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. Murphy alleges four nights later, strange activity was seen at Ruben's house. 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.. It was only by pure luck that Paul was arrested for a different crime and the arresting agency (not Cal Poly PD) documented him having a black eye a fact that Cal Poly PD apparently never noticed. After Smart's disappearance, the car was transferred into their parent's names. I guess the answer is yes. 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. At the time of Smart's disappearance, the vehicle belonged to Paul Flores' sister, Ermelinda Flores, who lived near Cal Poly. But Paul Flores was never charged with any of these incidents. James Murphy: The question for decades was "Well, where did the body go?". JAMES MURPHY: Your husband have information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? My job was to hunt them. Ruben Flores, 80, will be facing trial in April 2022 alongside his son as he was charged with accessory to murder after the fact. Jonathan Vigliotti: How did you know she hadn't been back? SHERIFF IAN PARKINSON [at press conference]: Forensic physical evidence was located. Approximately a dozen San Luis Obispo and Los Angeles county deputies descended Wednesday morning on the home of Paul Flores, a suspect in the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly freshman Kristin. Those were kind of unspoken things. Jonathan Vigliotti: And that phone call never comes. We would have had this moments years ago if Cal Poly PD hadnt screwed this up. Another frustration for the Smarts: at the time Kristin disappeared, investigators weren't aware that Paul Flores's parents were separated and living apart. Apparently one witness may be an Australian exchange student who returned home after finals and was unaware of the case. PODCAST EPISODE 4: So, I walk him up to his sister's apartment, and all of a sudden, he just like picked me up, carried me inside, turned around and shut the apartment door, and locked it. Margarita Campos: To this day, like, I was like, why why did I just let her go by herself? Chris Lambert: I didn't know the scale. 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. She was last seen alive with Paul Flores, a classmate who offered to walk an inebriated Smart to her room. Cal Poly agreed that Kristens case would be incorporated as an educational tool into the freshmen Week of Welcome orientation. Most students had taken off but Kristin had stayed on campus. For more than two decades, her family, friends, and supporters searched for answers and for justice. These new allegations against Paul Flores are very troubling and deserve to be thoroughly investigated. He says they are Ruben's ex-wife Susan and her boyfriend. Facebook 0 Twitter LinkedIn 0 Reddit Tumblr Pinterest 0 0 Likes. She was she was frantic I don't understand this, you know? Once Jane was admitted her story seemed to fall on deaf ears. He needs to swing for the fence to get reelected. James Murphy: There's no way to get evidence back once you've lost it. PODCAST EPISODE 2 | WOMAN #2: You wouldn't want to be alone in a room with him. Smart was talking with and socializing with several different males at the party. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. A now-retired FBI agent believes those remains were once buried at the home of Floress mother. So maybe he had a crush on me. The first alleged incident occurred in 1994 when a woman accused Flores, then a high school sophomore is accused of drugging a raping a fellow student. She was looking forward to hearing from Kristin that Sunday. suddenly major pieces of evidence came forward. They also did not focus on Paul Flores immediately, waiting six days to formally interview him. 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. During the search, a cadaver dog showed interest in a 1985 Volkswagen Cabriolet, which is currently registered to Ruben and Susan Flores. So now you've got three different stories about how he got that black eye. 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 like It wasnt. And then months and months later, they'd reach back out and say, can you get us in touch with this person again? Kristin Smart was dropped in the dumpster and she is in the landfill. Kirsten deserves better and her family deserves to bring her home. She regretfully denounced them as cruel rumors at the time. We are giving you an opportunity to be a witness and not a defendant, as I'm not sure Paul will protect you. Smart has long been suspected to have been abducted and killed in May 1996, while she was a freshman at California. Paul. 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. I have worked with Cal Poly interns for years and always ask if they were told anything about Kristen Smart during WOW. He invoked the Fifth Amendment 27 times. Multiple attempts to reach Flores and his parents to comment on the new accusations were unsuccessful. Ms. Thomas informs me that she was never a witness to any crime, nor did she hear the defendants speak about any crimes.. Paul Flores was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished in 1996. Jonathan Vigliotti: What toll over time did this have on your parents? Flores was imprisoned at Santa Barbara County Jail for a time. You wouldn't let any of your friends be drunk around him. We both were kids at the same school and so I felt comfortable. Whenever we find more information about his family then we update this information. The Santa Maria Times reports that Flores has three DUI convictions on his record, as of 2007. For more information, please see our Flores was subpoenaed before a grand jury in relation to Smarts disappearance but left after just five minutes of questions. They used cadaver dogs and ground penetrating radar to search Ruben Flores property. Getty The letter sent to Thomas by San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Detective Clint Cole, which was part of the documents Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jennifer OKeefe has allowed to be released, explains that Cole has been working on the Kristin Smart case for more than two years. 