Jonathan Vigliotti: There was a lot of focus on how Kristin was drinking what sounded a lot like victim shaming. An earring that appeared to match the necklace Kristin is wearing on the billboard. 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? Margarita Campos: they were, like, "are you sure she didn't go out of town?" 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. Paul would try to get Kristins attention and she was too nice to tell him off. JAMES MURPHY: Has your son ever told you that he did not kill Kristin Smart? The interrogation was recorded just days after Smarts college friends alerted police that she was missing. Because of the statute of limitations, Dow says, Paul Flores can't be charged with rape. SHERIFF IAN PARKINSON [to reporters]: It's been a puzzle and it's a very slow process to find each of those little pieces some of that information came to light through the podcast many of you are familiar with. I think they're just waiting to see what the outcome is going to be. Chris Lambert spoke with some women who knew Flores back then. Susan's house was finally searched in March 1997 nine months after Kristin disappeared but nothing was found. But every Sunday when she called her parents, they encouraged her to stick it out. They were giggling as they were dragging me, the now 39-year-old woman told The Daily Beast. / CBS News, (This story previously aired on May 8, 2021. Little is known since the proceedings are kept secret, but no charges were ever filed. One of Kristins closest college friends, Steve Fleming, noticed that Paul Flores would linger around Smarts dorm hall even though he didnt live there. The Arroyo Grande cops, Jane said, favored Floress story that she willingly drank and had sex that night. He was the last person seen with her. His podcast, "Your Own Backyard," has become a big hit attracting millions of listeners eager to hear every detail surrounding this unsolved case. 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. Ruben's attorney, Harold Mesick, dismissed the evidence against his client as "so minimal as to shock the conscience.". Another frustration for the Smarts: at the time Kristin disappeared, investigators weren't aware that Paul Flores's parents were separated and living apart. But as Chris Lambert learned, Flores's pattern of behavior with women didn't stop. James Murphy: Somebody found an earring that they say was Kristin Smart's jewelry in the driveway. We would highly recommend that those people get in contact with us as soon as possible so we could investigate this further, he said. I wasnt freaked out.. 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. Jonathan Vigliotti: And that weighs on you. 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. At the time Kristin Smart disappeared, investigators did not immediately search the home. And for the first time clues about what may have happened to Kristin Smart. Mary Lassiter says the earring she found in the driveway matched the necklace Kristin Smart is seen wearing on this billboard. to find the next challenge. In the months after Kristin's disappearance, one truck was traded in and the other was reported stolen. Facebook gives people the. His father Ruben Flores charged with being an accessory after the factwas found not guilty. It's just a motivator for me. By the time Cal Poly police began investigating, Kristin had been gone for four days. But Flores basketball friends told investigators that he already had the black eye when he showed up for the game. I remember being home watching the news about Kristin Smart and there goes Paul, she recalled. 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. I was crying.. After they broke up, Laura did a little sleuthing and discovered her ex-boyfriend was accused in Smarts vanishing. But to fully understand Chris Lambert's contribution, you have to go back to the beginning. Deputies seized a mattress cover from the bed with a blood stain. October 22, 2022 / 10:10 PM Investigators could have excavated the yard, but their decision not to was a crushing blow for the Smart family. It's fine. It was just the three of them standing in the kitchen before Jane was handed a plastic cup. So maybe he had a crush on me. 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. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. 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. Its not a lie. 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. In the fall of 1996, a young mother named Mary Lassiter was looking for a house to rent in Arroyo Grande, California. Paul Flores lives in San Pedro, CA; previous city include Arroyo Grande CA. Denise Pearce: The phone call never comes. PAUL FLORES: On the advice of my attorney . 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 First published on November 27, 2020 / 8:14 AM. 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. 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.. DAN DOW [press conference]: It is alleged that Mr. Flores caused the death of Kristen Smart while in the commission of or attempted rape. 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. James Murphy: They brought in the first dog and they'd had the dog go through the dorms. He would tiptoe around everything. Ermelinda Flores, 81. PODCAST | EPISODE 1: At least once a day I asked myself what are you doing? Lassiter told Lambert the earring she found matched the necklace Kristin was wearing on one of the "Missing Cal Poly Student" billboards. Margarita Campos: To this day, like, I was like, why why did I just let her go by herself? 