She didn't think that was OK. The pair appeared in San Luis Obispo Superior Court. We just, "do you know anything about it". The Smart family sued Flores in 1996 in an attempt to get some answers in civil court about their daughter, but Flores took the fifth amendment. Be part of the news. I get into the bathroom and try to lock it and then the door gets kicked open., It was not more than five seconds before Sarah said Flores crashed opened the door and stood in the frame. Janes mother frantically phoned her father. 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. Unblurred are Paul Flores (top center) and Ermelinda Flores (top right). Please come with me." Paul and Ruben were arrested and charged in connection with Kristins death in April 2021. Jonathan Vigliotti | CBS News correspondent: You wanted to go home, and you were trying to find a way to break it to your friend. The sheriff's office still wasn't convinced they had enough evidence against Flores. 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. 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. PODCAST EPISODE 3: Something shiny catches her eye next to the front driver side tire. When Kristin Smart disappeared, Paul Flores's parents Susan and Ruben were separated and living apart. Kristin's mother, Denise Smart, spent Memorial Day weekend at a swim meet with her two younger kids. He would tiptoe around everything. I now know for sure he is, and Kristin is dead, and so do you.. Paul Flores at a St. James classmate's birthday party, 1983. Amanda Starrantino investigates where her missing person's case stands today. Jonathan Vigliotti: She had just 40 yards to go and yet she vanished. Comment Guidelines. The family attorney refused to comment when reached by The Daily Beast. I would hear many of my friends tell me Oh he grabbed my butt but I never believed them, Laura said. And the complaint has some explosive claims about what led investigators to focus under Ruben's deck in the first place. 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. Smart was talking with and socializing with several different males at the party. 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. One late night at a Hermosa Beach bar Flores courted a 21-year-old student whom well call Laura. When they showed up, it was Paul Flores. Meanwhile, the FBI, who recently excavated earth at Cal Poly to look for Smarts remains, referred comment to the sheriffs office. 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. He'd go through tunnels, under bridges, looking for his daughter and expecting best case scenario. 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. He was soon released from custody. School was over, so campus police found an empty room that had been sanitized by the university's cleaning crew. Ruben Flores was released on $50,000 bail to his ex-wife. Investigators are currently digging under Rubin Flores home in another apparent attempt to find the missing teens body. She left them only after he promised to take Kristin back to her dorm. JAMES MURPHY: Your husband have information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? Ms. Thomas informs me that she was never a witness to any crime, nor did she hear the defendants speak about any crimes.. Chris Lambert: He told those friends he just woke up with the black eye. You ALWAYS ask your interns about it? Chris Lambert: Kristin's father would come down and hike every trail he could find on the Central Coast. Denise Pearce: Kristin hasn't come home And we're not sure where she is We don't know anything. Paul's sister reportedly lives in that area. But the investigation is ongoing. Jonathan Vigliotti: What toll over time did this have on your parents? James Murphy: So why would Susan Flores, her boyfriend, and Ruben Flores be up all night long working under that deck. They took in soil, I assume, for some kind of analysis. No charges were filed, but Lambert discovered Flores's troubles started at a young age. 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. 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. Any evidence that might have been there was long gone. But as Chris Lambert learned, Flores's pattern of behavior with women didn't stop. 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. 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. Flores was subpoenaed before a grand jury in relation to Smarts disappearance but left after just five minutes of questions. Like so many freshmen, Kristin struggled. Lambert also interviewed a woman who dated Flores until, she says, he became physically and verbally abusive. 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. Officers booked Flores into the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center. Susan's house was finally searched in March 1997 nine months after Kristin disappeared but nothing was found. In October 2022, Paul Flores, the man long suspected in her disappearance, was found guilty of murder. Just weeks later, Kristin's frustrated parents contacted James Murphy, a local civil attorney. Back then, Jane remembered Flores pulling up to her on multiple occasions behind the wheel of a green pickup truck. But it's Susan Flores's concrete backyard that initially received a lot of attention. In the crowd, taking it all in, was that podcaster, Chris Lambert. James Murphy: Somebody found an earring that they say was Kristin Smart's jewelry in the driveway. Chris Lambert: It was never marked as evidence apparently. 