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. Would you do the right thing? By the time they called the Cal Poly campus police, Kristin had been missing for more than 48 hours. 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. Cole states things have changed drastically due to advances in DNA technology, adding that evidence has been re-examined and vehicles belonging to Thomas and her family have been forensically searched. I now know for sure he is, and Kristin is dead, and so do you.. The family attorney refused to comment when reached by The Daily Beast. James Murphy: Somebody found an earring that they say was Kristin Smart's jewelry in the driveway. Nothing ever mentioned to any of them. She did not walk away and dig herself a grave. Her dorm entrance is right over here. She never saw accepting the rides as anything but wholesome. I drank this drink and I dont know what it was but let me tell you something the next thing you know I was passed out, Jane said. Margarita Campos: Kristin was like, "come on, let's go, let's go." The duplex was located up the same street from where her mom resided. Im fine. After they broke up, Laura did a little sleuthing and discovered her ex-boyfriend was accused in Smarts vanishing. How could she have gone out of town? The lawsuit claims they were moving Kristin's remains. At the time, they did not know about a missing college student. Paul was born to Ruben Flores (Father) and Susan Flores (Mother). In 2002, after getting kicked out of Cal Poly, rejected by the Navy, and flipping burgers, Flores matriculated at LA Harbor Community College. James Murphy: That suggests that something bad happened in Paul Flores's dorm room. Meanwhile, the FBI, who recently excavated earth at Cal Poly to look for Smarts remains, referred comment to the sheriffs office. I was like Oh my God. Even though he'd never investigated anything before, Lambert quit his job to create a podcast about the case. KSBY Investigates: Kristin Smart Disappearance. No charges were filed, but Lambert discovered Flores's troubles started at a young age. 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. His father is a businessman. 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. Critics called. She returned to the United. And might have connected Kristin to Susan Flores's house, says James Murphy. Cole also states, this could have very well been an accident that night while telling Thomas he believes she knows what happened and had some involvement by being a good sister., Cole offers Thomas full immunity in exchange for her telling the truth about what she knows. But it's Susan Flores's concrete backyard that initially received a lot of attention. I don't think she went back to her dorm at all. Chris Lambert: As they describe it, Paul Flores just sort of appears out of nowhere. And I was like, "nah, I have to study." James Murphy: Well, the location where all this activity occurred is where they found the biological material. He'd go anywhere. I have this PTSD fear of someone kicking the door in.. Kristin's mother, Denise Smart, spent Memorial Day weekend at a swim meet with her two younger kids. Denise Pearce: To be almost there. Denise Pearce says that was a crushing blow for the Smart family. This boy walked up to me and said Oh hey, you need to be careful of that Paul Flores, I think hes stalking you. An earring that appeared to match the necklace Kristin is wearing on the billboard. They were giggling as they were dragging me, the now 39-year-old woman told The Daily Beast. I never realized its the same guy that harassed [Sarah], he said. 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. The parents. The pair appeared in San Luis Obispo Superior Court. Classes were difficult, she was trying to fit in, and she missed her family. She was gone. I forgot, theres more. With them is a group of FBI evidence response team members and a search warrant. Like his black eye, seen faintly in a mug shot taken by the Arroyo Grande Police just by chance two days after Kristin vanished. The parents stopped renewing the tags in 2010 and parked the Volkswagen in Rubin Flores' garage. And yes, we believe it's linked to Kristin. In high school he was known as a loner. Clockwise from left, Kristin, Denise, Stan, Matt and Lindsey. Documents in trial of the man accused of killing Kristin Smart were unsealed by a judge on Wednesday. It wasn't until Kristin's roommate returned to their dorm room, that Margarita realized Kristin never came home. Because of the statute of limitations, Dow says, Paul Flores can't be charged with rape. Lambert began looking into what happened to Kristin, collecting articles and documents, chasing down leads and tracking down anyone with information. Investigators are currently digging under Rubin Flores home in