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. In his mug shot, a black eye can faintly been seen. This 9-room home sits on 40,000 square feet of land, which was purchased by the Flores family in 1990. 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. PODCAST EPISODE 2 [LAMBERT READING REPORT] Smart does not have any close friends at Cal Poly. James Murphy: They're interested in seeing Paul Flores get convicted and Ruben Flores get held accountable. Mary Lassiter says the earring she found in the driveway matched the necklace Kristin Smart is seen wearing on this billboard. Lindsey Smart Stewart: She had traveled the world before she even made it to college. Flores only made one phone call the weekend Smart disappeared, according to prosecutors. 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." Around 2 a.m., party-goer Tim Davis told Smart that she could not spend the night passed out on the party houses front lawn because it was too cold. Resides in Blue Bell, PA. Ian Parkinson: Yes. But further investigation of the Flores's two trucks seemed impossible. But as Chris Lambert learned, campus police did not act right away. James Murphy: To see them in custody was a feeling of great joy for me. But was there evidence possibly placing Kristin Smart at his mother's home? Chris Lambert: I personally think that wherever Kristin went, Paul was there with her. She loved swimming and skiing. Margarita Campos: To this day, like, I was like, why why did I just let her go by herself? More critical evidence was seized when investigators used ground-penetratingly radar that found a grave where Smarts body was once buried in the Flores familys backyard, according to prosecutors. James Murphy: There has been no other suspect. Im good, he said in response to questions about Smarts disappearance. They told her Kristin had not been seen all weekend and asked if Kristin was with them. At the time of Smart's disappearance, Flores was a 19-year-old food science major at Cal-Poly. You just don't talk, and you get away with it. November 27, 2020 / 8:14 AM 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. That warrant allowed them to dig up the backyard, but deputies chose not to excavate. Denise Pearce: The phone call never comes. By the time they called the Cal Poly campus police, Kristin had been missing for more than 48 hours. PODCAST EPISODE 3: Something shiny catches her eye next to the front driver side tire. A . If you use a windshield cover, you can at least forget about scrapping the ice off your windshield to save some time and hassle. Just five months before Kristin disappeared, San Luis Obispo Police received a call from a student living off campus. / CBS News, (This story previously aired on May 8, 2021. In June of 1996, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Office brought in four cadaver dogs to sniff dorms on campus. It would be three more years before the property was searched again. Like so many freshmen, Kristin struggled. She never saw accepting the rides as anything but wholesome. I had zero interest in her, according to prosecutors. Flores claimed he walked Smart to her dorm at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo on May 25, 1996 after a night of binge drinking. Lassiter told Lambert the earring she found matched the necklace Kristin was wearing on one of the "Missing Cal Poly Student" billboards. I called my mom. Paul Flores and his father both pleaded not guilty to all charges at their arraignment. Sarah said shes still haunted by Flores. Once Jane was admitted her story seemed to fall on deaf ears. The fact is, there is a lot of sort of evidence. I say that because you will see, when you actually listen to what comes out, its not what it seems to be, Sanger said. Ermelinda Flores After a wonderful life, Ermelinda Correa-Flores, 89, entered an eternal rest in her own home in Richland, MO on Sunday, June 19, 2022.<br>Ermelinda was born on June 29, 1932, in San Perlita, Texas to Rafela Posada. James Murphy: He lied to the police about everything. I remember being home watching the news about Kristin Smart and there goes Paul, she recalled. In March 2021, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant at the Arroyo Grande home of Ruben Flores. And I was, like, "uh OK, fine.". 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. My mom opened the door and she cries, Oh my God!. In the fall of 1996, a young mother named Mary Lassiter was looking for a house to rent in Arroyo Grande, California. That's been our goal. He later argued that the biological evidence found under the deck was not conclusively human blood. In 2002, after getting kicked out of Cal Poly, rejected by the Navy, and flipping burgers, Flores matriculated at LA Harbor Community College. PODCAST | EPISODE 1: At least once a day I asked myself what are you doing? No charges were filed, but Lambert discovered Flores's troubles started at a young age. A now-retired FBI agent believes those remains were once buried at the home of Floress mother. Denise Pearce: Kristin hasn't come home And we're not sure where she is We don't know anything. And yes, we did find physical evidence at, at least two homes. It was never like Hey you want to go hookup? He never made advances and he would just say Hi at school.. 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. 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. 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. Meanwhile, the FBI, who recently excavated earth at Cal Poly to look for Smarts remains, referred comment to the sheriffs office. Paul R Flores and Paul Raul Flores are some of the alias or nicknames that Paul has used. 