Overview

• Paul Flores, serving a 25-year to life sentence for the murder of Kristin Smart, was stabbed by an unidentified inmate.
• This is the second time Flores has been attacked in the past nine months, with the previous incident involving a slashing in the neck.
• Staff at the prison intervened using only verbal commands to stop the attack, and two inmate-manufactured weapons were recovered.
• Flores was treated at an outside medical facility and has returned to the prison in fair condition.
• The attack is being investigated as an attempted homicide, and the assailant has been placed in restricted housing.