<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities did not find the remains of Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old college student who went missing in 1996, officials said on Saturday after finishing a search of a home tied to the man convicted of killing her.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said it completed a search of Susan Flores' property in the Central Coast town of Arroyo Grande, more than 240 kilometres north west of Los Angeles.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paul Flores, her son, was convicted in 2022 of killing Smart, whose body has never been found.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/hantavirus-cruise-ship-update-mv-hondius-evacuation-canary-islands-spain/e634af59-5258-4fd1-95bf-c178e5f61128"><strong><span>Details of evacuation plan for hantavirus cruise ship revealed</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities declined to provide additional information.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities said this week that evidence suggested human remains were present at the home and scientists specialising in human decomposition and soil took samples from the ground.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“The Sheriff’s Office remains fully committed to finding Kristin and bringing her home to her family,” the agency said in a statement.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/usa-murder-kristin-smarts-remains-not-found-search-of-california-home/7ebff4e6-e4ec-44bf-9df1-2f3e3fd381ec" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-budget-2026-major-reforms-make-for-another-banana-republic-moment/92b24eee-94c3-446f-b595-75541e9f15c7" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Expect federal budget to be as significant as 'banana republic' warning</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Smart went missing from California Polytechnic State University in May 1996. Prosecutors alleged that she was killed during an attempted rape and that the last person she was seen with was Paul Flores, a fellow student.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was declared legally dead in 2002.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Flores was convicted in October 2022 of Smart’s murder and sentenced the following year to 25 years to life.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The decades-old case has captivated the public, fuelled in part by a podcaster who helped investigators by bringing forward additional witnesses.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Chris Lambert of the </span><em><span>Your Own Backyard</span></em><span> podcast first reported the search of the home.</span></div></div>