They were after Paul Flores for an outstanding DUI warrant. Chris Lambert: As they describe it, Paul Flores just sort of appears out of nowhere. and offers to help. Meanwhile, the FBI, who recently excavated earth at Cal Poly to look for Smarts remains, referred comment to the sheriffs office. Paul Flores escorted Smart back to her dorm after an off-campus party. In October 1996, Mary and her family moved in. He lived in the dorm building across from Smart's room. Once Jane was admitted her story seemed to fall on deaf ears. 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. Later, he told detectives that Smart was walking just fine and returned to her dorm while he returned to his dorm. We both were kids at the same school and so I felt comfortable. Chris Lambert: The only thing he would confirm on tape is that his name is Paul Flores. Just two years. He had pinned her down and had his hand down her bathing suit groping her.. He believes that meant "the batteries went dead and that the object that was beeping hadn't been there very long.". Kristin Smart went missing from Cal Poly in 1996. Our roommate came in and yelled Leave her alone. Denise Pearce: The phone call never comes. or even her keys. Flores roommate was out of town that weekend, and Paul knew he had three full days in that room (alone), Peuvrelle told the jury. More than two decades later, Chris Lambert, a podcaster who was investigating Kristin's disappearance, tracked down and interviewed Mary Lassiter. They didn't bring a forensics team. 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. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. She loved swimming and skiing. Four months after that futile search, Paul Flores was brought before a grand jury. Jonathan Vigliotti: And that phone call never comes. Her parents, Denise and Stan were both educators who encouraged their kids' passions. It is every parent's worst nightmare. She spotted an ad for a rental that a woman named Susan Flores had put in the local newspaper. That's when the campus police finally handed the investigation over to The San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office but they did not find Kristin. She didn't think that was OK. In 2002, after getting kicked out of Cal Poly, rejected by the Navy, and flipping burgers, Flores matriculated at LA Harbor Community College. D.A. Sheriff Ian Parkinson was able to confirm that forensic physical evidence that authorities believe is linked to Kristin was located at, at least two homes. I got in his face, the ex-boyfriend, who requested anonymity, told The Daily Beast. [emotional] I will go outside at nighttime and I'll look up at the full moon and I'll think that that kid's buried somewhere real close. JAMES MURPHY: Do you have any information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? Even though he'd never investigated anything before, Lambert quit his job to create a podcast about the case. I was crying.. I dont like to talk about it to even him, she said. And he leaves her to walk up this walkway. She was the last person other than Paul Flores to see Kristin alive. At a Halloween party back in 1995before Smart had gone missingFlores allegedly grabbed Sarahs crotch on the dance floor. So, when they were invited to a party that Friday night, Kristin was excited to go. . Personal details about Paul include: political affiliation is unknown; ethnicity is Hispanic American; and religious views are listed as Christian. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti takes viewers inside the popular podcast and haunting case in "The Disappearance of Kristin Smart.". Despite identifying a prime suspect for her murder, law enforcement did not arrest Flores until 2021. It's, like, she has nothing on her. James Murphy: The podcast is out. But 22 years later, when he couldn't find any recent stories about the case, he decided to do something. I had zero interest in her, according to prosecutors. And my roommate actually kicked down the door to make him stop. Related to: Ruben R Flores, Ermelinda M Thomas, Paul R Flores, Rachel H Flores, Ruben Flores. At the time, they did not know about a missing college student. These new allegations against Paul Flores are very troubling and deserve to be thoroughly investigated. And it was only 250 miles from Stockton, California, where she grew up with Lindsey and their brother Matt. 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.. But further investigation of the Flores's two trucks seemed impossible. Jonathan Vigliotti: What toll over time did this have on your parents? Because of the statute of limitations, Dow says, Paul Flores can't be charged with rape. Chris Lambert spoke with some women who knew Flores back then. That's when Denise Smart learned her daughter had not been seen all weekend, and all her belongings were still in her dorm room. 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. Paul Flores may have wanted a fresh start in Southern California, but Chris Lambert says, he could not seem to break old habits. Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. 