Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(NEW YORK) On Saturday, May 25, 1996, Kristin Smart, a freshman at Cal Poly State University, walked home from a party at 2 a.m. and was never seen again. She was 19 years old.
An arrest would not be made for 25 years.
"20/20" takes a fresh look this Friday, June 23 into why the investigation into Smart s disappearance began slowly, with interviews from investigators and family members. But not all unsolved cases involving college students end in arrest – ABC News features five such cases below.
1996: Kristin Smart
The investigation into Kristin Smart s disappearance had complications – Smart s body was never found, false sightings were reported, and the last person to see her alive stopped cooperating with authorities. But the investigation into Smart s disappearance, as San Luis Obispo Sheriff Ian Parkinson told ABC News, "began very slowly."
Smart s roommate, Crystal Calvin, noted Smart hadn t returned home on May 25, 1996, an
Families, investigators continue to search for answers in 5 college student cases
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