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 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. Balloons wrap around the Kristin Smart billboard in Arroyo Grande after the arrest of Paul and Ruben Flores in April 2021. That's been our goal. They were after Paul Flores for an outstanding DUI warrant. A student named Paul Flores, Susan's son, volunteered to take her back. Im good. And then months and months later, they'd reach back out and say, can you get us in touch with this person again? A jury acquitted Ruben Flores of the charge of being an accessory after the fact. Denise Pearce: The investigation was completely botched by the campus police. Get off her.. Stan and Denise Smart, Kristins parents, sent The Daily Beast a statement praising the women for coming forward to share their stories and hope it leads to a break in their missing daughters case. Ann-Marie Christian: Her parents reminded me of my parents. Just weeks later, Kristin's frustrated parents contacted James Murphy, a local civil attorney. Kristin Smart and Paul Flores were briefly seen speaking to each other during the party. PODCAST EPISODE 2: So, with Cheryl's account alone, we have an unsettling picture of Paul . ), 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.. Not at all. In his complaint, Murphy alleges, along with Ruben, there were two other unnamed individuals. Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. She was she was frantic I don't understand this, you know? Detectives asked Flores about a visible black eye on his face. Ken Blum is the editor. (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. The living room had a TV and one sofa and the floor was white, she said. Clockwise from left, Kristin, Denise, Stan, Matt and Lindsey. He grabbed me down there and while Im yelling at him my girlfriend threw a piece of gum at his face and he pushes her down., At this point every male at the party joined in to jump Flores, who fled, she said, adding, Boom, he disappeared., That same year, Sarah said, Flores pursued her again at a friends birthday party. And she was growing as an individual. You can go." 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. One day, Jane was congregating in front of the high school when a male friend approached and warned her about one particular junior. Chris Lambert: They just have never given up and are never going to give up on their daughter. Jonathan Vigliotti: Is there any doubt in your mind that Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart? Chris Lambert: And that's when they're told that earring has been misplaced. He lived in the dorm building across from Smart's room. 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. He later argued that the biological evidence found under the deck was not conclusively human blood. PODCAST EPISODE 3: Something shiny catches her eye next to the front driver side tire. It sounded like a digital watch alarm, but Lassiter couldn't find a watch anywhere outside. The sheriff's office still wasn't convinced they had enough evidence against Flores. A . He apparently would tag along with a sloshed friend, crashing off-campus parties together wherever she was. D.A. The moment still haunts her. But remarkably, the same thing happened with three more dogs. When buying cowboy boots, there are a few aspects to consider, such as how far up they go on your legs and their design. Friday, May 24, 1996, was the start of the Memorial Day weekend. But Sarah kneed Flores in the groin and kicked him in the shin before dashing off into the party. 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. Multiple attempts to reach Flores and his parents to comment on the new accusations were unsuccessful. 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. It has been called Dr. Seuss Day because of this. Somos la comunidad inmobiliaria ms grande de Mxico que conecta de forma gratuita a quienes ofrecen y buscan cualquier tipo de propiedad. The lawsuit claims they were moving Kristin's remains. I dont like to talk about that day.. Flores and Smart had spoken at the party. So, she slowed down and walked with them. Wednesday morning, KSBY crews witnessed sheriff's deputies and FBI investigators at the Arroyo Grande home of Susan Flores, the mother of the only person-of-interest in the case, Paul. When authorities later confronted him with the two stories, Flores admitted lying and offered a new explanation. San Luis Obispo County. Her dorm entrance is right over here. Then, in 2011, Ian Parkinson was elected sheriff. Flores claimed he walked Smart to her dorm at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo on May 25, 1996 after a night of binge drinking. On October 18, 2022, Paul Flores was found guilty of first-degree murder. She graduated from San Perlita as valedictorian to the class of 1953 to proceed her education at James R . I was lying down on my back. 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." She was the last person other than Paul Flores to see Kristin alive. 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. Chris Lambert: A young couple moves into it with their kid. The Kristin Smart disappearance: After 26 years, Paul Flores is convicted of murder. It is every parent's worst nightmare. But Mary Lassiter says the earring matched the necklace Kristin is seen wearing on the billboard. The detective noticed was Paul was nervous and his heart was beating out of his chest. Susan P Flores Age 71. After all these years, Sheriff Parkinson says that Paul Flores continues to be their number one suspect. every piece of evidence points directly at Paul Flores. 