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. Like his black eye, seen faintly in a mug shot taken by the Arroyo Grande Police just by chance two days after Kristin vanished. Jonathan Vigliotti: You look at Kristin Smart every day. We just, "do you know anything about it". D.A. 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. 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. 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. 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. The Kristin Smart Scholarship has been established by her family to help other college bound women pursue their dreams. He'd go anywhere. This is about the facts. Even worse they never sealed his dorm room. After seizing an old car, digging in the back yard and taking evidence San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies concluded a two search of an Arroyo Grande home related to the 1996. According to the defense, a forensics expert said if it was a grave, you would find hairs, bones, and a big change in the soil composition. They took in soil, I assume, for some kind of analysis. AKA: Susan Flores, Sue P Flores. The interrogation was recorded just days after Smarts college friends alerted police that she was missing. James Murphy: That suggests that something bad happened in Paul Flores's dorm room. So maybe he had a crush on me. According to multiple party-goers, Smart was incapacitated unable to walk or stand on her own because of something she drank at the party, DeputyDistrict AttorneyChristopherPeuvrelle told the jury. She never saw accepting the rides as anything but wholesome. 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. No-no-no. They had become close friends despite their differences. And here's your key." The National Read Across America Day takes place every year on March 2, Geisels birthday. Ermelinda Flores' property in Washington state has been searched by investigators in February 2020. He claimed he didnt even know her name, Peuvrelle said. He returned later that Friday night and they drove to his friends home which Jane described as sparely furnished. The detective noticed was Paul was nervous and his heart was beating out of his chest. JAMES MURPHY: What is the name of your father? Margarita soon decided she'd had enough. 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 was the last person seen with her. How could she have gone out of town? If you use a windshield cover, you can at least forget about scrapping the ice off your windshield to save some time and hassle. Over the years, while Stan Smart hiked every trail around California's Central Coast in hopes of finding Kristin's remains, Denise relentlessly pushed law enforcement to do more. But Murphy says there were other incidents that should have raised alarm bells about him with law enforcement from the very beginning. A student named Paul Flores, Susan's son, volunteered to take her back. In October 2022, Paul Flores, the man long suspected in her disappearance, was found guilty of murder. He's going to find her body, which is awful for a parent. Chris Lambert: I brought them a number of witnesses that they were very interested in. James Murphy: Somebody found an earring that they say was Kristin Smart's jewelry in the driveway. 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. But Parkinson acknowledges it hasn't been easy. Paul Flores lives in San Pedro, CA; previous city include Arroyo Grande CA. Please come with me." Margarita Campos: I was expecting her to knock on my door and be, like, "Oh, Margarita, you missed a rager. Lindsey Smart Stewart: She definitely, like, took advantage of life, seized the day she was super ambitious and was determined you know, to find the next adventure. 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. So before leaving, Margarita handed over her keys to get back into Muir Hall. Lindsey Smart Stewart: I think they're, like, carrying boulders on their back. Just days after she disappeared, an incident report seemed to imply that Kristin's behavior contributed to her disappearance. Jonathan Vigliotti: There was a lot of evidence that could have been gathered, that wasn't. San Luis Obispo County. The charming blue house with the picket fence on East Branch Street seemed perfect. When Kristin Smart disappeared, Paul Flores's parents Susan and Ruben were separated and living apart. During one interrogation with campus police on May 28, 1996, Flores story changed about what happened after Anderson left. Kristin Smart Murder Trial: Who's who The judge only allowed 1 media pool camera inside the courtroom. But he entreated each woman who came forward to tell their story to The Daily Beast to reach out to his department. Chris Lambert: They did a significant amount of digging underneath the house. Margarita Campos: I was, like, "Kristin, I'm going to go back home. Chris Lambert: Kristin became incredibly intoxicated, whether she was drugged or whether she just had a lot to drink in a short amount of time She ends up passed out on the lawn next door. DAN DOW [press conference]: The allegation against Ruben is that he helped to conceal Kristen's body after the murder was committed. What's going on? JAMES MURPHY: In May of 96 were you a student at Cal Poly? People are watching Ruben Flores and Susan Flores and Paul Flores. I didn't know how many people were gonna listen. 