father, Ruben Flores, of serving to Paul Flores cover Sensible’s physique, however a jury in the end discovered his father not responsible.
Paul Flores’ lawyer didn’t instantly reply to JHB’s request for remark.