People are watching Ruben Flores and Susan Flores and Paul Flores. They believe they can prove Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart. I remember thinking: If my moms not home Im going to die right here.. And six months later, when Flores was deposed by James Murphy for the Smart's civil suit, he kept quiet. I remember being home watching the news about Kristin Smart and there goes Paul, she recalled. Two days after Kristin Smart vanished, Paul Flores went to the Arroyo Grande Police Department because of an outstanding DUI warrant. A very close-knit family. Lindsey Smart Stewart: I think they're, like, carrying boulders on their back. 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. "48 Hours" has learned these suspicions center around evidence found during that 2020 search of Paul Flores' home. Chris Lambert: A young couple moves into it with their kid. There's no question about it. The dogs were trained and certified to detect human remains. During one interrogation with campus police on May 28, 1996, Flores story changed about what happened after Anderson left. 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. So had Margarita Campos, who lived in the next room in Muir Hall. Chris Lambert was just 8 years old when Kristin Smart vanished on her way home from a college party in San Luis Obispo, California. Just weeks later, Kristin's frustrated parents contacted James Murphy, a local civil attorney. Margarita Campos: I was a little bit more introverted and inhibited and she was like, "no, we have to go out and we have to go like live life." She graduated from San Perlita as valedictorian to the class of 1953 to proceed her education at James R . Paul Flores - Cal Poly student and Food Science major, Paul Flores lived on campus in room #128 of Santa Lucia Hall Dormitory. PODCAST | EPISODE 1: At least once a day I asked myself what are you doing? It sounded like a digital watch alarm, but Lassiter couldn't find a watch anywhere outside. He threw [my cousin] to the ground and got on top of her and putting his hands down her top even after he got his wallet. That's when Denise Smart learned her daughter had not been seen all weekend, and all her belongings were still in her dorm room. The charming blue house with the picket fence on East Branch Street seemed perfect. SALINAS, Calif. (KRON) In the wake of Kristin Smarts disappearance from Cal Polys campus, detectives knew Paul Flores was lying through his teeth, according to prosecutors. A . There was no change in the soil consistent with that.. 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. That warrant allowed them to dig up the backyard, but deputies chose not to excavate. But was there evidence possibly placing Kristin Smart at his mother's home? Clockwise from left, Kristin, Denise, Stan, Matt and Lindsey. D.A. Get off her.. When Kristin Smart disappeared, Paul Flores's parents Susan and Ruben were separated and living apart. The next morning, Margarita waited to hear from Kristin. Chris Lambert's podcast,"Your Own Backyard," has become a big hit attracting millions of listeners eager to hear every detail surrounding this unsolved case of Kriistin Smart. I don't think she went back to her dorm at all. Related to: Ruben R Flores, Ermelinda M Thomas, Paul R Flores, Rachel H Flores, Ruben Flores. A woman nearby screamed at Flores to get off her and threatened to call the cops, she said. Other names that Ermelinda uses includes Ermelinda M Macarthur, Ermelinda M Flores, Ermelinda M Mac Arthur, Ermelinda Flores and Ermelinda M Thomas. 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. James Murphy and Garin Sinclair look at the billboard that has been in their front yard for more than two decades. As they soon learned, she had ended up at a party at an off-campus house. It might be helpful to the investigation.. 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. The day after my sister disappeared, Paul Flores had a black eye and scratches on him. By the time they inspected Flores's room, Kristin had been gone for 16 days. The backyard was all concrete except for a couple of areas where planter boxes had been created by cutting out the concrete and filling them with soil. 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. Hes on top of me. Denise had told Lambert that her daughter had been working as a lifeguard at the university's rec center, and every morning Kristin's watch alarm went off to make sure she was at the pool by 5 a.m. Over the years, law enforcement and the Smarts' lawyers have searched Susan Flores's backyard several times, but nothing has ever been found. James Murphy: There's no way to get evidence back once you've lost it. Flores and Smart had spoken at the party. 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. And there are more horrifying allegations about what may have happened to Kristin after she was last seen with Paul Flores. She spotted an ad for a rental that a woman named Susan Flores had put in the local newspaper. My heart dropped, she said. In 2011, the Smarts hoped those boulders would become a little lighter when Ian Parkinson became the new sheriff of San Luis Obispo County. She was looking forward to hearing from Kristin that Sunday. But a massive search did not happen until she'd been gone for more than a month. Ermelinda Flores, 81. Chris Lambert: As they describe it, Paul Flores just sort of appears out of nowhere. That would be Susan Flores, the owner of the home where Flores is suspected to have buried Smart. I dont like to talk about it to even him, she said. 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. In the interrogation video played for the jury, detectives can be heard asking Flores, If anybody lies as much as you have, about something as serious as this is, what does that tell you?. And for a few moments Jane came to and saw Flores having his way with her. Its a fib. I was like It wasnt. How could she have gone out of town? They are aware that they had no eye witnesses, a body was not recovered, there is no physical evidence, and no forensic evidence, Sanger said. Regresar a la bsqueda. Flores father is now charged with helping cover up the homicide by burying Smarts body in his Arroyo Grande homes backyard. Greg Fisher and Michelle Fanucci are the development producers. but I knew that I could try to do a small part. Her younger sister Lindsey says their mother urged Kristin to go there. He called his father at 9:47 a.m. on Sunday, May 26, 1996. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Investigators could have excavated the yard, but their decision not to was a crushing blow for the Smart family. But the Flores's have fought back, suing the Smarts for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Wiggot: pfo5vr0 total 1100 m2 800 m2 de area prod. 