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I was like Oh my God. 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. And the complaint has some explosive claims about what led investigators to focus under Ruben's deck in the first place. View the profiles of people named Ermelinda Thomas. But Paul Flores remained behind bars help without bail. Chris Lambert: They didn't bring cadaver dogs with them. Chris Lambert: They just have never given up and are never going to give up on their daughter. And I was, like, "uh OK, fine.". He promised the Smarts that solving Kristin's case would be a priority. Like so many freshmen, Kristin struggled. Sanger said the backyard grave was not at grave at all, and no human blood, hair, or bones were found in it. Have a good day, he said. My mom opened the door and she cries, Oh my God!. 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. To think that you're going to finally get some resolution, and then it doesn't happen the way it's supposed to. Another frustration for the Smarts: at the time Kristin disappeared, investigators weren't aware that Paul Flores's parents were separated and living apart. I don't know if Kristin knew anybody there. She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. Chris Lambert: So, if you believe Paul's story, he goes into his dorm room here. I would turn around and he would be right there lurking, the woman, referred to here by a pseudonym, said. James Murphy: I'm not at liberty to describe how it was documented. Get off her.. But it's Susan Flores's concrete backyard that initially received a lot of attention. I knocked on her door, and I thought she was just sleeping, or she went out and about, you know? By the time they inspected Flores's room, Kristin had been gone for 16 days. 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. They got to the parking lot of an apartment complex. Dave Minsky,. They might have found evidence in those vehicles. Most students had taken off but Kristin had stayed on campus. His parents have always denied knowing anything about Kristin's disappearance and insist their son was not involved. The woman, whom well 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. Back then, Jane remembered Flores pulling up to her on multiple occasions behind the wheel of a green pickup truck. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested Paul Flores, the primary suspect in the disappearance of Kristin Smart, and his father, Ruben Flores, at separate locations Tuesday morning. I did have guilt about that. She left them only after he promised to take Kristin back to her dorm. Through the years, the Smarts have kept pressure on the Flores family. We were standing by the washer and dryer and we were arguing and he shouted, No! and slapped my arm, Laura said. Empresa. Little is known since the proceedings are kept secret, but no charges were ever filed. Denise Pearce: Kristin hasn't come home And we're not sure where she is We don't know anything. They also did not focus on Paul Flores immediately, waiting six days to formally interview him. Im fine. To declare to the public if you stay quiet, you will get away with this. And the body's not there now. I don't think she went back to her dorm at all. Chris Lambert: He actually hit his eye on his steering wheel in the middle of the night while changing his stereo. Ruben Flores and his estranged wife Susan have always denied any role in Kristin Smart's disappearance. Once the dogs were let inside the room, they alerted to a corner of Flores bed mattress. Wednesday morning, KSBY crews witnessed sheriff's deputies and FBI investigators at the Arroyo Grande home of Susan Flores, the mother of the only person-of-interest in the case, Paul. Regresar a la bsqueda. Chris Lambert: I remember seeing it on the news it was something scary and they were talking about it pretty regularly. Chris Lambert: At that point I don't think they had ever dealt with a missing person, a possibly murdered person. In 1997 when Paul Flores was deposed for the civil suit, the only thing he would confirm on tape was his name. That mother, Mary Lassiter, described it to Chris Lambert. When they showed up, it was Paul Flores. They were giggling as they were dragging me, the now 39-year-old woman told The Daily Beast. The Arroyo Grande cops, Jane said, favored Floress story that she willingly drank and had sex that night. 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. Chris Lambert: Kristin's father would come down and hike every trail he could find on the Central Coast. But perhaps Mary Lassiter's most disturbing story was about being awakened very early in the morning by a beeping sound coming from the backyard. Clockwise from left, Kristin, Denise, Stan, Matt and Lindsey. She was too kind-hearted. A single woman's earring. And I was screaming. Ruben's attorney, Harold Mesick, dismissed the evidence against his client as "so minimal as to shock the conscience.". were in the room exactly where she had left them. Lindsey Smart Stewart: She had traveled the world before she even made it to college. 