James Murphy: The podcast is out. She was looking forward to hearing from Kristin that Sunday. Chris Lambert: That's the upsetting part about it, isn't it? But Mary Lassiter says the earring matched the necklace Kristin is seen wearing on the billboard. Paul Flores - Cal Poly student and Food Science major, Paul Flores lived on campus in room #128 of Santa Lucia Hall Dormitory. Its not a lie. But remarkably, the same thing happened with three more dogs. Then, in 2011, Ian Parkinson was elected sheriff. D.A. The earring was turned over to the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office, but investigators will never know if it belonged to Kristin, because it was misplaced. He gets his arm around her torso and her arm around his neck, and he's helping her walk. and offers to help. He promised the Smarts that solving Kristin's case would be a priority. JAMES MURPHY: Would you state your full name for the record please. View Details. All of Kristin's personal belongings including her purse, her money, her I.D. Chris Lambert: As they describe it, Paul Flores just sort of appears out of nowhere. Back in May 1996, Kristin Smart was finishing her freshman year at California Polytechnic State University better known as Cal Poly. And she was growing as an individual. Flores roommate was out of town that weekend, and Paul knew he had three full days in that room (alone), Peuvrelle told the jury. Murphy has filed a new civil suit against Ruben Flores for the intentional infliction of emotional distress. Lassiter told Lambert the earring she found matched the necklace Kristin was wearing on one of the "Missing Cal Poly Student" billboards. What happens next? And he leaves her to walk up this walkway. And there are more horrifying allegations about what may have happened to Kristin after she was last seen with Paul Flores. Ermelinda Flores, 81. But while campus police weren't doing much, Kristin's parents were doing whatever they could to find their daughter. That's when the campus police finally handed the investigation over to The San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office but they did not find Kristin. Like so many freshmen, Kristin struggled. They had become close friends despite their differences. It has been called Dr. Seuss Day because of this. At the time Kristin Smart disappeared, investigators did not immediately search the home. Paul Flores, then also a 19-year-old freshman, had . Susan Flores's backyard has been the focus of widespread speculation. "48 Hours" has learned these suspicions center around evidence found during that 2020 search of Paul Flores' home. Chris Lambert: I wish I knew why. Even when law enforcement let them down, they refused to give up. 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. 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. Witnesses said she didnt smell like alcohol, but she quickly became so incapacitated that she passed out face-down on the houses front lawn. Prosecutors Think Paul Flores Tried to Rape Kristin Smart in Dorm Room Before Killing Her On April 13, Paul's father, Ruben Flores, 80, was also arrested and charged with being an accessory. Mary Lassiter says the earring she found in the driveway matched the necklace Kristin Smart is seen wearing on this billboard. Like the Smart's civil case, theirs also has been on hold. Chris Lambert: It's mostly frat guys from the Kappa Chi fraternity. He claimed he didnt even know her name, Peuvrelle said. But 22 years later, when he couldn't find any recent stories about the case, he decided to do something. 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. It is every parent's worst nightmare. Let's go." Paul Flores was lying through his teeth to law enforcement, Peuvrelle told the jury. He was staring at my face looking at me and he was enjoying himself.. But the Flores's have fought back, suing the Smarts for intentional infliction of emotional distress. You wouldn't let any of your friends be drunk around him. Thats when everyone got involved, she said. 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. Whatever happened in those early hours, one thing is indisputable: Kristin Smart has never been seen again. On Monday, deputies served a sealed search warrant at the home of Ruben Flores. And she's like, "please come with me. Some even wondered if she might have been drugged. Acerca; Prensa; Critics called. The next morning, Margarita waited to hear from Kristin. Flores claimed he walked Smart to her dorm at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo on May 25, 1996 after a night of binge drinking. 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. Jonathan Vigliotti: And that weighs on you. This boy walked up to me and said Oh hey, you need to be careful of that Paul Flores, I think hes stalking you. He lived in the dorm building across from Smart's room. I've got her. But the investigation is ongoing. She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti takes viewers inside the popular podcast and haunting case in "The Disappearance of Kristin Smart.". 