True Crime Vault: Never Made it Home

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Matt Gutman· Host0:18

[dramatic music] Step into the 20/20 True Crime vault, where each story is unforgettable.

Denise Smart· Soundbite0:25

[dramatic music] How's the beach, Kristin?

Paul Flores· Soundbite0:30

Probably about 67 out. The sun's going down, and- Hey, buddy ... you should've been here earlier.

Margarita Campos· Soundbite0:35

She went to the party by herself. A young man came out and was like, "Oh, I know where she lives. I can help walk her home." That was the last time Kristin was seen by anybody.

Speaker 5· Soundbite0:47

But still no sign of 19-year-old Kristin Smart.

Speaker 6· Soundbite0:51

The media really picked up on this. This was a, a situation that was unlike anything that had happened.

Trevor Belter· Soundbite0:58

And the dog starts sniffing the doors down the hallway.

Speaker 8· Soundbite1:02

The dogs lit up and went crazy.

Matt Gutman· Host1:05

The house was searched. There were some really disturbing videos that were found there. It's a bad piece of evidence because it shows a pattern, right?

Speaker 9· Soundbite1:12

It doesn't show a pattern of killing anybody.

Speaker 6· Soundbite1:16

Well, not that long after Kristin Smart disappeared, two more local college students from San Luis Obispo went missing.

Speaker 10· Soundbite1:21

The case has stirred dread in the Central Coast community that a serial killer was on the loose.

Matt Gutman· Host1:26

Um, it goes from a town in which nothing ever happens to a town