JAMES MURPHY: Does your son have any information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? 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. James Murphy: I'm not at liberty to describe how it was documented. He apparently would tag along with a sloshed friend, crashing off-campus parties together wherever she was. Flores was subpoenaed before a grand jury in relation to Smarts disappearance but left after just five minutes of questions. Kristin Smart was dropped in the dumpster and she is in the landfill. Hope this brings an end to all these years wondering where she was. That's been our goal. Little is known since the proceedings are kept secret, but no charges were ever filed. But Mary Lassiter says the earring matched the necklace Kristin is seen wearing on the billboard. She was never seen again. Get off her.. We were standing by the washer and dryer and we were arguing and he shouted, No! and slapped my arm, Laura said. I remember being home watching the news about Kristin Smart and there goes Paul, she recalled. He tells Thomas that he has not attempted to contact her or anyone else from her family previously because it was obvious to me that former detectives harassed your family in the past and I do not operate that way., He states, When I started reviewing this case, I kept an open mind and assumed that Paul Flores was not involved in Kristins disappearance. 0:41. or even her keys. every piece of evidence points directly at Paul Flores. I didn't know how many people were gonna listen. Deputies towed the car from Rubin Flores' home. So, they did not immediately get a warrant to search Susan Flores's home. What happens next? Constructive debate is good; mockery, taunting, and name calling is not. I was like It wasnt. 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. I told him, You never do this again! But further investigation of the Flores's two trucks seemed impossible. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. Classes were difficult, she was trying to fit in, and she missed her family. So had Margarita Campos, who lived in the next room in Muir Hall. In his mug shot, a black eye can faintly been seen. Jonathan Vigliotti [with Lambert outside of the the dorms]: Paul and Kristin then make their way here. were in the room exactly where she had left them. Meanwhile, three other women told The Daily Beast that Flores sexually assaulted them after Janes assault and Smarts disappearance. The duplex was located up the same street from where her mom resided. After Smart's disappearance, the car was transferred into their parent's names. Facebook 0 Twitter LinkedIn 0 Reddit Tumblr Pinterest 0 0 Likes. 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. There is new hope for answers in the murder mystery of Stockton native Kristin Smart. Chris Lambert: They didn't bring cadaver dogs with them. But the Flores's have fought back, suing the Smarts for intentional infliction of emotional distress. And the body's not there now. Let's go." 19 years after the disappearance of Kristin Smart from Cal Poly's campus, Paul Flores still remains the only suspect. And she's like, "please come with me. Denise Smart told the Examiner in 1998, Were not after Paul Flores; were not trying to persecute Paul Flores. The Arroyo Grande cops, Jane said, favored Floress story that she willingly drank and had sex that night. A now-retired FBI agent believes those remains were once buried at the home of Floress mother. She was last seen alive with Paul Flores, a classmate who offered to walk an inebriated Smart to her room. October 22, 2022 / 10:10 PM 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. The Modesto Bee reported in January 2003 that Scott Peterson, the man who was convicted of murdering his wife, Laci Peterson, in December 2002, was being eyed for link to the Smart case. Authorities allege that Flores instead took Smart to his own dorm room and killed. James Murphy: They brought in the first dog and they'd had the dog go through the dorms. Authorities served another search warrant at Paul Flores home in April 2020. Revealing new legal docs now available. The Charley Project goes on to say that Flores would regularly drink heavily and that he was not popular among the student body. James Murphy and Garin Sinclair look at the billboard that has been in their front yard for more than two decades. The letter from the DAs Office has similar wording about the immunity deal. Another frustration for the Smarts: at the time Kristin disappeared, investigators weren't aware that Paul Flores's parents were separated and living apart. It might be helpful to the investigation.. Remember, Flores's room had been emptied and thoroughly cleaned. One of his friends had told authorities that Flores already had a black eye when he showed up to play in a pick-up game. At least one, since The Daily Beast began reporting, said she has been interviewed by the San Luis Obispo Sheriffs Office. Her dorm entrance is right over here. Chris Lambert: I remember seeing it on the news it was something scary and they were talking about it pretty regularly. I told her I didn't I didn't want to go. Denise Pearce: The phone call never comes. Please come with me." 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. Early on, a small group of volunteers also looked for Kristin. His father Ruben Flores charged with being an accessory after the factwas found not guilty. He says "no.". But Sarah kneed Flores in the groin and kicked him in the shin before dashing off into the party. We just, "do you know anything about it". A woman nearby screamed at Flores to get off her and threatened to call the cops, she said. Murphy and Sinclair promised the Smarts the billboard will stay until their daughter is found. Jane said she kept this secret for yearseven from her husband. Margarita Campos: Kristin was like, "come on, let's go, let's go." She didn't think that was OK. She was gone. Getty Paul Flores may have wanted a fresh start in Southern California, but Chris Lambert says, he could not seem to break old habits. Flores wasn't talking. But one of those friends told police Flores already had the black eye when he arrived. 