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Mar 2022
56m 44s

232: The Abduction and Murder of Kristin...

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On May 25, 1996, 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart went to an off-campus party. Around 2 am, she was last seen being helped back to her dorm by another student named Paul Flores. No one ever saw Kristin again. It would take over 25 years to unravel the mystery of what happened that night and to be able to prove what happened to Kristin Smart.

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