(CNN) Police have served search warrants in the case of Kristin Smart, a young woman who went missing from a central California college campus in 1996, but authorities and Smart's family are mum on what spurred the latest development in the case. Because of the case's high-profile nature, the sheriff's office said it announced the search warrants to avoid the dissemination of misinformation. The warrants have been sealed, it said, barring the department from providing details aside from the jurisdictions where they'll be served. Two searches will be conducted in San Luis Obispo County, one will be conducted in Los Angeles County and the fourth will be performed in Washington state, the sheriff's office said in a statement. "The sheriff's office will not be commenting any further, and no additional information will be released at this time, nor do we anticipate any additional news releases."

Source: CNN February 05, 2020 18:48 UTC