A note from the smart family.

The statute of limitations in this case has expired on everything except murder.

Anyone who comes forward with information will not be charged with any crime.

This episode contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners.

Murder discretion is advised.

Just one time during that three year stretch.

When a friend of mine held the 23rd anniversary vigil in May of 2019, at the point of hope

and shell beach which was advertised on local news and on social media, only two other

people showed up.

That all changed in 2020.

On January 5th, in response to renewed public interest in the case, brand Creative West,

a sign shop in a royal grande replaced the 23 year old billboard in the village, free

of charge.

The billboard which I previously described as sunfaded and hard to see is now bright and

vibrant and includes a link to this podcast.

On January 18th, an article ran in the Stockton record which quoted Denise Smart as saying

that she had recently been contacted by an FBI agent who had advised her to quote, be

ready.

This is really going to be something you don't expect.

I watched all week as theories began to spread on social media, theories which largely

disregarded all of the circumstantial evidence that points to what happened to Kristen Smart.

Rumors began to spread that Kristen had been found alive in another country and that she

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