That was discovered after Flores turned himself in on a DUI charge. That would be Susan Flores, the owner of the home where Flores is suspected to have buried Smart. And for a few moments Jane came to and saw Flores having his way with her. Paul Flores at a St. James classmate's birthday party, 1983. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Chris Lambert: They're hopeful, but they've also been let down so many times before. I never realized its the same guy that harassed [Sarah], he said. Her family misses her every minute of everyday!, Kristin Denise Smart: Missing since May 25th, 1996 Part 1, Kristin Denise Smart 40 minute Download into iMovie, FBI Dogs Finds Possible Remains Of Kristin Smart On Cal Poly Campus. People vs. Flores #1: Motions. Send pics, videos and tips to CCN. Four months later, while attempting to reconcile, Susan rented out her house in Arroyo Grande. And for the first time clues about what may have happened to Kristin Smart. The Kristin Smart Scholarship has been established by her family to help other college bound women pursue their dreams. Ann-Marie Christian: She was who she was because of her parents, for sure. The Charley Project goes on to say that Flores would regularly drink heavily and that he was not popular among the student body. And my roommate actually kicked down the door to make him stop. The investigation seemed to be hampered from the start by a series of missteps by campus police beginning with their assumption that Kristin was off having fun and ignoring worried friends who said she was missing. Please, let the guilty be found, and her memory finally be at peace. However hard she and her father fought back, there was no chance they were going to get beyond the he said, she said. I was drunk and he had a witness and I didnt, Jane said. Murphy and his wife, Garin Sinclair, agreed to take the case pro bono promising to go after Paul Flores and put pressure on the sheriff's office. But was there evidence possibly placing Kristin Smart at his mother's home? 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. Pretty sad how Cal Polys upper admin interfered with the PDs work and made this investigation go away. Clockwise from left, Kristin, Denise, Stan, Matt and Lindsey. I can show you a video of Paul admitting he knows what happened to Kristin Smart, his letter states. The father and son were both in on it? Chris Lambert: It was never marked as evidence apparently. Cole states things have changed drastically due to advances in DNA technology, adding that evidence has been re-examined and vehicles belonging to Thomas and her family have been forensically searched. The report said, citing police records, that Flores had a black eye on the day after Smarts disappearance. Deputies also dug in several places in search of remains. I remember being home watching the news about Kristin Smart and there goes Paul, she recalled. I find Parkinsons involvement of Cal Poly and their clown of a president in this news conference as distasteful and pandering to Cal Polys interests. Let's go." Laci Peterson had also been a student at Cal Poly. Margarita Campos: I was, like, "Kristin, I'm going to go back home. Unblurred are Paul Flores (top center) and Ermelinda Flores (top right). James Murphy: That suggests that something bad happened in Paul Flores's dorm room. She was last seen alive with Paul Flores, a classmate who offered to walk an inebriated Smart to her room. Back then, Jane remembered Flores pulling up to her on multiple occasions behind the wheel of a green pickup truck. ), 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.. Something may break soon in the case of Kristin Denise Smart, the former Stockton resident and student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, whose disappearance in 1996 remains unsolved. Produced by Lisa Freed. And the body's not there now. She spent a summer in London, was an exchange student in Venezuela, and a lifeguard at a camp in Hawaii. She left them only after he promised to take Kristin back to her dorm. So, she slowed down and walked with them. He says "no.". I always said, He wouldnt do that., Sexually, Laura paints Paul Flores as very experienced and maintaining a very healthy appetite., It would get too aggressive and at times I had to say, Hey, calm down., Laura says that one time they were wrestling in bed and Flores got too aggressive and grabbed a butter knife and pushed it against my face., She says she kept pleading for him to settle down. In fact, Cheryl Anderson, who trusted Flores to walk Kristin back to her dorm alone, told police that her friends called him "Chester the molester," because he was known for groping girls. "Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits," she said, requesting anonymity. 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. I remember thinking: If my moms not home Im going to die right here.. Is this Susan posting? Lambert said in January 2019, I believe that Paul Flores is responsible for her death and I believe that he knows where she is currently located. I told him, You never do this again! Murphy has filed a new civil suit against Ruben Flores for the intentional infliction of emotional distress. 