Related to: Ruben R Flores, Ermelinda M Thomas, Paul R Flores, Rachel H Flores, Ruben Flores. PODCAST EPISODE 3: Something shiny catches her eye next to the front driver side tire. Thats how we metI was walking and he pulled over and said to me Hey, Ill take you to school, she remembered Flores asking her. First published on November 28, 2020 / 11:10 PM. 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. She spotted an ad for a rental that a woman named Susan Flores had put in. Flores defense attorney, Robert Sanger, told the jury, This obviously is a tragic situation in one sense or another. But cadaver dogs told a different story. Denise Pearce: The phone call never comes. Chris Lambert: Everything else, he took the Fifth Amendment. They also did not focus on Paul Flores immediately, waiting six days to formally interview him. Jonathan Vigliotti: And that phone call never comes. James Murphy: I'm not at liberty to describe how it was documented. Even worse they never sealed his dorm room. PAUL FLORES: On the advice of my attorney . There was no change in the soil consistent with that.. She was looking forward to hearing from Kristin that Sunday. That witness initially came forward to Chris Lambert, who passed the information to the sheriff's office and Murphy. When he arrived she stayed at home while Janes father hightailed it to Arroyo Grande Community Hospital. During a camping trip in Fresno, California, in the early 1990s, Floress female cousins playfully swiped and hid his wallet while walking en route to a liquor store to purchase slush puppies. Chris Lambert: A young couple moves into it with their kid. Jonathan Vigliotti: How did you know she hadn't been back? One late night at a Hermosa Beach bar Flores courted a 21-year-old student whom well call Laura. every piece of evidence points directly at Paul Flores. 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. 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. It wasnt like some older guy or anything.. It is believed she is deceased, but there is no evidence of what happened to her after Paul Flores left her. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti takes viewers inside the popular podcast and haunting case in "The Disappearance of Kristin Smart.". He believes that meant "the batteries went dead and that the object that was beeping hadn't been there very long.". Ermelinda Flores' property in Washington state has been searched by investigators in February 2020. Jonathan Vigliotti: There was a lot of evidence that could have been gathered, that wasn't. I was like Oh my God. In October 2022, Paul. Please enter valid email address to continue. 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. Murphy alleges four nights later, strange activity was seen at Ruben's house. When authorities later confronted him with the two stories, Flores admitted lying and offered a new explanation. Denise Pearce: To be almost there. San Luis Obispo County sheriff's officials gather under a coroner's tent in the backyard of Ruben Flores' house in the 700 block of White Court in Arroyo Grande on April 13. By the end of the evening she was found passed out on the lawn next door and needed help to get back to the dorm. Investigators could have excavated the yard, but their decision not to was a crushing blow for the Smart family. Paul Flores spotted July 29,2017, in Food4Less grocery store located in Arroyo Grande, CA. Classes were difficult, she was trying to fit in, and she missed her family. Dave Minsky,. 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. He was staring at my face looking at me and he was enjoying himself.. That's how the Lassiters learned that their landlord's son, Paul, was the prime suspect in the disappearance of a young college student in nearby San Luis Obispo. She was too kind-hearted. Still she stuck around until Flores allegedly laid his hands on her aggressively again. Two days after her daughter went missing, Denise Smart got a call from Cal Poly's campus police. Bodega en Renta de $65.000 , 3 baos, 1100 m2 en Arroyo de Las Flores, Jalisco ID 26114512. By the time Cal Poly police began investigating, Kristin had been gone for four days. PODCAST EPISODE 1: I googled Kristin Smart's name every few years. That turned out to be college. A student named Paul Flores, Susan's son, volunteered to take her back. Facebook gives people the. (No video or audio). Susan Flores, an Arroyo Grande resident whose son Paul is the prime suspect in Smart's disappearance, broke her silence after new searches in the haunting case last week. so eventually he unlocked you know, the apartment door, and I left. When The Daily Beast tracked Flores down outside his home last month, he didnt mount much of a defense. At the time, they did not know about a missing college student. 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. 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. In the crowd, taking it all in, was that podcaster, Chris Lambert. And DNA evidence could not be found linking any other evidence to Kristin. James Murphy: Somebody found an earring that they say was Kristin Smart's jewelry in the driveway. He promised the Smarts that solving Kristin's case would be a priority. I remember being home watching the news about Kristin Smart and there goes Paul, she recalled. Lambert says Kristin could not stand on her own, so fellow student Cheryl Anderson who was also at the party began helping her back to campus. Jonathan Vigliotti: Is there any doubt in your mind that Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart? Most students had taken off but Kristin had stayed on campus. Like the Smart's civil case, theirs also has been on hold. I never realized its the same guy that harassed [Sarah], he said. Flores said he suffered the black eye during a basketball game he played with friends in Arroyo Grande on Monday. