But even as the initial frenzy subsided, the investigation was regularly revisited over the years. Amateur riders also joined the case, chat rooms and message boards giving way to topics on social media and Reddit. The year’s most notable deep dive comes with musician support Chris Lambertpodcasts of 2019-2020 Your own backyardappears to be a nod to both how close the crime is to where he grew up and authorities’ suspicion that Paul buried Kristin near home.
However, the result is always the same disappointing dead end, that Kristin’s killer is out there and there’s no secret about who the police suspect, but no arrests and no charges.
“Due to the inconsistency in his activities, or the activities claimed during that time, we believe he has additional knowledge of what happened and that he is a suspect in her disappearance,” Sgt. Bill Wammock of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department told Examinermentions Paul Flores, in 1998. “This is a frustrating case for us, for the parents, for the press, because we don’t have an answer to what happened here. “
Kristin was officially declared dead in 2002. In 2006, the sheriff’s spokesman, Sgt. Brian Hascall called Paul an “active suspect” and the investigation “open and active.”
Talk to LA Times In 2006, 10 years after Kristin disappeared, Stan said, “Nothing has really changed. I mean, I’m still a lot of anger about the situation. And my wife has a bit of a breakdown sometimes, too. emotionally. And that didn’t happen. was worked out. We still haven’t really resolved issues like where our daughter is and what happened to her.”
