Now several women say they were victims before and after her, too. But one of those friends told police Flores already had the black eye when he arrived. I wasnt freaked out.. But the investigation is ongoing. How could she have gone out of town? They believe they can prove Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart. Denise Pearce: The phone call never comes. The murder trial began on Monday with opening statements from prosecutors and Flores defense attorney. When Lambert later told Kristin's mother, Denise, about those early morning beeping sounds in Susan Flores's backyard, he said her reaction was "shock we just kind of stared at each other for a good long time I think it took a while to settle in, that this could potentially be huge." What happens next? Ermelinda Flores, 81. Like the rest of the family, Kristin was an athlete. Kristin's mother, Denise Smart, spent Memorial Day weekend at a swim meet with her two younger kids. Still she stuck around until Flores allegedly laid his hands on her aggressively again. JAMES MURPHY: Do you have any information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? And here's your key." Flores claimed after walking Kristin back from the party, he went to his room in Santa Lucia Hall while she walked alone to her dorm. She told Lambert that after several months, the beeping stopped. It was never like Hey you want to go hookup? He never made advances and he would just say Hi at school.. First, he told detectives that Smart was having difficulty walking on her own. Denise had told Lambert that her daughter had been working as a lifeguard at the university's rec center, and every morning Kristin's watch alarm went off to make sure she was at the pool by 5 a.m. Over the years, law enforcement and the Smarts' lawyers have searched Susan Flores's backyard several times, but nothing has ever been found. The living room had a TV and one sofa and the floor was white, she said. She was the last person other than Paul Flores to see Kristin alive. What happened in the privacy of his room that night? Peuvrelle asked the jury. Flores defense attorney, Robert Sanger, told the jury, This obviously is a tragic situation in one sense or another. Lambert also interviewed a woman who dated Flores until, she says, he became physically and verbally abusive. And for the first time clues about what may have happened to Kristin Smart. She was looking forward to hearing from Kristin that Sunday. James Murphy: The podcast is out. PODCAST EPISODE 1: I googled Kristin Smart's name every few years. In October 2022, Paul Flores, the man long suspected in her disappearance, was found guilty of murder. Authorities arrested Ruben Flores after San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's deputies served a search warrant at his Arroyo Grande home. Sanger said the backyard grave was not at grave at all, and no human blood, hair, or bones were found in it. PODCAST EPISODE 2 | WOMAN #1: I wasn't surprised, but there's also that shock value of kind of "oh my god, I knew it! And it was only 250 miles from Stockton, California, where she grew up with Lindsey and their brother Matt. James Murphy: To see them in custody was a feeling of great joy for me. He invoked the Fifth Amendment 27 times. Since Parkinson came on the scene, investigators have dug up hillsides; searched the homes and properties of all the Flores'; collected evidence; seized Paul Flores' computers; monitored his cell phone and text messages, and found new witnesses -- some with the help of Chris Lambert. Back in May 1996, Kristin Smart was finishing her freshman year at California Polytechnic State University better known as Cal Poly. Smart, a native of Stockton, was nearing the end of her. Used to live: San Luis Obispo CA, Arroyo Grande CA, Torrance CA. But 22 years later, when he couldn't find any recent stories about the case, he decided to do something. Davis was helping Smart get up to her feet with Anderson when Flores suddenly appeared out from the darkness, Peuvrelle said. And there were those nonstop tales of Flores being touchy-feely with her friends. Ken Blum is the editor. It has been called Dr. Seuss Day because of this. We were standing by the washer and dryer and we were arguing and he shouted, No! and slapped my arm, Laura said. The Lassisters say soon after, strange postcards began showing up in their mailbox. Flores attempted to kiss Anderson before she walked away around 2:30 a.m. She refused his advances because she was creeped out, Peuvrelle said. When asked about how he got the injury Flores told three different stories. She spent a summer in London, was an exchange student in Venezuela, and a lifeguard at a camp in Hawaii. Once Jane was admitted her story seemed to fall on deaf ears. He wouldn't answer a single thing. Lindsey Smart Stewart: I think they're, like, carrying boulders on their back. James Murphy: And it's 2:30 and 3 o'clock in the morning at Cal Poly this is not a a location from which Paul alone could easily move a body without a vehicle. And that's what I've been doing for a long, long time, along with a lot of other people. The duplex was located up the same street from where her mom resided. But Sarah kneed Flores in the groin and kicked him in the shin before dashing off into the party. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. The woman, whom well call Jane, believes she was roofied, raped, and discarded by Paul Flores and his nameless friend when she was a 15-year-old high-school sophomore in 1994. "48 Hours" looks back to their arrests and how the saga began. A jury acquitted Ruben Flores of the charge of being an accessory after the fact. Like what may have been discovered in March 2021 when investigators searched Ruben Flores' house using cadaver dogs and ground penetrating radar. Resides in Blue Bell, PA. I guess the answer is yes. An earring that appeared to match the necklace Kristin is wearing on the billboard. Chris Lambert: As they describe it, Paul Flores just sort of appears out of nowhere. Chris Lambert: I wish I knew why. I remember thinking: If my moms not home Im going to die right here.. James Murphy: I'd love to do anything to end their suffering. This is about the facts. 1996 was before the #MeToo movement, Peuvrelle told the jury. In April 2021, investigators finally put the pieces of the puzzle together and decided they had enough to charge the then-44-year-old Paul Flores with Kristin's murder, and his then-80-year-old father with being an accessory after the fact. "48 Hours" agreed. Regresar a la bsqueda. A break in the case happened in 2020 when sheriffs deputies wire-tapped the phones of Flores, his father, and his mother to record their private conversations. SALINAS, Calif. (KRON) In the wake of Kristin Smarts disappearance from Cal Polys campus, detectives knew Paul Flores was lying through his teeth, according to prosecutors. The detective noticed was Paul was nervous and his heart was beating out of his chest. You wouldn't let any of your friends be drunk around him. But soon Flores took his shot with Jane after another drop-off at her moms house. A very close-knit family. (The office hired a detective in 2015 to work on Unsolved Crimes for $15,000 a month: There are four open homicide investigations and Smarts remains an unsolved missing persons case. Mike McHugh is the producer-editor. He never expected it would be a hit, but his podcast caught the attention of millions of listeners and sparked new interest in this decades-old unsolved case. When Kristin Smart disappeared, Paul Flores's parents Susan and Ruben were separated and living apart. Lindsey Smart Stewart: "You should go to Cal Poly. Even when law enforcement let them down, they refused to give up. If you use a windshield cover, you can at least forget about scrapping the ice off your windshield to save some time and hassle. But he entreated each woman who came forward to tell their story to The Daily Beast to reach out to his department. Murphy and Sinclair promised the Smarts the billboard will stay until their daughter is found. BOE-A-2023-5092 Orden JUS/181/2023, de 21 de febrero, por la que se aprueba la relacin provisional de personas admitidas y excluidas en el proceso selectivo para acceso libre, al Cuerpo de Gestin Procesal y Administrativa de la Administracin de Justicia, convocado por Orden JUS/1254/2022, de 7 de diciembre. She didn't think that was OK. The day after my sister disappeared, Paul Flores had a black eye and scratches on him. He has never talked. She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. ), A sheriff offices spokesman said his agency couldnt say if investigators working Smarts cold case had been made aware or not of the new alleged victims, citing refusal to comment on an open and active investigation.. They might have found evidence in those vehicles. View Details. He was staring at my face looking at me and he was enjoying himself.. I think they're just waiting to see what the outcome is going to be. I was like Oh my God. Smart was last seen with Flores's son Paul. On April 13, 2021, almost 25 years after Kristin Smart went missing, longtime suspect Paul Flores, 44, was arrested at his home in San Pedro, California, and charged with murder. Margarita Campos: I was expecting her to knock on my door and be, like, "Oh, Margarita, you missed a rager. Chris Lambert: Paul keeps stopping along the way and letting Cheryl Anderson know, you can go on ahead. Chris Lambert spoke with some women who knew Flores back then. Over the years, Susan Flores's backyard has been the focus of widespread speculation because of stories like the ones Mary Lassiter told Chris Lambert. She was saved by their male roommate, who