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti tracked Flores down to try and get some answers. They had become close friends despite their differences. Its a fib. Back in May 1996, Kristin Smart was finishing her freshman year at California Polytechnic State University better known as Cal Poly. An earring that appeared to match the necklace Kristin is wearing on the billboard. I remember thinking he was right behind me in the doorway and I think he was trying to get to the door before I could shut it., Sarah said she was quickly manhandled by Flores. He'd go through tunnels, under bridges, looking for his daughter and expecting best case scenario. That mother, Mary Lassiter, described it to Chris Lambert. He would be stalking me.. The charming blue house with the picket fence on East Branch Street seemed perfect. Wiggot: pfo5vr0 total 1100 m2 800 m2 de area prod. Flores is charged with murdering Smart as he attempted to rape her in his dorm room. If you come near her again I will kill you!, His buddy pushed Paul real hard and he fell through a desk before he ran for his life.. or even her keys. Ruben Flores defense attorney is slated to deliver his opening statements when the two trials resume on Thursday in a Monterey County courtroom. Four months after that futile search, Paul Flores was brought before a grand jury. At least one, since The Daily Beast began reporting, said she has been interviewed by the San Luis Obispo Sheriffs Office. So, they did not immediately get a warrant to search Susan Flores's home. That's been our goal. / CBS News. It is also what the Smarts have been waiting for for more than a quarter of a century. November 27, 2020 / 8:14 AM Paul Flores escorted Smart back to her dorm after an off-campus party. Meanwhile, three other women told The Daily Beast that Flores sexually assaulted them after Janes assault and Smarts disappearance. Now several women say they were victims before and after her, too. Denise Pearce: The investigation was completely botched by the campus police. Despite Flores sporting a black eye the next day (which he admitted to investigators he lied about) and despite police dogs picking up the scent of human decay in his dorm room, Flores was never charged. Multiple attempts to reach Flores and his parents to comment on the new accusations were unsuccessful. Once Jane was admitted her story seemed to fall on deaf ears. James Murphy: Well, the location where all this activity occurred is where they found the biological material. And there would be more disappointment in 2007, after the Smart's legal team searched a small portion of Susan Flores's backyard with ground penetrating radar and did not find any evidence. It's, like, she has nothing on her. Lambert also interviewed a woman who dated Flores until, she says, he became physically and verbally abusive. 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. Im good. He's going to find her body, which is awful for a parent. And yes, we believe it's linked to Kristin. Chris Lambert says they're cautiously optimistic. By this point Sarahs ex-boyfriend arrived and he and his friends scared Flores and his pal, trying to make sure they never showed their faces again. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Flores has never been charged in this case. Jane said she took Flores up on carpool offers to and from high school whenever she would be walking solo from her mothers home in Arroyo Grande, California. In October 2022, Paul Flores, the man long suspected in her disappearance, was found guilty of murder. Sheriff Ian Parkinson was able to confirm that forensic physical evidence that authorities believe is linked to Kristin was located at, at least two homes. James Murphy: They're interested in seeing Paul Flores get convicted and Ruben Flores get held accountable. He has not been charged in those incidents. October 22, 2022 / 10:10 PM Margarita Campos: I was expecting her to knock on my door and be, like, "Oh, Margarita, you missed a rager. Like so many freshmen, Kristin struggled. 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. I have this PTSD fear of someone kicking the door in.. Deputies seized a mattress cover from the bed with a blood stain. Ruben Flores and his estranged wife Susan have always denied any role in Kristin Smart's disappearance. He would tiptoe around everything. Alicia Tejada is the field producer and Addison Briley is the associate producer. And she was growing as an individual. His parents have always denied knowing anything about Kristin's disappearance and insist their son was not involved. I wasnt freaked out.. Her younger sister Lindsey says their mother urged Kristin to go there. Regresar a la bsqueda. It's fine. But as Chris Lambert learned, Flores's pattern of behavior with women didn't stop. Chris Lambert: Paul keeps stopping along the way and letting Cheryl Anderson know, you can go on ahead. All four dogs, including one who was considered the best of the best, separately signaled an alert indicating the presence of human remain odors only in Flores room. Mike McHugh is the producer-editor. And here's your key." She loved swimming and skiing. ", Although suspicion surrounded Flores almost from the beginning, any hopes for an arrest were dashed in May 1997 when then-Sheriff Ed Williams made an admission to the San Luis Obispo Telegraph: "We need Paul Flores to tell us what happened to Kristin Smart so absent something from Mr. Flores, I don't see us completing this case.". 