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. That mother, Mary Lassiter, described it to Chris Lambert. DAN DOW [press conference]: We don't have evidence sufficient to charge anyone else at this time. Paul was born to Ruben Flores (Father) and Susan Flores (Mother). What's going on? At a Halloween party back in 1995before Smart had gone missingFlores allegedly grabbed Sarahs crotch on the dance floor. Same for the rest of his family. On May 25, 1996, Paul Flores was the last person known to have seen Kristin Smart before her disappearance from the Cal Poly campus. James Murphy: There has been no other suspect. 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. Just very involved with their children. It was updated on October 22, 2022.). Many include court filings and other evidence submitted by both sides as part of various motions. 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. Authorities allege that Flores instead took Smart to his own dorm room and killed. That was a huge judgment error. In order to produce the documentary, Lambert quit his job to devote himself to the podcast. Meanwhile, three other women told The Daily Beast that Flores sexually assaulted them after Janes assault and Smarts disappearance. I can show you a video of Paul admitting he knows what happened to Kristin Smart, his letter states. She did not walk away and lose her life. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Back in 1996, with classes finished before the long Memorial Day weekend, Smart, a 19-year-old California Polytechnic State University, San . Hope this brings an end to all these years wondering where she was. Cal Poly student, Kristin Smart, went missing in 1996. Lambert spoke about what he felt was the biggest error in the early investigation by the sheriffs office. His father, Ruben, is charged as an accessory, accused of helping cover up the crime. Chris Lambert says they're cautiously optimistic. They took off running, Jane said. During the search, a cadaver dog showed interest in a 1985 Volkswagen Cabriolet, which is currently registered to Ruben and Susan Flores. Sources tell us investigators discovered videos and photographs on Flores' computer showing him engaged in sexual activity with at least 10 different women, apparently in various states of consciousness. Just five months before Kristin disappeared, San Luis Obispo Police received a call from a student living off campus. It is every parent's worst nightmare. A single woman's earring. And when they did . I believe (Flores) took her life. Almost all knew nothing about it, thanks to Poly. I believed him but he was probably cheating on me.. Would you do the right thing? He lived in the dorm building across from Smarts room. Flores wasn't talking. 0:41. Kirsten deserves better and her family deserves to bring her home. I didn't know how many people were gonna listen. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Please, let the guilty be found, and her memory finally be at peace. Chris Lambert: A young couple moves into it with their kid. By the time Cal Poly police began investigating, Kristin had been gone for four days. Investigators says Paul Flores' sister offered immunity during wiretap. I think they're just waiting to see what the outcome is going to be. But every Sunday when she called her parents, they encouraged her to stick it out. He had pinned her down and had his hand down her bathing suit groping her.. He gets his arm around her torso and her arm around his neck, and he's helping her walk. and offers to help. Like the rest of the family, Kristin was an athlete. You never look at her again! I got in his face, the ex-boyfriend, who requested anonymity, told The Daily Beast. Little is known since the proceedings are kept secret, but no charges were ever filed. Until she (Kristin) is found, this case will never go away you and your family will never have any peace; there will always be an open and active investigation.. Murphy has filed a new civil suit against Ruben Flores for the intentional infliction of emotional distress. Paul Flores may have wanted a fresh start in Southern California, but Chris Lambert says, he could not seem to break old habits. Another frustration for the Smarts: at the time Kristin disappeared, investigators weren't aware that Paul Flores's parents were separated and living apart. 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. 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. My mom opened the door and she cries, Oh my God!. He was staring at my face looking at me and he was enjoying himself.. 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. And DNA evidence could not be found linking any other evidence to Kristin. She was never seen again. They might have found evidence in those vehicles. Ian Parkinson: Yes. They left me there and knock on my moms door really hard and then ran off, Jane, who is telling her story for first time, said. 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.. Mary Lassiter says the earring she found in the driveway matched the necklace Kristin Smart is seen wearing on this billboard. Neither the ex-boyfriend nor Sarah saw Flores again until they read The Daily Beast story on Kristin Smarts disappearance, where Floress mugshot appeared. I believe that everyone who is in the Flores family circle including Susan's boyfriend, and Ermelinda's ex-husband Brett MacArthur AND her most recent ex-husband, is "in" on this, and is either directly involved with Kristin's death (Paul) or the concealment of the crime. