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Man convicted of killing missing California college student

The court clerk reads the verdict in Monterey County Superior Court in Salinas, Calif on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, after a jury found Paul Flores guilty of murdering Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. (Laura Dickinson/The Tribune via AP, Pool) Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jennifer J. O'Keefe speaks in Monterey County Superior Court in Salinas, Calif on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, after a jury found Paul Flores guilty of murdering Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. (Laura Dickinson/The Tribune via AP, Pool) Ruben Flores speaks to the media after being acquitted of accessory to murder charges on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, outside a Salinas Court in Salinas, Calif. Ruben's son, Paul Flores, was found guilty of murder in the killing of missing Cal Poly Student Kristin Smart. (Daniel Dreifuss/Monterey Weekly via AP) Ruben Flores speaks to the media after being acquitted of accessory to murder charges on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, outside a Salinas Court in Salinas, Calif. Ruben's son, Paul Flores, was found guilty of murder in the killing of missing Cal Poly Student Kristin Smart. (Daniel Dreifuss/Monterey Weekly via AP) Ruben Flores speaks to the media outside a Salinas Court Tuesday Oct. 18, 2022, in Salinas, Calif. Flores, was found not guilty of charges of being an accessory to murder after the fact for allegedly helping his son, Paul Flores, bury the body of missing Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. Jurors unanimously found Paul Flores guilty of first-degree murder. (Daniel Dreifuss/Monterey Weekly via AP) Ruben Flores, left, speaks to the media outside a Salinas, Calif., court after being acquitted of accessory to murder, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. Ruben's son Paul Flores was found guilty of murder in the killing of missing Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. (Daniel Dreifuss/Monterey Weekly via AP) Ruben Flores speaks to the media outside a Salinas, Calif., court after being acquitted of accessory to murder, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. Ruben's son Paul Flores was found guilty of murder in the killing of missing Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. (Daniel Dreifuss/Monterey Weekly via AP) Paul Flores, right, listens after a jury found him guilty of murdering Cal Poly student Kristin Smart in Monterey County Superior Court on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Salinas, Calif. Jurors unanimously found Flores guilty of first-degree murder. (Laura Dickinson/The Tribune via AP, Pool) Paul Flores, right, listens after a jury found him guilty of murdering Cal Poly student Kristin Smart in Monterey County Superior Court on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Salinas, Calif. Jurors unanimously found Flores guilty of first-degree murder. (Laura Dickinson/The Tribune via AP, Pool) Paul Floresmlistens after a jury found him guilty of murdering Cal Poly student Kristin Smart in Monterey County Superior Court on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Salinas, Calif. Jurors unanimously found Flores guilty of first-degree murder. (Laura Dickinson/The Tribune via AP, Pool) FILE - Paul Flores looks on at the second day of his preliminary hearing, Aug. 3, 2021. He is accused in the murder of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, jurors unanimously found Flores guilty of first-degree murder, the San Luis Obispo Tribune reported. His father, Ruben Flores, was charged as an accessory in a separate trial for allegedly helping to conceal the crime. A verdict was also expected in his trial. (David Middlecamp/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) via AP, Pool, File) FILE - This undated photo released by the FBI shows Kristin Smart, the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo student who disappeared in 1996. The last man seen with Smart was convicted on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, of killing the college freshman, who vanished from a California campus 25 years ago. (FBI via AP, File)