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. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office. 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. If you do not want to take this offer now it will not be offered to you again and things will be used against you., He goes on to say in the letter that is not dated but referenced by Galambos that Paul will soon be in a position of needing to tell law enforcement his story and that the case will be solved soon., You can be the one who is responsible for ending this nightmare for everyone and move on with your life. And I was, like, "uh OK, fine.". Flores was home at the time and could be seen in. Paul had this look on his face, the relative said. When they were deposed by James Murphy, they also insisted their son was not involved. These new allegations against Paul Flores are very troubling and deserve to be thoroughly investigated. She was pushing herself out of her comfort zone. I said, Stop it. Janes mother frantically phoned her father. Flores and Smart had spoken at the party she had attended, witnesses said. One female cousin called Flores a pervert. I knocked on her door, and I thought she was just sleeping, or she went out and about, you know? He later argued that the biological evidence found under the deck was not conclusively human blood. And might have connected Kristin to Susan Flores's house, says James Murphy. 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. A post shared by Your Own Backyard (@yourownbackyardpodcast) on Mar 27, 2019 at 8:45am PDT. Ann-Marie Christian: became friends with Kristin in elementary school. "48 Hours" looks back to their arrests and how the saga began. 0:04. 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. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. And she was growing as an individual. And it was only 250 miles from Stockton, California, where she grew up with Lindsey and their brother Matt. Thats when everyone got involved, she said. Flores has no criminal record involving violent crime. But to fully understand Chris Lambert's contribution, you have to go back to the beginning. I also brought them witnesses that they had no interest in whatsoever. Susan Flores and her boyfriend were never charged in the case. 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. The accusations didnt stop with classmates: Flores allegedly couldnt restrain himself around his own kin. His father is a businessman. Chris Lambert: He told those friends he just woke up with the black eye. James Murphy: they let the dog in, the dog makes a beeline to the bed of Paul Flores. SUSAN FLORES: [Long pause, grabs water bottle] Of course not. 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. But Paul Flores was never charged with any of these incidents. More than 3,000 pages of documents have been released as part of the case. 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. Those were kind of unspoken things. Lindsey Smart Stewart: It just amazes me the amount of evidence that's available, yet nothing has happened. Meanwhile, the FBI, who recently excavated earth at Cal Poly to look for Smarts remains, referred comment to the sheriffs office. Through the years, the Smarts have kept pressure on the Flores family. Paul's sister reportedly lives in that area. 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. Jonathan Vigliotti: Is there any doubt in your mind that Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart? They continued to bungle the case for a month, not properly interviewing Paul Flores or other witnesses and never searching his room. 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. D.A. 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." Powered by. And six months later, when Flores was deposed by James Murphy for the Smart's civil suit, he kept quiet. Pretty sad how Cal Polys upper admin interfered with the PDs work and made this investigation go away. Margarita Campos: I was, like, "Kristin, I'm going to go back home. She did not walk away and go kill herself. But I've seen it. But 22 years later, when he couldn't find any recent stories about the case, he decided to do something. However hard she and her father fought back, there was no chance they were going to get beyond the he said, she said. I was drunk and he had a witness and I didnt, Jane said. I remember thinking: If my moms not home Im going to die right here.. And for a few moments Jane came to and saw Flores having his way with her. No? D.A. Wow, you must be a real hoot to work for. But Parkinson acknowledges it hasn't been easy. I'm going to go back to the dorms. James Murphy: Paul Flores had a reputation amongst the girls that knew him at Cal Poly as being a creeper that he was always trying to hit on women. After Smarts disappearance, the car was transferred into their parents names. Chris Lambert: Paul keeps stopping along the way and letting Cheryl Anderson know, you can go on ahead. Stop! and then it became Stop!!!!!. At a Halloween party back in 1995before Smart had gone missingFlores allegedly grabbed Sarahs crotch on the dance floor. During the search, a cadaver dog showed interest in a 1985 Volkswagen Cabriolet, which is currently registered to Ruben and Susan Flores. In one of Paul's police interviews he mentioned that he wanted to be let out of the interview because he needed to help clean up concrete at his mom's house So, what was being done in Susan Flores's backyard in the weeks after Kristin went missing? 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. Recently released court documents detail a one-time immunity deal previously offered to Paul Flores sister, Ermelinda Thomas. Chris Lambert: There was a man climbing her trellis and trying to get inside her balcony, very intoxicated and refusing to leave. They used cadaver dogs and ground penetrating radar to search Ruben Flores property. Jonathan Vigliotti: How significant was that? No-no-no. 