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. Smart was talking with and socializing with several different males at the party. James Murphy: It was just a sad phone call to have somebody say, our daughter disappeared and we think she's the victim of foul play and we'd like to pursue the guy that we think is responsible. She was she was frantic I don't understand this, you know? In the crowd, taking it all in, was that podcaster, Chris Lambert. Chris Lambert: I think that might have been the biggest misstep that investigators have made to this day. Alicia Tejada is the field producer and Addison Briley is the associate producer. In the months after Kristin's disappearance, one truck was traded in and the other was reported stolen. At least one, since The Daily Beast began reporting, said she has been interviewed by the San Luis Obispo Sheriffs Office. Flores and Smart had spoken at the party. But Parkinson acknowledges it hasn't been easy. Jonathan Vigliotti found Flores outside his home in Southern California and asked him a number of questions about Kristin's disappearance. to find the next challenge. I remember being home watching the news about Kristin Smart and there goes Paul, she recalled. Hes on top of me. Chris Lambert: So, if you believe Paul's story, he goes into his dorm room here. He wouldn't answer a single thing. 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. 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. D.A. She didn't think that was OK. JAMES MURPHY: Your husband have information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. When buying cowboy boots, there are a few aspects to consider, such as how far up they go on your legs and their design. (No video or audio). Janes mother frantically phoned her father. Regresar a la bsqueda. I guess you can call it little white lies, Flores told detectives. Mike McHugh is the producer-editor. They were soon joined by another partygoer, Paul Flores. Ruben Flores, 80, has been booked on an accessory charge and is being held on $250,000 bail. 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. He had pinned her down and had his hand down her bathing suit groping her.. were in the room exactly where she had left them. (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. It is also what the Smarts have been waiting for for more than a quarter of a century. PODCAST | EPISODE 1: At least once a day I asked myself what are you doing? Its a fib. James Murphy: An eyewitness actually documented the fact that throughout the night that there was activity in the area of the underside of that deck. PODCAST EPISODE 3: Something shiny catches her eye next to the front driver side tire. Chris Lambert told Jonathan Vigliotti, "It drove [Mary Lassiter] crazy and she went out there many times in the middle of the night to try to find it with sticks, sticking down into the planter boxes down in the soil." [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. Jonathan Vigliotti: There was a lot of evidence that could have been gathered, that wasn't. "48 Hours" agreed. He says they are Ruben's ex-wife Susan and her boyfriend. Paul Flores may have wanted a fresh start in Southern California, but Chris Lambert says, he could not seem to break old habits. A popular true-crime podcast, Your Own Backyard, revived public interest in Smarts disappearance. Please enter valid email address to continue. The dogs were trained and certified to detect human remains. 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Just days after taking over the investigation, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office brought several dogs trained to detect human remains, to the Cal Poly dorms. Paul Flores was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished in 1996. 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. So, when they were invited to a party that Friday night, Kristin was excited to go. Jonathan Vigliotti: She had just 40 yards to go and yet she vanished. He's going to find her body, which is awful for a parent. A jury acquitted Ruben Flores of the charge of being an accessory after the fact. They asked him not to use their names: PODCAST EPISODE 2 | WOMAN #1: Well his nickname was "Scary Paul.". According to a county probation bail report obtained by the San Luis Obispo Tribune, "biological evidence" was found under Ruben's deck. They didn't bring a forensics team. Ruben Flores defense attorney is slated to deliver his opening statements when the two trials resume on Thursday in a Monterey County courtroom. But Paul Flores remained behind bars help without bail. These new allegations against Paul Flores are very troubling and deserve to be thoroughly investigated. James Murphy: And it says wrongful death and then I put murder. Prosecutors said Smart began falling down shortly after she was seen at the Tiki bar with Flores. Stop! and then it became Stop!!!!!. Smarts body has never been found. Jonathan Vigliotti | CBS News correspondent: You wanted to go home, and you were trying to find a way to break it to your friend. Margarita Campos: I mean, she was gone. Jonathan Vigliotti: Was this case, given the evidence that was lost early on, doomed from the very beginning? Margarita Campos: Kristin was like, "come on, let's go, let's go." With them is a group of FBI evidence response team members and a search warrant. They also did not focus on Paul Flores immediately, waiting six days to formally interview him. Friday, May 24, 1996, was the start of the Memorial Day weekend. Susan P Flores Age 71. PAUL FLORES: On the advice of my attorney, I refuse to answer that question based on the fifth amendment of the United States Constitution. This 9-room home sits on 40,000 square feet of land, which was purchased by the Flores family in 1990. I didn't know how many people were gonna listen. James Murphy: He lied to the police about everything. Chris Lambert: They didn't bring cadaver dogs with them. She made a decision that shes regretted ever since. every piece of evidence points directly at Paul Flores. I told her I didn't I didn't want to go. 