The disappearance of Kristin Sensible, a 19-year-old Cal Poly San Luis Obispo freshman, on Could 25, 1996, stays an unsolved thriller. Dateline is revisiting the case in a two-hour episode titled ‘Justice for Kristin Sensible’, airing Friday on NBC. This system will characteristic Kristin’s household, investigators, and prosecutors.
The official synopsis for the episode reads: “Kristin Sensible, a freshman at California Polytechnic State College in San Luis Obispo, vanishes throughout Memorial Day weekend in 1996.”
“Kristin’s dad and mom open up about their frustration with the college’s dealing with of the investigation — and their over-25-year journey to getting solutions.”
What occurred to Kristin Sensible?
Kristin Sensible was final seen intoxicated and strolling again to her Muir Corridor dorm from an off-campus occasion with fellow scholar Paul Flores. She all of a sudden vanished. Her physique was by no means discovered.
On October 18, 2022, Paul Flores was discovered responsible of the homicide, and his father, Ruben Flores, was acquitted of ‘accent after the very fact’.
“Right now, our felony and sufferer justice system has lastly delivered justice for Kristin Sensible, for the Sensible household, and for our San Luis Obispo County group,” San Luis Obispo County District Legal professional Dan Dow stated on the time.
“We thank the Sensible household and our group for the large belief and persistence they positioned within the investigation and prosecution of this horrible crime.”
Kristin’s mom, Denise, advised Dateline that she was ‘instantly fearful as a result of that’s simply not her’.
“Regardless that we had this sense that one thing was fallacious, I don’t suppose we may grasp at that second how unhealthy it may very well be,” Kristin’s buddy Vanessa Shields stated, as seen within the preview.
2019 podcast
The case broke open with renewed efforts in 2019, spurred by the Your Personal Yard podcast and new witness testimony, resulting in searches with ground-penetrating radar and cadaver canine.
Sensible was legally declared lifeless in 2002, her household suing Cal Poly in 2024 for negligence, claiming delayed motion enabled the crime.