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. His father, Ruben, is charged as an accessory, accused of helping cover up the crime. Denise Pearce: To be almost there. Paul Flores, 44, was charged earlier this week with first-degree murder for the killing that allegedly happened as he tried to rape then 19-year-old Stockton native Smart in his dorm room at. Chris Lambert: So, if you believe Paul's story, he goes into his dorm room here. And yes, we believe it's linked to Kristin. The Daily Beast reported in November 2016 that four women had come forward to accuse Flores of sexually assaulting them. Jonathan Vigliotti: They thought she was off possibly having fun. 19 years later, still no body, no arrests made, and no answers. Paul Flores and his father both pleaded not guilty to all charges at their arraignment. She was looking forward to hearing from Kristin that Sunday. Im good, he said in response to questions about Smarts disappearance. Copyright 2022 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Kristin's mother, Denise Smart, spent Memorial Day weekend at a swim meet with her two younger kids. The lawsuit claims they were moving Kristin's remains. most importantly they wanna find their daughter. In 2002, after getting kicked out of Cal Poly, rejected by the Navy, and flipping burgers, Flores matriculated at LA Harbor Community College. SHERIFF IAN PARKINSON [at press conference]: Forensic physical evidence was located. Jonathan Vigliotti: She had just 40 yards to go and yet she vanished. Nearly a week after their arrests, father and son both pleaded not guilty in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. 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. As they soon learned, she had ended up at a party at an off-campus house. Like the Smart's civil case, theirs also has been on hold. legal adult and dismissing her parents pleas, spreading rumors about her personal life and Spring quarter grades). 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 maybe he had a crush on me. Then, in April 2021, Paul . Flores wasn't amused. If Dan Dow prosecutes the case then the Flores have nothing to worry about. Chris Lambert: The only thing he would confirm on tape is that his name is Paul Flores. 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. The father and son were both in on it? 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. And the complaint has some explosive claims about what led investigators to focus under Ruben's deck in the first place. 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. D.A. I don't know if Kristin knew anybody there. By the time Cal Poly police began investigating, Kristin had been gone for four days. Authorities arrested Ruben Flores after San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs deputies served a search warrant at his Arroyo Grande home. When I say I know Pauls involved, his own words saying so are one of the things I know that prove it. JAMES MURPHY: What is your present residence address? PODCAST EPISODE 1: Kristin broke down begging her mother to let her drop out and go somewhere else. He'd go through tunnels, under bridges, looking for his daughter and expecting best case scenario. When he arrived she stayed at home while Janes father hightailed it to Arroyo Grande Community Hospital. JAMES MURPHY: In May of 96 were you a student at Cal Poly? JAMES MURPHY: Has your son ever told you that he did not kill Kristin Smart? 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.. He gets his arm around her torso and her arm around his neck, and he's helping her walk. Ann-Marie Christian: Her parents reminded me of my parents. It's just a motivator for me. My mom opened the door and she cries, Oh my God!. When they showed up, it was Paul Flores. Paul Flores was arrested in February 2021 on unrelated gun charges. After they broke up, Laura did a little sleuthing and discovered her ex-boyfriend was accused in Smarts vanishing. Paul was born to Ruben Flores (Father) and Susan Flores (Mother). Smart was last seen as three fellow students helped her home following a party. Four months later, while attempting to reconcile, Susan rented out her house in Arroyo Grande. Recently released court documents detail a one-time immunity deal previously offered to Paul Flores' sister, Ermelinda Thomas. The article added that Flores changed his story about how he got the black eye, first saying that he got it playing basketball and then later saying that he got it while fixing his car. To his credit, the Sheriff both credited Matthew Lamberts podcast series and admitted mistakes (2 weeks B4 any investigation, dorm room cleaned, ignoring roommates pleas the day after she disappeared, wont seek warrant for bank records because shes a 19 y.o. Kristin did not have a purse, money, her I.D. After almost 25 years of suspicion, on April 13, 2021, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson announced the arrest ofPaul Flores in the disappearance of Kristin Smart. Prosecutors argued in court during the September 2021 preliminary . Paul Flores Nationality, Ethnicity. How could she have gone out of town? PODCAST EPISODE 2 [LAMBERT READING REPORT] Smart does not have any close friends at Cal Poly. In March 2021, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant at the Arroyo Grande home of Ruben Flores. That would be Susan Flores, the owner of the home where Flores is suspected to have buried Smart. 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. James Murphy: They're interested in seeing Paul Flores get convicted and Ruben Flores get held accountable. In documents filed June 18, 2021, Thomas attorney, Guy Galambos, filed a motion of notice in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court to quash a subpoena for Thomas testimony during the preliminary hearing for Paul and Rubens case that July. During a camping trip in Fresno, California, in the early 1990s, Flores's female cousins playfully swiped and hid his wallet while walking en route to a liquor store to purchase slush puppies. In the crowd, taking it all in, was that podcaster, Chris Lambert. Paul and Ruben Flores appeared before a San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge via Zoom on Monday. "Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits," she said, requesting anonymity. Ken Blum is the editor. No charges were filed, but Lambert discovered Flores's troubles started at a young age. He lived in the dorm building across from Smarts room. That victim, named as Jane, told the website, 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.. Please enter valid email address to continue. Heres hoping that the truth about what that dirtbag and his dad did comes out and Kristin gets the justice she deserves. 