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. But Sarah kneed Flores in the groin and kicked him in the shin before dashing off into the party. Chris Lambert: And that's when they're told that earring has been misplaced. The Arroyo Grande cops, Jane said, favored Floress story that she willingly drank and had sex that night. 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. He was required to wear an electronic ankle bracelet. The Smart family. When they were deposed by James Murphy, they also insisted their son was not involved. Lindsey Smart Stewart: "You should go to Cal Poly. DAN DOW [press conference]: We have evidence that we do believe there are other people that are not yet identified that have had some kind of a criminal act perpetrated on them by Mr. Flores. And they told Lambert they weren't surprised when they heard about Flores's connection to Kristin's disappearance. The moment still haunts her. Jane said she kept this secret for yearseven from her husband. Multiple attempts to reach Flores and his parents to comment on the new accusations were unsuccessful. Lindsey Smart Stewart: It just amazes me the amount of evidence that's available, yet nothing has happened. San Luis Obispo County. Once the dogs were let inside the room, they alerted to a corner of Flores bed mattress. They didn't look at the Flores family's vehicles. 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. There was no reaction until the dog reached Paul Flores's room. The mother is washing her car in the driveway at one point. Often, Sarah would be at one party or another and there was Flores. She graduated from San Perlita as valedictorian to the class of 1953 to proceed her education at James R . Paul Flores did not have a car on campus, so Murphy surmises he had to have had help. She was the last person other than Paul Flores to see Kristin alive. Like the rest of the family, Kristin was an athlete. D.A. That witness initially came forward to Chris Lambert, who passed the information to the sheriff's office and Murphy. The Arroyo Grande home of Ruben Flores is being searched today for the remains of Kristin Smart. 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. Margarita soon decided she'd had enough. Susan Flores and her boyfriend were never charged in the case. Ruben Flores was released on $50,000 bail to his ex-wife. 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. 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. And for a few moments Jane came to and saw Flores having his way with her. He was the last person seen with her. Had Flores been caught and convicted of his alleged sexual assault in 1994, perhaps Smart would still be alive. And very chilling. Sarah said shes still haunted by Flores. The Smart's attorney James Murphy, and his wife and office manager Garin Sinclair, have had Kristin's billboard in their front yard since late 1997. Like what may have been discovered in March 2021 when investigators searched Ruben Flores' house using cadaver dogs and ground penetrating radar. But Paul Flores was never charged with any of these incidents. After seizing an old car, digging in the back yard and taking evidence San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies concluded their search of an Arroyo Grande home related to the 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart. Flores has never been charged in this case. Still she stuck around until Flores allegedly laid his hands on her aggressively again. Facebook gives people the. Flores father is now charged with helping cover up the homicide by burying Smarts body in his Arroyo Grande homes backyard. On October 18, 2022, Paul Flores was found guilty of first-degree murder. PODCAST EPISODE 1: Kristin broke down begging her mother to let her drop out and go somewhere else. 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. James Murphy: The question for decades was "Well, where did the body go?". Related to: Ruben R Flores, Ermelinda M Thomas, Paul R Flores, Rachel H Flores, Ruben Flores. Paul owns a home in San Pedro, CA . 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. Two days after her daughter went missing, Denise Smart got a call from Cal Poly's campus police. 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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. 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 They were giggling as they were dragging me, the now 39-year-old woman told The Daily Beast. Jonathan Vigliotti: There was a lot of focus on how Kristin was drinking what sounded a lot like victim shaming. 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. The two girls walked to an area off campus where there were fraternities, sororities and residential housing for students. Chris Lambert: I remember seeing it on the news it was something scary and they were talking about it pretty regularly. Get off her.. Ermelinda Macarthur currently lives in Kenmore, WA; in the past Ermelinda has also lived in Long Beach CA, Arroyo Grande CA and Bothell WA. James Murphy and Garin Sinclair look at the billboard that has been in their front yard for more than two decades. Devastating. No-no-no. An earring that appeared to match the necklace Kristin is wearing on the billboard. ), 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 left me there and knock on my moms door really hard and then ran off, Jane, who is telling her story for first time, said. I guess the answer is yes. Have a good day, he said. Just days after she disappeared, an incident report seemed to imply that Kristin's behavior contributed to her disappearance. Early on, a small group of volunteers also looked for Kristin. View the profiles of people named Ermelinda Thomas. When Kristin Smart disappeared, Paul Flores's parents Susan and Ruben were separated and living apart. Kristin did not have a purse, money, her I.D. 