barged in because of Lauras blood-curdling screams. PODCAST | EPISODE 1: At least once a day I asked myself what are you doing? According to multiple party-goers, Smart was incapacitated unable to walk or stand on her own because of something she drank at the party, DeputyDistrict AttorneyChristopherPeuvrelle told the jury. And then months and months later, they'd reach back out and say, can you get us in touch with this person again? Jonathan Vigliotti: How significant was that? Eventually they moved in together along with a male roommate in a two-bedroom apartment in nearby Lawndale. In April 2021, investigators charged Paul Flores, left, with Kristin Smart's murder, and his then-80-year-old father Ruben, as an accessory after the fact. Chris Lambert: I brought them a number of witnesses that they were very interested in. Chris Lambert: It's hard to take too much credit But I was one piece of the puzzle that helped to make this all come together when it did. "YOUR OWN BACKYARD" PODCAST: EPISODE 1: It's a cold and cloudy winter afternoon in San Luis Obispo and I'm retracing missing Cal Poly student Kristin Smart's last known steps. E Branch St, Arroyo Grande, CA Plus Addresses In Torrance, CA | San Pedro, CA Relatives Paul Ruben Flores Ermelinda Marie Flores Susan P Flores Paul F Gil View details Phone Numbers (805) nay - peek (805) nay - peek + 1 more View Details AGE 40s Ruben D Flores Santa Barbara, CA (Mesa) Aliases Ruben Flores-Diazchavez Ruben D Flores Espinoza Investigators could have excavated the yard, but their decision not to was a crushing blow for the Smart family. D.A. Little is known since the proceedings are kept secret, but no charges were ever filed. Denise Pearce: She was becoming more and more alarmed, you know? Later, he told detectives that Smart was walking just fine and returned to her dorm while he returned to his dorm. Clockwise from left, Kristin, Denise, Stan, Matt and Lindsey. October 22, 2022 / 10:10 PM They were giggling as they were dragging me, the now 39-year-old woman told The Daily Beast. I don't know if Kristin knew anybody there. And they told Lambert they weren't surprised when they heard about Flores's connection to Kristin's disappearance. I said, Stop it. That warrant allowed them to dig up the backyard, but deputies chose not to excavate. His father, Ruben Flores, is also on trial because investigators charged him with hiding Smarts body. One of Kristins closest college friends, Steve Fleming, noticed that Paul Flores would linger around Smarts dorm hall even though he didnt live there. An important tip came in after a February 2020 search of Paul, Susan and Ruben's properties. LOS ANGELESShe remembers being dragged down Elm Street as she vomited, propped up by a young man and his pal who snickered and cursed her. Still to this day I am afraid to go to the bathroom by myself in public places, she said, admitting she still asks her husband every time to stand sentry at the door when she has to go. She was she was frantic I don't understand this, you know? most importantly they wanna find their daughter. I know I didnt have any pants on and he was in me and I could feel him, she said of the three seconds she managed to wake from the slumber that took hold of her. Dave Minsky,. I was throwing up and they were saying Oh this bitch! and This bitch better not throw up on me.. were in the room exactly where she had left them. Jonathan Vigliotti: And that phone call never comes. Jonathan Vigliotti: They thought she was off possibly having fun. One late night at a Hermosa Beach bar Flores courted a 21-year-old student whom well call Laura. Mary Lassiter says the earring she found in the driveway matched the necklace Kristin Smart is seen wearing on this billboard. Any evidence that might have been there was long gone. Margarita Campos: they were, like, "are you sure she didn't go out of town?" Smarts body has never been found. He was the last person seen with her. Margarita Campos: I was a little bit more introverted and inhibited and she was like, "no, we have to go out and we have to go like live life." On Monday, deputies served a sealed search warrant at the home of Ruben Flores. Just very involved with their children. After all these years, Sheriff Parkinson says that Paul Flores continues to be their number one suspect. PODCAST EPISODE 2 | WOMAN #2: You wouldn't want to be alone in a room with him. But Flores' basketball friends told investigators that he already had the. Jonathan Vigliotti: What toll over time did this have on your parents? For more than two decades, her family, friends, and supporters searched for answers and for justice. Four months earlier, Kristin Smart, a freshman at California Polytechnic State University better known as Cal Poly had gone to a party on Friday, May 24 the start of the Memorial Day weekend. When they reached the turnoff