Convicted killer Paul Flores taken to hospital after being attacked in prison
COALINGA, Calif. – Paul Flores was taken to a hospital after being attacked in prison, according to his attorney Harold Mesick.
Kristin Smart's family’s attorney Jim Murphy said he was told Flores was out in the prison yard for about an hour, and that’s when an inmate allegedly quote “slit his throat.”
He was airlifted to a trauma center in Fresno with substantial blood loss.
He provided a statement and said:
“It was the conduct of Paul Flores that resulted in Kristin Smart’s death. It was the conduct of Paul Flores that put him in prison where he belongs. My office and the Smart family do not condone violence. Sometimes in life, your karma comes.”
I also spoke to Flores' provisional attorney Harold Mesick, he said he is expected to survive and his condition is now ‘fair’
“So it was intentional act and, you know, heinous, but i pray for his full recovery,” said Mesick.
Mesick says flores is expected to be released from the hospital Thursday.
“I think susan may have briefly spoken to him,” said Mesick. “So that's a good sign, too. That means he's speaking. so that's a good thing.”
"The circumstances surrounding Flores’ injury are under investigation by PVSP’s Investigative Services Unit," said CDCR Information Officer Tessa Outhyse.
In October 2022, Flores was convicted of killing Kristin Smart, a Cal Poly student who disappeared in 1996.
He was sentenced to 25 to life in prison with a chance of parole in March.
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