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. At the time, she was a 19-year-old freshman at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, who'd grown up in Stockton, Calif. On the night of her disappearance, she was spotted at a house party, which she left with three people. They took off running, Jane said. Paul Flores and his father both pleaded not guilty to all charges at their arraignment. Remember, Flores's room had been emptied and thoroughly cleaned. He promised the Smarts that solving Kristin's case would be a priority. 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. 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. PODCAST EPISODE 2 | WOMAN #2: You wouldn't want to be alone in a room with him. Lindsey Smart Stewart: Right. Somos la comunidad inmobiliaria ms grande de Mxico que conecta de forma gratuita a quienes ofrecen y buscan cualquier tipo de propiedad. When The Daily Beast tracked Flores down outside his home last month, he didnt mount much of a defense. FBI via AP, File. Ken Blum is the editor. Lindsey Smart Stewart: She had traveled the world before she even made it to college. Sources tell us investigators discovered videos and photographs on Flores' computer showing him engaged in sexual activity with at least 10 different women, apparently in various states of consciousness. Just very involved with their children. It wasnt like some older guy or anything.. Eventually they moved in together along with a male roommate in a two-bedroom apartment in nearby Lawndale. More than two decades later, Chris Lambert, a podcaster who was investigating Kristin's disappearance, tracked down and interviewed Mary Lassiter. James Murphy: They brought in the first dog and they'd had the dog go through the dorms. 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. And it all came back to me. 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. James Murphy: If it was, in fact, a piece of jewelry that matched Kristin's jewelry, it would have been blockbuster evidence. When approached about Janes rape claim, an Arroyo Grande Police Department administrator said in an email that their search revealed no such records exist; therefore, there are no responsive documents. Before their findings, another administrator told The Daily Beast on the phone that because the matter was a sexual assault case it fell under a non-disclosure category and therefore they wouldnt be providing any specific information about it. 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. Im good. The woman, whom we'll 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. Even worse they never sealed his dorm room. I'm going to go back to the dorms. At a Halloween party back in 1995before Smart had gone missingFlores allegedly grabbed Sarahs crotch on the dance floor. The interrogation was recorded just days after Smarts college friends alerted police that she was missing. Just two years later Flores was named as the sole suspect in the disappearance of another woman under almost identical circumstances: Kristin Smart. Chris Lambert: The only thing he would confirm on tape is that his name is Paul Flores. He slammed me and then pushed me up against the inside wall by the toilet, his hands were on my upper arms and he started telling me all these sick things he was going to do to me.. And my roommate actually kicked down the door to make him stop. I was crying.. Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. In 2011, the Smarts hoped those boulders would become a little lighter when Ian Parkinson became the new sheriff of San Luis Obispo County. 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! Chris Lambert and it worked. A now-retired FBI agent believes those remains were once buried at the home of Floress mother. Her dorm entrance is right over here. 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. I said, Stop it. The lawsuit claims they were moving Kristin's remains. 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." 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." Back then, Jane remembered Flores pulling up to her on multiple occasions behind the wheel of a green pickup truck. Facts will show law enforcement was aware that they did not have a case. Jonathan Vigliotti: Is this a case that takes a miracle to solve? To think that you're going to finally get some resolution, and then it doesn't happen the way it's supposed to. Paul R Flores and Paul Raul Flores are some of the alias or nicknames that Paul has used. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. "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. Our roommate came in and yelled Leave her alone. Even more difficult to understand was why they waited two months to search the family home where Paul Flores was living with his father, Ruben. PODCAST EPISODE 1: I googled Kristin Smart's name every few years. We are grateful to these brave women for having the courage to talk about their experiences and we ask anyone who may have information they think could be helpful to contact the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Office. She never saw accepting the rides as anything but wholesome. Chris Lambert spoke with some women who knew Flores back then. 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. 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