A dig of a hillside near where Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student Kristin Denise Smart was last seen alive 20 years ago recovered remains and they are being analyzed to determine whether they human or animal, local sheriff’s officials said. FBI agents and sheriff’s deputies from San Luis Obispo County spent five days digging up three locations on the hillside last week. “We are saying the remains that were recovered are being analyzed to see if they are animal or human and if they are related to the Kristin Smart case,” Tony Cipolla, a sheriff’s spokesman said. The Smart case took a new turn this week when FBI agents and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson announced the excavation plans. In response to the Smart family’s suit, Flores denied "both generally and specifically each and every allegation" raised against him.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 12, 2016 23:09 UTC