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. One of them was Paul Flores, who, to this day, Kristin's family believes abducted and likely killed her. Lindsey Smart Stewart: It just amazes me the amount of evidence that's available, yet nothing has happened. 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. Chris Lambert: Kristin's father would come down and hike every trail he could find on the Central Coast. As of this date, Paul is single. In a civil lawsuit, the Smarts' attorney claims that Kristin's remains were buried at one time on Paul Flores' father's property. A popular true-crime podcast, Your Own Backyard, revived public interest in Smarts disappearance. Chris Lambert: They didn't bring cadaver dogs with them. I was like Oh my God. Jonathan Vigliotti: Is this a case that takes a miracle to solve? Greg Fisher and Michelle Fanucci are the development producers. 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. They were after Paul Flores for an outstanding DUI warrant. 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. The Smarts' younger daughter, Lindsey, described her parents to Vigliotti: "I think they're like carrying boulders on their backs.". Chris Lambert: I remember seeing it on the news it was something scary and they were talking about it pretty regularly. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. The only thing that she remembered next was being dragged in the barely lit street by her alleged rapist on one arm and his pal on the other. Sanger said the backyard grave was not at grave at all, and no human blood, hair, or bones were found in it. Chris Lambert: They just have never given up and are never going to give up on their daughter. or even her keys. 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. Four months later, while attempting to reconcile, Susan rented out her house in Arroyo Grande. So, I said, "you better turn some lights on right now and let me out or I'm going to scream." Laura said Flores worked a construction job while attending school but that he was very secretive and she suspected he was in college forever so that his mommy kept paying for his housing and classes.. But while campus police weren't doing much, Kristin's parents were doing whatever they could to find their daughter. She was looking forward to hearing from Kristin that Sunday. And the complaint has some explosive claims about what led investigators to focus under Ruben's deck in the first place. Ruben Flores and his estranged wife Susan have always denied any role in Kristin Smart's disappearance. I guess you can call it little white lies, Flores told detectives. According to a county probation bail report obtained by the San Luis Obispo Tribune, "biological evidence" was found under Ruben's deck. Ermelinda Flores, 81. James Murphy: I'd love to do anything to end their suffering. The National Read Across America Day takes place every year on March 2, Geisels birthday. A very close-knit family. But Paul Flores was never charged with any of these incidents. In the crowd, taking it all in, was that podcaster, Chris Lambert. In 1997 when Paul Flores was deposed for the civil suit, the only thing he would confirm on tape was his name. By the time they inspected Flores's room, Kristin had been gone for 16 days. Chris Lambert: It was never marked as evidence apparently. Flores father is now charged with helping cover up the homicide by burying Smarts body in his Arroyo Grande homes backyard. That turned out to be college. Kristin Denise Smart (born February 20, 1977, legally presumed dead May 25, 2002) was an American woman who is presumed to have been abducted, raped, and killed at the end of her freshman year of college on the campus of California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo. Chris Lambert: They did a significant amount of digging underneath the house. He apparently would tag along with a sloshed friend, crashing off-campus parties together wherever she was. She spotted an ad for a rental that a woman named Susan Flores had put in the local newspaper. 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? Instead, on Monday, May 27, Denise Pearce says the Smarts got a call from Cal Poly's campus police asking if Kristin was with them. The Kristin Smart disappearance: After 26 years, Paul Flores is convicted of murder. Please come with me." Chris Lambert: I wish I knew why. D.A. 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. The podcast, "Your Own Backyard,"has drawn millions of listeners and focused renewed attention on this decades old case. Please enter valid email address to continue. He would tiptoe around everything. 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. As she told Chris Lambert, "In the master bedroom, I'm hearing this 'beep beep' every night at 4:20, or 4:20 in the morning." Regresar a la bsqueda. Chris Lambert: And he says he got a black eye playing basketball with his friends. Like his black eye, seen faintly in a mug shot taken by the Arroyo Grande Police just by chance two days after Kristin vanished. (No video or audio). ), 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 got to the parking lot of an apartment complex. were in the room exactly where she had left them. But Lindsey says her sister was happiest when she was traveling. But Mary Lassiter says the earring matched the necklace Kristin is seen wearing on the billboard. Paul Flores, then also a 19-year-old freshman, had . Once the dogs were let inside the room, they alerted to a corner of Flores bed mattress. I was like, Who the hell do you think you are?. Ann-Marie Christian: became friends with Kristin in elementary school. Get off her.. Chris Lambert says, two days after that, when Flores was interviewed by campus police, they asked how he got his black eye as well as scratches on his hands and knees. Ermelinda Flores' property in Washington state has been searched by investigators in February 2020. The lawsuit claims they were moving Kristin's remains. He says they are Ruben's ex-wife Susan and her boyfriend. I was lying down on my back. I've got her. Just very involved with their children. Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits, she said, requesting anonymity. Had Flores been caught and convicted of his alleged sexual assault in 1994, perhaps Smart would still be alive. Two days after her daughter went missing, Denise Smart got a call from Cal Poly's campus police. The backyard was all concrete except for a couple of areas where planter boxes had been created by cutting out the concrete and filling them with soil. She was saved by their male roommate, who barged in because of Lauras blood-curdling screams. The next thing I know is the cops telling me We cant do anything because [Paul] and his friend are saying she was drunk and it was consensual., But Jane said she fought to get them to reconsider. He gets his arm around her torso and her arm around his neck, and he's helping her walk. James Murphy: Somebody found an earring that they say was Kristin Smart's jewelry in the driveway. Ruben's attorney, Harold Mesick, dismissed the evidence against his client as "so minimal as to shock the conscience.". 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. Ruben Flores, 80, has been booked on an accessory charge and is being held on $250,000 bail. Includes Address (7) Phone (7) Email (2) See Results. I believed him but he was probably cheating on me.. Susan P Flores Age 71. But Flores basketball friends told investigators that he already had the black eye when he showed up for the game. She was too kind-hearted. My heart dropped, she said. PODCAST EPISODE 2: So, with Cheryl's account alone, we have an unsettling picture of Paul . San Luis Obispo County. Multiple attempts to reach Flores and his parents to comment on the new accusations were unsuccessful. Now several women say they were victims before and after her, too. I was throwing up and they were saying Oh this bitch! and This bitch better not throw up on me.. Murphy immediately filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Flores in civil court. Flores said he suffered the black eye during a basketball game he played with friends in Arroyo Grande on Monday. Jane said she kept this secret for yearseven from her husband. Meanwhile, three other women told The Daily Beast that Flores sexually assaulted them after Janes assault and Smarts disappearance. And she's like, "please come with me. JAMES MURPHY: Has your son ever told you that he did not kill Kristin Smart? 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. He has never talked. It is also what the Smarts have been waiting for for more than a quarter of a century. Jonathan Vigliotti: They thought she was off possibly having fun. Lindsey Smart Stewart: Right. Used to live: San Luis Obispo CA, Arroyo Grande CA, Torrance CA. D.A. Im good. 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. And it all came back to me. He has not been charged in those incidents. An important tip came in after a February 2020 search of Paul, Susan and Ruben's properties. For more than two decades, her family, friends, and supporters searched for answers and for justice. 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. 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. Back in San Luis Obispo, the Smarts, feeling ignored by the sheriff's office, continued a relentless campaign to get them to do more to find their daughter. We just, "do you know anything about it". So, when they were invited to a party that Friday night, Kristin was excited to go. He believes that meant "the batteries went dead and that the object that was beeping hadn't been there very long.". Chris Lambert: He told those friends he just woke up with the black eye. Alicia Tejada is the field producer and Addison Briley is the associate producer. Her parents, Denise and Stan were both educators who encouraged their kids' passions. 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. Still she stuck around until Flores allegedly laid his hands on her aggressively again. These new allegations against Paul Flores are very troubling and deserve to be thoroughly investigated. She didn't think that was OK. Some even wondered if she might have been drugged. James Murphy: Well, the location where all this activity occurred is where they found the biological material. Somos la comunidad inmobiliaria ms grande de Mxico que conecta de forma gratuita a quienes ofrecen y buscan cualquier tipo de propiedad. Authorities arrested Ruben Flores after San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's deputies served a search warrant at his Arroyo Grande home. He lived in the dorm building across from Smart's room. Flores replies that he was just fibbing. I dont know of any lying Ive done. The sheriff's office still wasn't convinced they had enough evidence against Flores. D.A. All of Kristin's personal belongings including her purse, her money, her I.D. 