to Cheryl's dorm, she says Flores tried to hug and kiss her. I never realized its the same guy that harassed [Sarah], he said. Paul had this look on his face, the relative said. But Paul Flores was never charged with any of these incidents. San Luis Obispo County. He apparently would tag along with a sloshed friend, crashing off-campus parties together wherever she was. to find the next challenge. Jonathan Vigliotti: Is there any doubt in your mind that Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart? He threw [my cousin] to the ground and got on top of her and putting his hands down her top even after he got his wallet. One female cousin called Flores a pervert. That could have been me.. Often, Sarah would be at one party or another and there was Flores. Chris Lambert: At that point I don't think they had ever dealt with a missing person, a possibly murdered person. DAN DOW [press conference]: We don't have evidence sufficient to charge anyone else at this time. By the time Cal Poly police began investigating, Kristin had been gone for four days. I did have guilt about that. Instead, Flores and his family were sued in 2002 by the Smarts in civil court for intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon the parents of Kristin Smart by taking the body of Kristin Smart and secreting and/or destroying the body in a hidden place in the County of San Luis Obispo. The Flores family countersued for emotional distress. Both suits were shelved by a judge until Smarts remains are found. They asked him not to use their names: PODCAST EPISODE 2 | WOMAN #1: Well his nickname was "Scary Paul.". Some of those women who did not want their real names used told Lambert about their encounters with him. Why? Margarita Campos: But when we got to the house it was pretty dead too, it was really -- it was like a couple of roommates hanging out playing video games And Kristin was, like oh gosh, there has to be something better than this. In the months after Kristin's disappearance, one truck was traded in and the other was reported stolen. Related to: Ruben R Flores, Ermelinda M Thomas, Paul R Flores, Rachel H Flores, Ruben Flores. Flores said he suffered the black eye during a basketball game he played with friends in Arroyo Grande on Monday. Instead, on Monday, May 27, Denise Pearce says the Smarts got a call from Cal Poly's campus police asking if Kristin was with them. I knocked on her door, and I thought she was just sleeping, or she went out and about, you know? School was over, so campus police found an empty room that had been sanitized by the university's cleaning crew. But Mary Lassiter says the earring matched the necklace Kristin is seen wearing on the billboard. The next morning, Margarita waited to hear from Kristin. Guardar . All of Kristin's personal belongings including her purse, her money, her I.D. JAMES MURPHY: Your husband have information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? During opening statements of Flores murder trial this week, prosecutors played a video of Flores stumbling over questions from Cal Poly campus police detectives inside an interrogation room. After the four students had walked about halfway back to the dorms, Paul Flores told Davis and Anderson, Dont worry I got her, Ill take her from here, according to prosecutors. So had Margarita Campos, who lived in the next room in Muir Hall. He lived in the dorm building across from Smart's room. And might have connected Kristin to Susan Flores's house, says James Murphy. He's going to find her body, which is awful for a parent. Chris Lambert: So much was lost in those first few days where if that very first phone call was taken seriously answers might have been uncovered the first week. So, she slowed down and walked with them. He was writing your name like 150 times on a piece of paper and he kept circling it., High school boys are weird anyway, Jane thought at the time. The Kristin Smart Scholarship has been established by her family to help other college bound women pursue their dreams. Laura said Flores worked a construction job while attending school but that he was very secretive and she suspected he was in college forever so that his mommy kept paying for his housing and classes.. But as Chris Lambert learned, campus police did not act right away. Members of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department and FBI searched the grounds of Susan Flores's home in Arroyo Grande on June 19, 2000, for any evidence that might shed light on the disappearance of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. After seizing an old car, digging in the back yard and taking evidence San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies concluded a two search of an Arroyo Grande home related to the 1996. The mother is washing her car in the driveway at one point. My job was to hunt