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. The pair appeared in San Luis Obispo Superior Court. They also did not focus on Paul Flores immediately, waiting six days to formally interview him. Just weeks later, Kristin's frustrated parents contacted James Murphy, a local civil attorney. Lindsey Smart Stewart: Right. James Murphy: That suggests that something bad happened in Paul Flores's dorm room. If convicted, Paul, who has remained in custody since his arrested, faces a sentence of 25 years-to-life in prison. Laci Peterson had also been a student at Cal Poly. Whenever we find more information about his family then we update this information. Even worse they never sealed his dorm room. He'd go anywhere. I would hear many of my friends tell me Oh he grabbed my butt but I never believed them, Laura said. In another case, he was granted probation. To declare to the public if you stay quiet, you will get away with this. Murphy has filed a new civil suit against Ruben Flores for the intentional infliction of emotional distress. We only want our daughter back. At the time of the article, Flores was living in Southern California. Alexandra Wallace June 11, 2022. 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. A very close-knit family. James Murphy: The question for decades was "Well, where did the body go?". Ruben's attorney, Harold Mesick, dismissed the evidence against his client as "so minimal as to shock the conscience.". The living room had a TV and one sofa and the floor was white, she said. 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. One late night at a Hermosa Beach bar Flores courted a 21-year-old student whom well call Laura. Smart appeared to be under the influence of alcohol on Friday night. However, Paul (and Ruben) can still say if youre so smart, wheres the body? Susan Flores continues with her book project chronicling her familys victimization. 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. And had law enforcement drilled a handful of holes in Floress mothers backyard to search for evidence that Smart might be buried there, perhaps Floress alleged serial sexual assaults would have been prevented. I don't think she went back to her dorm at all. Something may break soon in the case of Kristin Denise Smart, the former Stockton resident and student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, whose disappearance in 1996 remains unsolved. There is no doubt in my mind., Those sentiments were echoed by Denise Smart who told Fox40 in May 2018, Paul Flores is without question the perpetrator to this crime. Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits, she said, requesting anonymity. Ms. Thomas informs me that she was never a witness to any crime, nor did she hear the defendants speak about any crimes.. The documents detail the competing arguments between prosecutors and attorneys for . Hey interns, so back when you did WOW, did they tell you all about the girl that was violently raped and murdered in the dorms?? He returned later that Friday night and they drove to his friends home which Jane described as sparely furnished. So, she slowed down and walked with them. Lambert said, The biggest mistake I think the sheriffs department made was that the first sheriff commented within one year of investigating that if (Flores) didnt talk they would never be able to solve this. Why? Margarita Campos: I was expecting her to knock on my door and be, like, "Oh, Margarita, you missed a rager. Greg Fisher and Michelle Fanucci are the development producers. Im good. PODCAST | EPISODE 1: At least once a day I asked myself what are you doing? Once Jane was admitted her story seemed to fall on deaf ears. Chris Lambert: So much was lost in those first few days where if that very first phone call was taken seriously answers might have been uncovered the first week. "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. Jonathan Vigliotti: Is this a case that takes a miracle to solve? Flores was imprisoned at Santa Barbara County Jail for a time. But as Chris Lambert learned, Flores's pattern of behavior with women didn't stop. Paul Flores was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished in 1996. Paul Flores' attorney on Tuesday asked for a hearing to investigate the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office for what he described as bias in the Kristin Smart case. Back in 1996, with classes finished before the long Memorial Day weekend, Smart, a 19-year-old California Polytechnic State University, San . And here's your key." I have worked with Cal Poly interns for years and always ask if they were told anything about Kristen Smart during WOW. Paul Flores was the last person to see Kristin Smart alive in 1996, police say. That mother, Mary Lassiter, described it to Chris Lambert. A month later, Thomas home was reportedly one of four Flores family homes searched by authorities. The podcast, "Your Own Backyard,"has drawn millions of listeners and focused renewed attention on this decades old case. Susan Flores, mother of Paul Flores, and her boyfriend are accused of relocating the remains of missing Cal Poly student Kristin Smart in an amended lawsuit filed by Smart's family. Chris Lambert, who worked as a CBS News consultant, pieced together what he learned from people who were there that night. Authorities allege that Flores instead took Smart to his own dorm room and killed. Alexandra Wallace July 6, 2021. Jonathan Vigliotti: Was this case, given the evidence that was lost early on, doomed from the very beginning? 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