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." She made a decision that shes regretted ever since. James Murphy: He lied to the police about everything. Chris Lambert: So, if you believe Paul's story, he goes into his dorm room here. Classes were difficult, she was trying to fit in, and she missed her family. School was over, so campus police found an empty room that had been sanitized by the university's cleaning crew. For more than two decades, her family, friends, and supporters searched for answers and for justice. Includes Address (7) Phone (7) Email (2) See Results. In June of 1996, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Office brought in four cadaver dogs to sniff dorms on campus. Also known as Melinda E Flores. 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. I was throwing up and they were saying Oh this bitch! and This bitch better not throw up on me.. Chris Lambert: I wish I knew why. The duplex was located up the same street from where her mom resided. 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, 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. Denise Pearce: She was becoming more and more alarmed, you know? Flores has never been charged in this case. PAUL FLORES: On the advice of my attorney, I refuse to answer that question based on the fifth amendment of the United States Constitution. That witness initially came forward to Chris Lambert, who passed the information to the sheriff's office and Murphy. James Murphy: That suggests that something bad happened in Paul Flores's dorm room. Jonathan Vigliotti: How did you know she hadn't been back? Kristin did not have a purse, money, her I.D. 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. He says they are Ruben's ex-wife Susan and her boyfriend. Flores allegedly told campus police, I did not find Kristin attractive. He would be stalking me.. There was no reaction until the dog reached Paul Flores's room. Paul Flores was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished in 1996. 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. Chris Lambert: I remember seeing it on the news it was something scary and they were talking about it pretty regularly. 1996 was before the #MeToo movement, Peuvrelle told the jury. PODCAST EPISODE 2 [LAMBERT READING REPORT] Smart does not have any close friends at Cal Poly. And they told Lambert they weren't surprised when they heard about Flores's connection to Kristin's disappearance. 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. PODCAST EPISODE 1: I googled Kristin Smart's name every few years. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. 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. They didn't bring a forensics team. Remember, Flores's room had been emptied and thoroughly cleaned. But Flores' basketball friends told investigators that he already had the. 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." When Anderson looked back one last time at Flores and Smart, she saw that he was leading Smart toward his dorm, Santa Lucia Hall, not Muir Hall, the prosecutor told the jury. She spent a summer in London, was an exchange student in Venezuela, and a lifeguard at a camp in Hawaii. 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. Janes mother frantically phoned her father. Related to: Ruben R Flores, Ermelinda M Thomas, Paul R Flores, Rachel H Flores, Ruben Flores. 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. Margarita Campos: I mean, she was gone. I also brought them witnesses that they had no interest in whatsoever. 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Murphy has filed a new civil suit against Ruben Flores for the intentional infliction of emotional distress. More than two decades after Kristin Smart vanished, Sheriff Ian Parkinson says that Paul Flores, left, remains the only suspect in her disappearance. James Murphy: Well, the location where all this activity occurred is where they found the biological material. She didn't think that was OK. She told him that shortly after moving in, she was washing her car in the driveway and found an earring next to the left front tire. In October 2022, Paul Flores, the man long suspected in her disappearance, was found guilty of murder. I guess the answer is yes. Some even wondered if she might have been drugged. Kristin Smart went missing from Cal Poly in 1996. I blacked out and didnt consent to anything.. November 27, 2020 / 8:14 AM The family attorney refused to comment when reached by The Daily Beast. It is believed she is deceased, but there is no evidence of what happened to her after Paul Flores left her. 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 believe they can prove Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart. There was no change in the soil consistent with that.. In his mug shot, a black eye can faintly been seen. So now you've got three different stories about how he got that black eye. 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. 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. 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. Flores replies that he was just fibbing. I dont know of any lying Ive done. DAN DOW [press conference]: We don't have evidence sufficient to charge anyone else at this time. 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. No charges were filed, but Lambert discovered Flores's troubles started at a young age. D.A. And so, she pulled me into this sort of like, "oh come on, let's socialize. It was never like Hey you want to go hookup? He never made advances and he would just say Hi at school.. 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