another apparent attempt to find the missing teens body. He says "no.". In exchange, Flores would disclose where Smarts remains are located. Many have assumed that Paul and Ruben Flores had something to do with her disappearance and most likely killed her. Thomas attorney says she accepted the letters, but did not give any statements and later goes on to say that Thomas should not have to testify because she does not have any material testimony to provide during any proceedings in this case and also states she does not qualify as a material witness.. The two girls walked to an area off campus where there were fraternities, sororities and residential housing for students. Friday, May 24, 1996, was the start of the Memorial Day weekend. Paul had this look on his face, the relative said. One late night at a Hermosa Beach bar Flores courted a 21-year-old student whom well call Laura. To think that you're going to finally get some resolution, and then it doesn't happen the way it's supposed to. It had been the focus of widespread speculation for more than two decades especially her planter boxes. Chris Lambert: I brought them a number of witnesses that they were very interested in. D.A. PODCAST EPISODE 4: At 8 a.m. on June 19th, 2000, a team of sheriff's investigators knocks on the front door of Susan Flores's East Branch Street home. A hundred percent that was happening. Mary Lassiter says the earring she found in the driveway matched the necklace Kristin Smart is seen wearing on this billboard. Its an ugly secret that made the Smart family unnecessarily agonize for nearly 25 years! And there are more horrifying allegations about what may have happened to Kristin after she was last seen with Paul Flores. Chris Lambert: Kristin's father would come down and hike every trail he could find on the Central Coast. But Mary Lassiter says the earring matched the necklace Kristin is seen wearing on the billboard. READ NEXT: Teenage Porn Star Controversy Rocks California High School, Paul Flores: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Revealing new legal docs now available. 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. His father Ruben Flores charged with being an accessory after the factwas found not guilty. She didn't think that was OK. I was crying.. Chris Lambert: They didn't bring cadaver dogs with them. As they soon learned, she had ended up at a party at an off-campus house. And the body's not there now. Before court broke for lunch, Cole also testified about a wiretap of the Flores family conducted by the Sheriff's Office in . The Arroyo Grande cops, Jane said, favored Floress story that she willingly drank and had sex that night. 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. to find the next challenge. The two men are set to stand trial next spring in connection with the 1996 disappearance of Cal. To the extent that he was forced to leave jobs because of the Smart family. Her younger sister Lindsey says their mother urged Kristin to go there. But while campus police weren't doing much, Kristin's parents were doing whatever they could to find their daughter. He had been sentenced to 240 days in the crime. 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. Hope this brings an end to all these years wondering where she was. James Murphy: There has been no other suspect. Her family misses her every minute of everyday!, Kristin Denise Smart: Missing since May 25th, 1996 Part 1, Kristin Denise Smart 40 minute Download into iMovie, FBI Dogs Finds Possible Remains Of Kristin Smart On Cal Poly Campus. They took off running, Jane said. A very close-knit family. Deputies also dug in several places in search of remains. were in the room exactly where she had left them. Cal Polys only interest was in a coverup. Chris Lambert: I remember seeing it on the news it was something scary and they were talking about it pretty regularly. We want to give you the support you need., The creator of the podcast, Your Own Backyard: The Disappearance of Kristin Smart, Chris Lambert told the Stockton Record that he believes Flores is responsible for Smarts death. Jonathan Vigliotti: You look at Kristin Smart every day. Officers booked Flores into the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center. Chris Lambert: Around the time Kristin disappeared, they cut out planter boxes in the backyard, so they cut out big chunks of concrete and filled it in with soil. Unblurred are Paul Flores (top center) and Ermelinda Flores (top right). Chris Lambert: That's the upsetting part about it, isn't it? 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. Smart appeared to be under the influence of alcohol on Friday night. Paul Flores at a St. James classmate's birthday party, 1983. You ALWAYS ask your interns about it? But every Sunday when she called her parents, they encouraged her to stick it out. Paul Flores was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area, where he resides. In his complaint, Murphy alleges, along with Ruben, there were two other unnamed individuals. PODCAST EPISODE 1: Kristin broke down begging her mother to let her drop out and go somewhere else. My mom opened the door and she cries, Oh my God!. His father Ruben Flores charged with being an accessory after the factwas found not. The father and son were both in on it? When asked about how he got the injury Flores told three different stories. I remember thinking: If my moms not home Im going to die right here.. Ann-Marie Christian: Her parents