30 YEARS AFTER KRISTIN SMART’S DISAPPEARANCE, COULD NEW TECHNOLOGY HELP TO FINALLY SOLVE THIS CASE, ON ‘IMPACT x NIGHTLINE,’ STREAMING THURSDAY, JUNE 4, ON DISNEY+ AND HULU

THURSDAY, JUNE 4
IMPACT x Nightline: “Killer on Campus” (429) — Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu
Logline: Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old college freshman, vanished after a party, never to be seen again. Nearly 30 years later, could new technology and a new search at the mother of the killer’s home finally lead investigators to her body?

Extended Logline:
“IMPACT x Nightline” examines the unsolved mystery of Kristin Smart, the 19-year-old Cal Poly freshman who disappeared in 1996 after leaving an off-campus party with fellow student Paul Flores. Although Flores was convicted of Smart’s murder in 2022, her body has never been found, leaving her family without answers for nearly three decades. Now, as investigators execute a new search warrant at the home of Flores’ mother, Susan Flores, renewed hope emerges that advances in technology and investigative techniques could uncover the truth. Through exclusive interviews with Kristin’s siblings, Matt Smart and Lindsey Smart Stewart, and key investigators who have dedicated years to the case, “IMPACT x Nightline” explores the family’s relentless pursuit of justice and the latest developments in one of California’s most haunting unsolved disappearances.

The Inside Scoop:

• “IMPACT x Nightline: Killer on Campus” begins streaming Thursday, June 4, on Disney+ and Hulu.
• The episode features exclusive interviews with Kristin Smart’s brother, Matt Smart, and sister, Lindsey Smart Stewart, appearing together for the first time in decades as they reflect on their family’s decades-long fight for answers and justice.
• The special also goes on location with lead investigator Det. Clint Cole at the site of the recent law enforcement search at Susan Flores’ home. Cole, who came out of retirement to continue working the case, retraces the events of the night Kristin disappeared, revisiting the party she attended and the Cal Poly dorm where Paul Flores lived.
• Interviews include the following:
  • Sheriff Ian Parkinson, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office
  • Lindsey Smart Stewart, Kristin Smart’s sister
  • Matt Smart, Kristin Smart’s brother
  • Clint Cole, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office
  • James Murphy, Smart family civil attorney
  • Brian Buckmire, ABC News legal analyst
  • Ana Garcia, host, “True Crime News” podcast

Now in its fourth season, ABC News Studios’ award-winning streaming newsmagazine “IMPACT x Nightline” investigates the topics dominating American culture, stories in the zeitgeist, and conversations around the globe. Eman Varoqua is executive producer.

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