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. James Murphy and Garin Sinclair look at the billboard that has been in their front yard for more than two decades. DAN DOW [press conference]: The allegation against Ruben is that he helped to conceal Kristen's body after the murder was committed. I get into the bathroom and try to lock it and then the door gets kicked open., It was not more than five seconds before Sarah said Flores crashed opened the door and stood in the frame. But Paul Flores remained behind bars help without bail. Jonathan Vigliotti | CBS News correspondent: You wanted to go home, and you were trying to find a way to break it to your friend. James Murphy: And it says wrongful death and then I put murder. There's no question about it. Lawyers representing Paul Flores, a man found guilty last year of murdering Kristin Smart in San Luis Obispo in 1996, filed motions last week to dismiss the jury verdict and for a new trial. They didn't look at the Flores family's vehicles. 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. She graduated from San Perlita as valedictorian to the class of 1953 to proceed her education at James R . Garin Sinclair: He never once turned to the Smart family and said, hey, we have an earring, we'd like to show it to you to see if it matches any of your daughter's jewelry. SHERIFF IAN PARKINSON [at press conference]: Forensic physical evidence was located. Devastating. Chris Lambert: At that point I don't think they had ever dealt with a missing person, a possibly murdered person. Chris Lambert's podcast caught the attention of millions of listeners and sparked new interest in the decades-old unsolved case of Kristin Smart. Somos la comunidad inmobiliaria ms grande de Mxico que conecta de forma gratuita a quienes ofrecen y buscan cualquier tipo de propiedad. Monterey County Weekly photographer Daniel Dreifuss shot these photos during yesterday's opening statements.#KristinSmart pic.twitter.com/Qlanj3fKK6. Meanwhile, the FBI, who recently excavated earth at Cal Poly to look for Smarts remains, referred comment to the sheriffs office. Kristin Smart 19, a freshman at California Polytechnic State University had gone to a party on Friday, May 24 , 1996 -- and has not been seen since. Margarita Campos: they were, like, "are you sure she didn't go out of town?" Denise Pearce: She was becoming more and more alarmed, you know? Like his black eye, seen faintly in a mug shot taken by the Arroyo Grande Police just by chance two days after Kristin vanished. Garland testifies before Senate panel amid ongoing special counsel probes, Colon cancer rates rising in younger age group, study finds, Firefighter dies battling blaze in downtown Buffalo, mayor says, Prosecution wraps its case at Alex Murdaugh murder trial, Top McCarthy aide, House Oversight chair each met with Ashli Babbitt's mother, What to know about Shigella bacteria as drug-resistant strain spreads, Ex-Georgia star Jalen Carter was racing in deadly crash, arrest warrants allege, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students, Bipartisan Senate group unveils rail safety bill in response to Ohio derailment, Sneak peek: The Disappearance of Kristin Smart. You just don't talk, and you get away with it. Kristin did not have a purse, money, her I.D. 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. His father Ruben Flores charged with being an accessory after the factwas found not guilty. Some even wondered if she might have been drugged. I was crying.. Just days after she disappeared, an incident report seemed to imply that Kristin's behavior contributed to her disappearance. And he leaves her to walk up this walkway. Two years later Smart would go missing and when suspicion quickly fell on Flores, Jane decided then and there that she may have been one of the lucky ones. The living room had a TV and one sofa and the floor was white, she said. Those were kind of unspoken things. Join Facebook to connect with Ermelinda Thomas and others you may know. In 2011, the Smarts hoped those boulders would become a little lighter when Ian Parkinson became the new sheriff of San Luis Obispo County. It has been called Dr. Seuss Day because of this. There was no reaction until the dog reached Paul Flores's room. But Sarah kneed Flores in the groin and kicked him in the shin before dashing off into the party. Since speaking with The Daily Beast, at least one of the women who has come forward saying Flores attacked her has been questioned by a detective working the Smart case. Kristin's mother, Denise Smart, spent Memorial Day weekend at a swim meet with her two younger kids. They were soon joined by another partygoer, Paul Flores. Davis was helping Smart get up to her feet with Anderson when Flores suddenly appeared out from the darkness, Peuvrelle said. A popular true-crime podcast, Your