them. A single woman's earring. Chris Lambert: Everything else, he took the Fifth Amendment. He claimed he didnt even know her name, Peuvrelle said. Smart appeared to be under the influence of alcohol on Friday night. You just don't talk, and you get away with it. Chris Lambert: They didn't bring cadaver dogs with them. He hired a detective to work full time on the case, and over the past nine years deputies have carried out searches, conducted new interviews, and gathered additional evidence. Im good, he said in response to questions about Smarts disappearance. She made a decision that shes regretted ever since. Flores and Smart were both 19-year-old freshmen Cal Poly students who attended the same party the night she vanished, on May 25, 1996. Flores and Smart had spoken at the party. And I was, like, "uh OK, fine.". And yes, we believe it's linked to Kristin. Balloons wrap around the Kristin Smart billboard in Arroyo Grande after the arrest of Paul and Ruben Flores in April 2021. When buying cowboy boots, there are a few aspects to consider, such as how far up they go on your legs and their design. Susan Flores's backyard has been the focus of widespread speculation. Her parents, Denise and Stan were both educators who encouraged their kids' passions. James Murphy: And it says wrongful death and then I put murder. I was crying.. People are watching Ruben Flores and Susan Flores and Paul Flores. Jonathan Vigliotti found Flores outside his home in Southern California and asked him a number of questions about Kristin's disappearance. The backyard was all concrete except for a couple of areas where planter boxes had been created by cutting out the concrete and filling them with soil. He would be stalking me.. The two girls walked to an area off campus where there were fraternities, sororities and residential housing for students. Even though he'd never investigated anything before, Lambert quit his job to create a podcast about the case. First published on November 28, 2020 / 11:10 PM. Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits, she said, requesting anonymity. Just days after she disappeared, an incident report seemed to imply that Kristin's behavior contributed to her disappearance. [emotional] I will go outside at nighttime and I'll look up at the full moon and I'll think that that kid's buried somewhere real close. It wasn't until Kristin's roommate returned to their dorm room, that Margarita realized Kristin never came home. He believes that meant "the batteries went dead and that the object that was beeping hadn't been there very long.". James Murphy: They brought in the first dog and they'd had the dog go through the dorms. Ann-Marie Christian: She was who she was because of her parents, for sure. Margarita Campos: To this day, like, I was like, why why did I just let her go by herself? Paul Flores lives in San Pedro, CA; previous city include Arroyo Grande CA. In the meantime, Paul Flores moved to Southern California, where he bounced from job to job. putting murder on the lawsuit was sending a message to Paul Flores and his family, that we believe that he killed Kristin and that we're coming for him. Kristin Smart went missing from Cal Poly in 1996. Witnesses said she didnt smell like alcohol, but she quickly became so incapacitated that she passed out face-down on the houses front lawn. Chris Lambert: There was a man climbing her trellis and trying to get inside her balcony, very intoxicated and refusing to leave. But perhaps Mary Lassiter's most disturbing story was about being awakened very early in the morning by a beeping sound coming from the backyard. Jonathan Vigliotti: Was this case, given the evidence that was lost early on, doomed from the very beginning? She saw Paul taking Kristin toward his dorm to the left, the prosecutor said. James Murphy: Having a black eye doesn't make you guilty of anything but if the person you were with disappeared from the planet that's physical evidence. To declare to the public if you stay quiet, you will get away with this. Flores only made one phone call the weekend Smart disappeared, according to prosecutors. The dogs handler said one dog went screaming down the hallway, made a U-turn, and stopped right in front of (Flores) dorm room, the prosecutor said. It might be helpful to the investigation.. Once the dogs were let inside the room, they alerted to a corner of Flores bed mattress. They also did not focus on Paul Flores immediately, waiting six days to formally interview him. I've got her. But Lindsey says her sister was happiest when she was traveling. But you have to understand, she was a really independent free spirit. The accusations didnt stop with classmates: Flores allegedly couldnt restrain himself around his own kin. Our roommate came in and yelled Leave her alone. 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