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. Facebook 0 Twitter LinkedIn 0 Reddit Tumblr Pinterest 0 0 Likes. James Murphy: To see them in custody was a feeling of great joy for me. Kristin did not have a purse, money, her I.D. He'd go anywhere. JAMES MURPHY: Does your son have any information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? Audio from Flores father, Ruben Flores, can be heard on an episode of the podcast in which Ruben says he never spoke to his son about the disappearance of Smart. Now several women say they were victims before and after her, too. A single woman's earring. Would you do the right thing? / CBS News, (This story previously aired on May 8, 2021. The living room had a TV and one sofa and the floor was white, she said. Almost all knew nothing about it, thanks to Poly. In October 2022, Paul Flores, the man long suspected in her disappearance, was found guilty of murder. The mother is washing her car in the driveway at one point. Lambert began looking into what happened to Kristin, collecting articles and documents, chasing down leads and tracking down anyone with information. Documents in trial of the man accused of killing Kristin Smart were unsealed by a judge on Wednesday. And that's what I've been doing for a long, long time, along with a lot of other people. She was pushing herself out of her comfort zone. Lindsey Smart Stewart: She definitely, like, took advantage of life, seized the day she was super ambitious and was determined you know, to find the next adventure. But remarkably, the same thing happened with three more dogs. 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. She was saved by their male roommate, who barged in because of Lauras blood-curdling screams. At a Halloween party back in 1995before Smart had gone missingFlores allegedly grabbed Sarahs crotch on the dance floor. And she's like, "please come with me. He's going to find her body, which is awful for a parent. The Santa Maria Times reports that Flores has three DUI convictions on his record, as of 2007. Paul Flores has long been the lone suspect in Smarts disappearance. We would have had this moments years ago if Cal Poly PD hadnt screwed this up. And there are more horrifying allegations about what may have happened to Kristin after she was last seen with Paul Flores. Chris Lambert: At that point I don't think they had ever dealt with a missing person, a possibly murdered person. Chris Lambert: Paul worked with a number of women that he made incredibly uncomfortable girls who he tried to make a pass at sexually, girls that he tried to force to kiss him. So, they did not immediately get a warrant to search Susan Flores's home. Jonathan Vigliotti [with Lambert outside of the the dorms]: Paul and Kristin then make their way here. Paul Flores lived in this home from 1992 to late 1996, and sporadically throughout the years since. She returned to the United. Kirsten deserves better and her family deserves to bring her home. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested Paul Flores, the primary suspect in the disappearance of Kristin Smart, and his father, Ruben Flores, at separate locations Tuesday morning.. This video shows the full deposition given by Paul Flores to the Smart family's attorney, James R. Murphy on November 14, 1997. IF they knew he was out there murdering, raping etc. Paul had this look on his face, the relative said. or even her keys. Paul Flores' attorney on Tuesday asked for a hearing to investigate the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office for what he described as bias in the Kristin Smart case. Two days after Kristin Smart vanished, Paul Flores went to the Arroyo Grande Police Department because of an outstanding DUI warrant. We would highly recommend that those people get in contact with us as soon as possible so we could investigate this further, he said. It was updated on October 22, 2022.). In high school he was known as a loner. And he leaves her to walk up this walkway. The Smarts say they tried to file a missing person's report with the local police but were told it was too early, and the FBI told them Cal Poly police were in charge. I drank this drink and I dont know what it was but let me tell you something the next thing you know I was passed out, Jane said. Kristin Smart was dropped in the dumpster and she is in the landfill. But it's Susan Flores's concrete backyard that initially received a lot of attention. But the investigation is ongoing. Margarita soon decided she'd had enough. Margarita Campos: I'll never forget her shadow against the building, this apartment complex, just standing like kind of cross-armed with the long leg And she was just kind of like looking at me like, [sighs] you're really walking away now, like you're really, you're leaving? A jury acquitted Ruben Flores of the charge of being an accessory after the fact. In March 2021, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant at the Arroyo Grande home of Ruben Flores. Just very involved with their children. Were after our daughter. Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. Janes mother frantically phoned her father. [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. Those were kind of unspoken things. Ian Parkinson: I committed to them that I was going to go back to the beginning and re-examine every piece of evidence that we had. Flores was named as a key witness in the case in July 1996. Chris Lambert: Paul keeps stopping along the way and letting Cheryl Anderson know, you can go on ahead. The letter from the DAs Office has similar wording about the immunity deal. Ann-Marie Christian: became friends with Kristin in elementary school. Chris Lambert: I don't think she ever imagined that Kristin would end up dead by the end of the night. It was turned over to a detective with the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office, but Garin Sinclair says, the Smarts never knew it existed until the Lassiters were deposed in January 1997. In Southern California, investigators served a search warrant at Paul Flores' San Pedro home. By the time they inspected Flores's room, Kristin had been gone for 16 days. Her parents, Denise and Stan were both educators who encouraged their