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. By the time Cal Poly police began investigating, Kristin had been gone for four days. And she's like, "please come with me. Ruben Flores was released on $50,000 bail to his ex-wife. They took off running, Jane said. One late night at a Hermosa Beach bar Flores courted a 21-year-old student whom well call Laura. I have this PTSD fear of someone kicking the door in.. JAMES MURPHY: Would you state your full name for the record please. 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." PODCAST | EPISODE 1: At least once a day I asked myself what are you doing? Its not a lie. Ruben lived here with his wife, Susan, and their children, Ermelinda and Paul. Margarita Campos: To this day, like, I was like, why why did I just let her go by herself? My heart dropped, she said. Chris Lambert was just 8 years old when Kristin Smart vanished on her way home from a college party in San Luis Obispo, California. Smarts body has never been found. In his mug shot, a black eye can faintly been seen. In the fall of 1996, a young mother named Mary Lassiter was looking for a house to rent in Arroyo Grande, California. She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. He says "no.". 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. Murphy has filed a new civil suit against Ruben Flores for the intentional infliction of emotional distress. She regretfully denounced them as cruel rumors at the time. ), 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.. Denise Pearce: To be almost there. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Her younger sister Lindsey says their mother urged Kristin to go there. 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. suddenly major pieces of evidence came forward. 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. Chris Lambert: They're hopeful, but they've also been let down so many times before. But cadaver dogs told a different story. Facebook gives people the. What happens next? A popular true-crime podcast, Your Own Backyard, revived public interest in Smarts disappearance. And these girls are inviting us out. 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. Jonathan Vigliotti found Flores outside his home in Southern California and asked him a number of questions about Kristin's disappearance. Often, Sarah would be at one party or another and there was Flores. And DNA evidence could not be found linking any other evidence to Kristin. And six months later, when Flores was deposed by James Murphy for the Smart's civil suit, he kept quiet. Paul would try to get Kristins attention and she was too nice to tell him off. And she was growing as an individual. 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. James Murphy: Every day. Balloons wrap around the Kristin Smart billboard in Arroyo Grande after the arrest of Paul and Ruben Flores in April 2021. With them is a group of FBI evidence response team members and a search warrant. The Smart family. Lassiter told Lambert the earring she found matched the necklace Kristin was wearing on one of the "Missing Cal Poly Student" billboards. And there were those nonstop tales of Flores being touchy-feely with her friends. Some even wondered if she might have been drugged. Some of those women who did not want their real names used told Lambert about their encounters with him. Paul Flores and his father both pleaded not guilty to all charges at their arraignment. "48 Hours" looks back to their arrests and how the saga began. 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 family attorney refused to comment when reached by The Daily Beast. All of Kristin's personal belongings including her purse, her money, her I.D. I believed him but he was probably cheating on me.. They were soon joined by another partygoer, Paul Flores. The day after my sister disappeared, Paul Flores had a black eye and scratches on him. San Luis Obispo County sheriff's officials gather under a coroner's tent in the backyard of Ruben Flores' house in the 700 block of White Court in Arroyo Grande on April 13. She was she was frantic I don't understand this, you know? Chris Lambert: I don't think she ever imagined that Kristin would end up dead by the end of the night. After the four students had walked about halfway back to the dorms, Paul Flores told Davis and Anderson, Dont worry I got her, Ill take her from here, according to prosecutors. Chris Lambert: That's the upsetting part about it, isn't it? PODCAST EPISODE 2 | WOMAN #2: You wouldn't want to be alone in a room with him. Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits, she said, requesting anonymity. And then months and months later, they'd reach back out and say, can you get us in touch with this person again? But Flores basketball friends told investigators that he already had the black eye when he showed up for the game. Ermelinda Flores, 81. This boy walked up to me and said Oh hey, you need to be careful of that Paul Flores, I think hes stalking you. According to a county probation bail report obtained by the San Luis Obispo Tribune, "biological evidence" was found under Ruben's deck. The Kristin Smart disappearance: After 26 years, Paul Flores is convicted of murder. 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