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office. How could she have gone out of town? This educated many current residents. Like the Smart's civil case, theirs also has been on hold. Paul is very soon going to be in a position where he needs to tell us his story, this case will be solved soon. Denise Smart said that she was told, Be ready. 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. Often, Sarah would be at one party or another and there was Flores. Two days after her daughter went missing, Denise Smart got a call from Cal Poly's campus police. If Dan Dow prosecutes the case then the Flores have nothing to worry about. The podcast, "Your Own Backyard,"has drawn millions of listeners and focused renewed attention on this decades old case. Her parents, Denise and Stan were both educators who encouraged their kids' passions. Murphy immediately filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Flores in civil court. I don't know if Kristin knew anybody there. Powered by. Stop! and then it became Stop!!!!!. Lambert said in January 2019, I believe that Paul Flores is responsible for her death and I believe that he knows where she is currently located. What happens next? These new allegations against Paul Flores are very troubling and deserve to be thoroughly investigated. Paul Flores did not have a car on campus, so Murphy surmises he had to have had help. But while campus police weren't doing much, Kristin's parents were doing whatever they could to find their daughter. Clockwise from left, Kristin, Denise, Stan, Matt and Lindsey. Alexandra Wallace June 11, 2022. That's when Denise Smart learned her daughter had not been seen all weekend, and all her belongings were still in her dorm room. They're known for being a really safe school.". PODCAST | EPISODE 1: At least once a day I asked myself what are you doing? Chris Lambert was just 8 years old when Kristin Smart vanished on her way home from a college party in San Luis Obispo, California. He had been sentenced to 240 days in the crime. Shortly after that, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff sniffer dogs were brought on the Cal Poly campus. The father and son were both in on it? Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. 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.. Smart has long been suspected to have been abducted and killed in May 1996, while she was a freshman at California. D.A. Paul is charged with murder in connection with the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. Prosecutors argued in court during the September 2021 preliminary . They used cadaver dogs and ground penetrating radar to search Ruben Flores property. Could answers be coming in Kristin Smarts disappearance? Her younger sister Lindsey says their mother urged Kristin to go there. An immunity deal was offered to her in 2020, Paul Flores in court July 18 during opening statements in the Kristin Smart murder trial happening in Salinas, Monterey Co. Superior Court/NBC News Dateline. Then in Feb. 2021, Los Angeles police officers arrested Paul Flores in Rancho Palos Verdes on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Many have assumed that Paul and Ruben Flores had something to do with her disappearance and most likely killed her. 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. Paul Flores, her former classmate, was named a person of interest in her disappearance shortly after she was last seen, but had never been formally charged in her death until 2021. First published on November 28, 2020 / 11:10 PM. The moment still haunts her. Prior to that incident, Susan Flores and her boyfriend had filed a harassment lawsuit against Smarts family. IF they knew he was out there murdering, raping etc. In 1998, the San Francisco Examiner ran a feature on Flores that included a quote from his former lawyer, Greg Coates, who said that there were no facts to indicate that Paul had anything to do with the disappearance of Kristin Smart.. That would be Susan Flores, the owner of the home where Flores is suspected to have buried Smart. I don't think she went back to her dorm at all. Denise Pearce: The phone call never comes. SUSAN FLORES: [Long pause, grabs water bottle] Of course not. Still she stuck around until Flores allegedly laid his hands on her aggressively again. 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. James Murphy: An eyewitness actually documented the fact that throughout the night that there was activity in the area of the underside of that deck. James Murphy: And it says wrongful death and then I put murder. 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. 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. Friday, May 24, 1996, was the start of the Memorial Day weekend. He has a sister whose name is Ermelinda Thomas. every piece of evidence points directly at Paul Flores. A month later, Thomas home was reportedly one of four Flores family homes searched by authorities. He has not been charged in those incidents. Chris Lambert: I think that might have been the biggest misstep that investigators have made to this day. He would be stalking me.. That could have been me.. She did not walk away and go kill herself. As they soon learned, she had ended up at a party at an off-campus house. Alicia Tejada is the field producer and Addison Briley is the associate producer. But soon Flores took his shot with Jane after another drop-off at her moms house. Margarita Campos: She was absolutely sober when I left 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. And then months and months later, they'd reach back out and say, can you get us in touch with this person again? Jonathan Vigliotti: They thought she was off possibly having fun. 