kids' passions. Chris Lambert: The only thing he would confirm on tape is that his name is Paul Flores. A post shared by Your Own Backyard (@yourownbackyardpodcast) on Mar 27, 2019 at 8:45am PDT. And it was only 250 miles from Stockton, California, where she grew up with Lindsey and their brother Matt. That turned out to be college. Arroyo Grande High School graduate Paul Flores was the last person to see Kristin Smart on the night she disappeared. When they were deposed by James Murphy, they also insisted their son was not involved. Nearly a week after their arrests, father and son both pleaded not guilty in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. And I was like, "nah, I have to study." I dont like to talk about it to even him, she said. Please address the Policies, events and arguments, not the person. Doesnt sound plausible. Read the story: recordnet.com/article/20200118/NEWS/200119835, Multiple tips received following podcast on Kristin Smart disappearance, Former FBI agent weighs in on potential new developments in Kristin Smart case, Kristin was an adventurous fun loving young woman whose childhood was rich and filled with memorable moments.Unfortunately, it was cut short on May 25, 1996 when another Cal Poly student took her life and has continued to hide behind the 5th Amendment since the summer of 1996. James Murphy: I'd love to do anything to end their suffering. Then in Feb. 2021, Los Angeles police officers arrested Paul Flores in Rancho Palos Verdes on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm. I now know for sure he is, and Kristin is dead, and so do you.. I could not imagine being his mother. Chris Lambert: That's the upsetting part about it, isn't it? Authorities allege that Flores instead took Smart to his own dorm room and killed. DAN DOW [press conference]: But the allegation that he was committing or attempting to commit a rape when he killed her, is the basis for which we are able to file first-degree felony murder charges. One female cousin called Flores a pervert. PODCAST EPISODE 4: At 8 a.m. on June 19th, 2000, a team of sheriff's investigators knocks on the front door of Susan Flores's East Branch Street home. Nothing ever mentioned to any of them. Paul is charged with murder in connection with the 1996. Paul Flores, lower left, remained in jail without bail while Ruben Flores, upper right, was able to post bail after a judge agreed to lower the bail amount from $250,000 to $50,000, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court/Zoom, Digital evidence leads to clues in deaths of friends dumped outside LA hospitals, Chad Daybell's kids claim he was "fooled in worst, most deadly way possible", Chilling details revealed in JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan deaths. Would you? DAN DOW [press conference]: We don't have evidence sufficient to charge anyone else at this time. It's, like, she has nothing on her. Neither the ex-boyfriend nor Sarah saw Flores again until they read The Daily Beast story on Kristin Smarts disappearance, where Floress mugshot appeared. They did an interview with the Cal Poly Mustang Daily and explained that they didn't think there was any evidence that a crime had taken place. Any tidbit of information or recollection could make the difference in the recovery of our beloved Kristin., disappearance of another woman under almost identical circumstances: Kristin Smart. Back in 1996, with classes finished before the long Memorial Day weekend, Smart, a 19-year-old California Polytechnic State University, San . PODCAST EPISODE 3 | MARY LASSITER: It was like a red thing and it was like a smudge-like fingerprinted look on the back, just red, like maroon, like old looking and the smudge that it was like half a fingerprint. This is really going to be something you dont expect. Im good, he said in response to questions about Smarts disappearance. For more information, please see our Lambert said that Paul's sister, Ermelinda, moved to Amsterdam in the 2000s to admittedly get away from the attention on her family due to the Kristin Smart case. When authorities later confronted him with the two stories, Flores admitted lying and offered a new explanation. I have this PTSD fear of someone kicking the door in.. And according to that probation report, "dozens of women have recounted Paul Flores' sexual assaults and predatory behavior that document his 25 years as a serial rapist." The SLO County Sheriffs Office will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the case. I wasnt freaked out.. The Daily Breeze reported in September 2016 that Flores was living in San Pedro, California, since 2011 and had been working in Irvine. DAN DOW [press conference]: It is alleged that Mr. Flores caused the death of Kristen Smart while in the commission of or attempted rape. He gets his arm around her torso and her arm around his neck, and he's helping her walk. Recently released court documents detail a one-time immunity deal previously offered to Paul Flores sister, Ermelinda Thomas. To declare to the public if you stay quiet, you will get away with this. Do a little research before sharing your sage advice. Like his black eye, seen faintly in a mug shot taken by the Arroyo Grande Police just by chance two days after Kristin vanished. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested Paul Flores, the primary suspect in the disappearance of Kristin Smart, and his father, Ruben Flores, at separate locations Tuesday morning. PODCAST EPISODE 2 [LAMBERT READING REPORT] Smart does not have any close friends at Cal Poly. When I say I know Pauls involved, his own words saying so are one of the things I know that prove it. 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