Kristin Smart: New Evidence Thirty Years Later // 608

About this episode

The episode discusses the disappearance and murder of Kristin Smart, highlighting new evidence and recent developments in the case after thirty years.

In May of 1996, a 19-year-old college freshman vanished from her San Luis Obispo university in the middle of the night. When she never returned to her dorm room, what began as a missing-person case quickly gripped California and sparked decades of questions, rumors, and nationwide attention. With recent arrests in the case, investigators would uncover a slew of evidence: from stained soil to horrific video footage taken by the main suspect. This is the murder of Kristin Smart.

Topics covered

• disappearance
• true crime
• investigation
• murder
• evidence
• California

Keywords

• Kristin Smart
• missing person
• true crime
• California
• evidence
• investigation
• murder

Mentioned in this episode

Places: San Luis Obispo

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