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. Clockwise from left, Kristin, Denise, Stan, Matt and Lindsey. 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. Remember, Flores's room had been emptied and thoroughly cleaned. JAMES MURPHY: In May of 96 were you a student at Cal Poly? 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. 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. ", 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.". It's been a long night for the Smart family and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's detectives as they continued to investigate an Arroyo Grande property belonging to Ruben Flores. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. And my roommate actually kicked down the door to make him stop. And for a few moments Jane came to and saw Flores having his way with her. Nearly a week after their arrests, father and son both pleaded not guilty in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. The two girls walked to an area off campus where there were fraternities, sororities and residential housing for students. I would turn around and he would be right there lurking, the woman, referred to here by a pseudonym, said. At least one, since The Daily Beast began reporting, said she has been interviewed by the San Luis Obispo Sheriffs Office. But 22 years later, when he couldn't find any recent stories about the case, he decided to do something. Flores wasn't talking. Bodega en Renta de $65.000 , 3 baos, 1100 m2 en Arroyo de Las Flores, Jalisco ID 26114512. 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Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. He had pinned her down and had his hand down her bathing suit groping her.. But Sarah kneed Flores in the groin and kicked him in the shin before dashing off into the party. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti tracked Flores down to try and get some answers. Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. They might have found evidence in those vehicles. Paul Flores was a constant presence during Sarahs time at Cal Poly, where she transferred in as a sophomore back in 1996, after Smarts disappearance shook the school and the community. SUSAN FLORES: [Long pause, grabs water bottle] Of course not. He was the last person seen with her. 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. 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. Despite identifying a prime suspect for her murder, law enforcement did not arrest Flores until 2021. Chris Lambert: So, if you believe Paul's story, he goes into his dorm room here. Mike McHugh is the producer-editor. She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. putting murder on the lawsuit was sending a message to Paul Flores and his family, that we believe that he killed Kristin and that we're coming for him. Another frustration for the Smarts: at the time Kristin disappeared, investigators weren't aware that Paul Flores's parents were separated and living apart. School was over, so campus police found an empty room that had been sanitized by the university's cleaning crew. In 2011, the Smarts hoped those boulders would become a little lighter when Ian Parkinson became the new sheriff of San Luis Obispo County. BOE-A-2023-5092 Orden JUS/181/2023, de 21 de febrero, por la que se aprueba la relacin provisional de personas admitidas y excluidas en el proceso selectivo para acceso libre, al Cuerpo de Gestin Procesal y Administrativa de la Administracin de Justicia, convocado por Orden JUS/1254/2022, de 7 de diciembre. And I was like, "nah, I have to study." On Monday, deputies served a sealed search warrant at the home of Ruben Flores. He invoked the Fifth Amendment 27 times. James Murphy: So why would Susan Flores, her boyfriend, and Ruben Flores be up all night long working under that deck. 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. That could have been me.. Back then, Jane remembered Flores pulling up to her on multiple occasions behind the wheel of a green pickup truck. Also known as Melinda E Flores. The living room had a TV and one sofa and the floor was white, she said. At a Halloween party back in 1995before Smart had gone missingFlores allegedly grabbed Sarahs crotch on the dance floor. Jonathan Vigliotti: She had just 40 yards to go and yet she vanished. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti takes viewers inside the popular podcast and haunting case in "The Disappearance of Kristin Smart.". First, he told detectives that Smart was having difficulty walking on her own. DAN DOW [press conference]: It is alleged that Mr. Flores caused the death of Kristen Smart while in the commission of or attempted rape. But I've seen it. Jonathan Vigliotti: How significant was that? DAN DOW [press conference]: We don't have evidence sufficient to charge anyone else at this time. 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. In October 2022, Paul Flores, the man long suspected in her disappearance, was found guilty of murder. 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. The day after my sister disappeared, Paul Flores had a black eye and scratches on him. Flores attempted to kiss Anderson before she walked away around 2:30 a.m. She refused his advances because she was creeped out, Peuvrelle said. To declare to the public if you stay quiet, you will get away with this. The Arroyo Grande cops, Jane said, favored Floress story that she willingly drank and had sex that night.
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