reminded me of my parents. Like what may have been discovered in March 2021 when investigators searched Ruben Flores' house using cadaver dogs and ground penetrating radar. Two days after Kristin Smart vanished, Paul Flores went to the Arroyo Grande Police Department because of an outstanding DUI warrant. PODCAST EPISODE 2 [LAMBERT READING REPORT] Smart does not have any close friends at Cal Poly. Her parents, Denise and Stan were both educators who encouraged their kids' passions. Paul was not an experienced hardened criminal, if they investigated early and subjected him to a proper interrogation, they likely could have broken him and gotten him to confess, assisted by any circumstantial evidence they could have gathered. PODCAST EPISODE 3: Something shiny catches her eye next to the front driver side tire. The Daily Beast reported in November 2016 that four women had come forward to accuse Flores of sexually assaulting them. Jonathan Vigliotti | CBS News correspondent: You wanted to go home, and you were trying to find a way to break it to your friend. According to the Charley Project, Flores had been making poor grades and was in danger of being kicked out of school due after he received a DUI. Paul Flores and his father both pleaded not guilty to all charges at their arraignment. every piece of evidence points directly at Paul Flores. Man sentenced to three months in prison for shooting and killing elephant seal, Helios Dayspring opens marijuana shop in Morro Bay, Pismo Beach traffic stop nets gun and two arrests, Most of California out of drought, find reservoir levels, Donations raised, but not delivered to Los Osos mudslide victims, UCSB student dies from fentanyl exposure at Deltopia, Teen arrested for assault, robbery and shooting in SLO, Santa Maria man accused of threatening to shoot people, Man airlifted to hospital after Lompoc shooting, Four takeaways from the Paso Robles school board race, Holocaust Remembrance Day, lest we forget, SLO County gas prices increasing, find the lowest prices. She was last seen alive with Paul Flores, a classmate who offered to walk an inebriated Smart to her room. I could not imagine being his mother. At the time of Smarts disappearance, the vehicle belonged to Paul Flores sister, Ermelinda Flores, who lived near Cal Poly. Flores wasn't talking. Chris Lambert: The only thing he would confirm on tape is that his name is Paul Flores. Hundreds gather in Arroyo Grande for vigil in honor of Kristin Smart, Hundreds of people gathered in the Arroyo Grande Village on Sunday evening: to remember Kristin Smart, a Cal Poly student who went missing in 1996. I know Pauls Attorney Mel had many plea agreement talks with the District Attorneys Office and know without a doubt that Paul Flores knows what happened to Kristin Smart and where her body is. Chris Lambert: I don't think she ever imagined that Kristin would end up dead by the end of the night. I find Parkinsons involvement of Cal Poly and their clown of a president in this news conference as distasteful and pandering to Cal Polys interests. A woman nearby screamed at Flores to get off her and threatened to call the cops, she said. But one of those friends told police Flores already had the black eye when he arrived. 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. Deputies towed the car from Rubin Flores' home. I feel for her. Privacy Policy. Paul Flores did not have a car on campus, so Murphy surmises he had to have had help. We only want our daughter back. At the time of the article, Flores was living in Southern California. 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. 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. You can go." 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. It is also what the Smarts have been waiting for for more than a quarter of a century. Thomas did not testify during the preliminary hearing nor has she been called yet as a witness during fer father and brothers murder trial currently underway in Salinas. 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. His room was finally searched when the sheriff took over the case and at that point Paul had moved off campus and Cal Poly had deep cleaned his room, destroying any available evidence. Paul and Ruben Flores appeared before a San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge via Zoom on Monday. In the meantime, Paul Flores moved to Southern California, where he bounced from job to job. In 2007, Flores had a DUI case dismissed in Los Angeles County Superior Court. 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. Susan Flores and her boyfriend were never charged in the case. Back in 1996, with classes finished before the long Memorial Day weekend, Smart, a 19-year-old California Polytechnic State University, San . Chris Lambert: I think that might have been the biggest misstep that investigators have made to this day. Heres hoping that the truth about what that dirtbag and his dad did comes out and Kristin gets the justice she deserves. In 1997 when Paul Flores was deposed for the civil suit, the only thing he would confirm on tape was his name. I told him, You never do this again! Flores wasn't amused. Chris Lambert: I wish I knew why. Recently released court documents detail a one-time immunity deal previously offered to Paul Flores' sister, Ermelinda Thomas. 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. 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. 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