Smart, a freshman at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, was last seen alive around 2 a.m. on May 25, 1996. She was intoxicated at the time and leaving a party with Flores, who has long maintained his innocence in the case. He has claimed that he walked Smart part of the way home before returning to his own dorm, but authorities believe the pair returned together to a room, where Flores killed her during an attempted rape.
Source: nydailynews