Own Backyard, revived public interest in Smarts disappearance. People who were there have said she was intoxicated. At the time Kristin Smart disappeared, investigators did not immediately search the home. PODCAST EPISODE 5: If you were making a film about a new law enforcer who's coming to a small town to save the day, you'd probably cast Parkinson. By the time they inspected Flores's room, Kristin had been gone for 16 days. It was updated on October 22, 2022.). I knocked on her door, and I thought she was just sleeping, or she went out and about, you know? On Monday, deputies served a sealed search warrant at the home of Ruben Flores. He was required to wear an electronic ankle bracelet. I didn't know how many people were gonna listen. It had been the focus of widespread speculation for more than two decades especially her planter boxes. 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. She never saw accepting the rides as anything but wholesome. He says "no.". Greg Fisher and Michelle Fanucci are the development producers. The family attorney refused to comment when reached by The Daily Beast. He says they are Ruben's ex-wife Susan and her boyfriend. The murder trial began on Monday with opening statements from prosecutors and Flores defense attorney. I was lying down on my back. PODCAST EPISODE 2 | WOMAN #2: You wouldn't want to be alone in a room with him. Jonathan Vigliotti: Is this a case that takes a miracle to solve? Acerca; Prensa; All of Kristin's personal belongings including her purse, her money, her I.D. D.A. A judge on March 30 ruled that the trial would be moved out of San Luis . 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. 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. Even when law enforcement let them down, they refused to give up. Paul Flores, then also a 19-year-old freshman, had . They might have found evidence in those vehicles. And they told Lambert they weren't surprised when they heard about Flores's connection to Kristin's disappearance. When they were deposed by James Murphy, they also insisted their son was not involved. Kristin Smart and Paul Flores were briefly seen speaking to each other during the party. Ian Parkinson: Yes. What happens next? 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AKA: Susan Flores, Sue P Flores. DAN DOW [press conference]: We intend to use evidence of other sexual crimes in this prosecution to prove the facts necessary for the attempted rape in this case. Flores and Smart had spoken at the party. James Murphy: The podcast is out. Please come with me." We both were kids at the same school and so I felt comfortable. And my roommate actually kicked down the door to make him stop. They believe they can prove Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart. How a tragic boating crash is connected to the family of Alex Murdaugh, Husband of woman murdered with an ax convicted 40 years after her death, Five deaths with a connection to Alex Murdaugh's family investigated, Florida man tries to use COVID-19 as a cover for murder. And for the first time clues about what may have happened to Kristin Smart. ), 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.. Chris Lambert: I personally think that wherever Kristin went, Paul was there with her. He had pinned her down and had his hand down her bathing suit groping her.. A hundred percent that was happening. 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. And the complaint has some explosive claims about what led investigators to focus under Ruben's deck in the first place. Chris Lambert: The only thing he would confirm on tape is that his name is Paul Flores. It was never like Hey you want to go hookup? He never made advances and he would just say Hi at school.. Last month, authorities searched Ruben Flores' home in Arroyo Grande. She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. View Details. Just five months before Kristin disappeared, San Luis Obispo Police received a call from a student living off campus. They were meant for Susan Flores asking her to cooperate with police and have her son come forward. D.A. Five months after Kristin Smart disappeared, Paul Flores was brought before a grand jury but no charges were ever filed. were in the room exactly where she had left them. Kristin Smart has been missing since 1996 and the San Luis County Obispo District Attorney allege she was killed during a rape. There was early mistakes made that you can't recover from when you're missing those vital pieces. 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. Chris Lambert's podcast,"Your Own Backyard," has become a big hit attracting millions of listeners eager to hear every detail surrounding this unsolved case of Kriistin Smart. The sheriff's office still wasn't convinced they had enough evidence against Flores. They are aware that they had no eye witnesses, a body was not recovered, there is no physical evidence, and no forensic evidence, Sanger said. She didn't think that was OK. I told him, You never do this again! Smart was talking with and socializing with several different males at the party. James Murphy: There has been no other suspect. I would hear many of my friends tell me Oh he grabbed my butt but I never believed them, Laura said. Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits, she said, requesting anonymity. 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