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. Even though he'd never investigated anything before, Lambert quit his job to create a podcast about the case. "48 Hours" has learned these suspicions center around evidence found during that 2020 search of Paul Flores' home. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Jonathan Vigliotti: You look at Kristin Smart every day. A now-retired FBI agent believes those remains were once buried at the home of Floress mother. At the time of Smarts disappearance, the vehicle belonged to Paul Flores sister, Ermelinda Flores, who lived near Cal Poly. After Smart's disappearance, the car was transferred into their parent's names. 0:04. Authorities arrested Ruben Flores after San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs deputies served a search warrant at his Arroyo Grande home. For more than two decades, her family, friends, and supporters searched for answers and for justice. She spent a summer in London, was an exchange student in Venezuela, and a lifeguard at a camp in Hawaii. Ruben Flores, 80, will be facing trial in April 2022 alongside his son as he was charged with accessory to murder after the fact. To think that you're going to finally get some resolution, and then it doesn't happen the way it's supposed to. His father Ruben Flores charged with being an accessory after the factwas found not guilty. She returned to the United. People vs. Flores #1: Motions. "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. Hes on top of me. Paul Flores was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area, where he resides. Denise Pearce: To be almost there. 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. They have not been able to proceed with the civil case while there was an ongoing criminal investigation, but that didn't stop them from following every lead and preparing for an eventual trial. I was crying.. The day after my sister disappeared, Paul Flores had a black eye and scratches on him. They got to the parking lot of an apartment complex. It wasn't until Kristin's roommate returned to their dorm room, that Margarita realized Kristin never came home. Flores was home at the time and could be seen in. We would highly recommend that those people get in contact with us as soon as possible so we could investigate this further, he said. Wow, you must be a real hoot to work for. I called my mom. She regretfully denounced them as cruel rumors at the time. And the body's not there now. 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. "48 Hours" looks back to their arrests and how the saga began. Chris Lambert: They're hopeful, but they've also been let down so many times before. Eventually they moved in together along with a male roommate in a two-bedroom apartment in nearby Lawndale. 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. Chris Lambert: And that's when they're told that earring has been misplaced. They were soon joined by another partygoer, Paul Flores. But Paul Flores remained behind bars help without bail. Lindsey Smart Stewart: Right. Devastating. Chris Lambert: He actually hit his eye on his steering wheel in the middle of the night while changing his stereo. Jonathan Vigliotti: Is there any doubt in your mind that Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart? The accusations didnt stop with classmates: Flores allegedly couldnt restrain himself around his own kin. He promised the Smarts that solving Kristin's case would be a priority. And I was, like, "uh OK, fine.". 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. Smart disappeared on her Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus two decades ago and now the search there is back on. JAMES MURPHY: Do you have any information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? 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. In August 2011, a Facebook page dedicated to the search for Smart published his exact address. And it all came back to me. Ken Blum is the editor. Investigators are currently digging under Rubin Flores home in another apparent attempt to find the missing teens body. And my roommate actually kicked down the door to make him stop. Deputies towed the car from Rubin Flores home. Jonathan Vigliotti: And that phone call never comes. 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? It is also what the Smarts have been waiting for for more than a quarter of a century. It would be three more years before the property was searched again. The Smart family. 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. Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits, she said, requesting anonymity. Authorities served another search warrant at Paul Flores home in April 2020. She was looking forward to hearing from Kristin that Sunday. She never saw accepting the rides as anything but wholesome. Please address the Policies, events and arguments, not the person. Chris Lambert: Everything else, he took the Fifth Amendment. Chris Lambert: So, if you believe Paul's story, he goes into his dorm room here. An important tip came in after a February 2020 search of Paul, Susan and Ruben's properties. They told her Kristin had not been seen all weekend and asked if Kristin was with them. Last month, deputies conducted a two-day search for Smarts remains at the home of Ruben Flores. 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