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. Kristin's parents have spent more than two decades hoping for any clue that would lead them to their beloved daughter. We were standing by the washer and dryer and we were arguing and he shouted, No! and slapped my arm, Laura said. Chris Lambert: I didn't know the scale. These new allegations against Paul Flores are very troubling and deserve to be thoroughly investigated. They also did not focus on Paul Flores immediately, waiting six days to formally interview him. Then, in 2011, Ian Parkinson was elected sheriff. It has been called Dr. Seuss Day because of this. You can go." Since Parkinson came on the scene, investigators have dug up hillsides; searched the homes and properties of all the Flores'; collected evidence; seized Paul Flores' computers; monitored his cell phone and text messages, and found new witnesses -- some with the help of Chris Lambert. What happened in the privacy of his room that night? Peuvrelle asked the jury. Its not a lie. This is about the facts. 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.. Why? Personal details about Paul include: political affiliation is unknown; ethnicity is Hispanic American; and religious views are listed as Christian. Bodega en Renta de $65.000 , 3 baos, 1100 m2 en Arroyo de Las Flores, Jalisco ID 26114512. I knocked on her door, and I thought she was just sleeping, or she went out and about, you know? Even worse they never sealed his dorm room. First published on November 27, 2020 / 8:14 AM. JAMES MURPHY: Your husband have information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? She was saved by their male roommate, who barged in because of Lauras blood-curdling screams. It was just the three of them standing in the kitchen before Jane was handed a plastic cup. Thats when everyone got involved, she said. I was like Oh my God. 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. James Murphy: Having a black eye doesn't make you guilty of anything but if the person you were with disappeared from the planet that's physical evidence. Back in May 1996, Kristin Smart was finishing her freshman year at California Polytechnic State University better known as Cal Poly. DAN DOW [press conference]: The allegation against Ruben is that he helped to conceal Kristen's body after the murder was committed. 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. By the time they called the Cal Poly campus police, Kristin had been missing for more than 48 hours. Deputies seized a mattress cover from the bed with a blood stain. Produced by Lisa Freed. Dave Minsky,. Chris Lambert: They just have never given up and are never going to give up on their daughter. She made a decision that shes regretted ever since. He was staring at my face looking at me and he was enjoying himself.. To declare to the public if you stay quiet, you will get away with this. It's just a motivator for me. All of Kristin's personal belongings including her purse, her money, her I.D. Five months after Kristin Smart disappeared, Paul Flores was brought before a grand jury but no charges were ever filed. Just five months before Kristin disappeared, San Luis Obispo Police received a call from a student living off campus. The Arroyo Grande home of Ruben Flores is being searched today for the remains of Kristin Smart. How a tragic boating crash is connected to the family of Alex Murdaugh, Husband of woman murdered with an ax convicted 40 years after her death, Five deaths with a connection to Alex Murdaugh's family investigated, Florida man tries to use COVID-19 as a cover for murder. Lawyers representing Paul Flores, a man found guilty last year of murdering Kristin Smart in San Luis Obispo in 1996, filed motions last week to dismiss the jury verdict and for a new trial. Chris Lambert: Kristin's father would come down and hike every trail he could find on the Central Coast. Just days after she disappeared, an incident report seemed to imply that Kristin's behavior contributed to her disappearance. At the time Kristin Smart disappeared, investigators did not immediately search the home. But as Chris Lambert learned, Flores's pattern of behavior with women didn't stop. Whatever happened in those early hours, one thing is indisputable: Kristin Smart has never been seen again. A student named Paul Flores, Susan's son, volunteered to take her back. She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. In 1997 when Paul Flores was deposed for the civil suit, the only thing he would confirm on tape was his name. There was no reaction until the dog reached Paul Flores's room. But Lindsey says her sister was happiest when she was traveling. Two days after her daughter went missing, Denise Smart got a call from Cal Poly's campus police. Kristin Smart has been missing since 1996 and the San Luis County Obispo District Attorney allege she was killed during a rape. Once Jane was admitted her story seemed to fall on deaf ears. Also known as Melinda E Flores. They didn't look at the Flores family's vehicles. Murphy and Sinclair promised the Smarts the billboard will stay until their daughter is found. 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. 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. Paul Flores lives in San Pedro, CA; previous city include Arroyo Grande CA. 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. James Murphy: they let the dog in, the dog makes a beeline to the bed of Paul Flores. Chris Lambert: There was a man climbing her trellis and trying to get inside her balcony, very intoxicated and refusing to leave. And here's your key." It is also what the Smarts have been waiting for for more than a quarter of a century. Chris Lambert's podcast caught the attention of millions of listeners and sparked new interest in the decades-old unsolved case of Kristin Smart. I've got her. 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. And these girls are inviting us out. But Paul Flores remained behind bars help without bail. Includes Address (7) Phone (7) Email (2) See Results. Denise Pearce: The phone call never comes. In the crowd, taking it all in, was that podcaster, Chris Lambert. Just very involved with their children. Like so many freshmen, Kristin struggled. Chris Lambert: It's mostly frat guys from the Kappa Chi fraternity. Janes mother frantically phoned her father. The Kristin Smart disappearance: After 26 years, Paul Flores is convicted of murder. I wasnt freaked out.. Prosecutors Think Paul Flores Tried to Rape Kristin Smart in Dorm Room Before Killing Her On April 13, Paul's father, Ruben Flores, 80, was also arrested and charged with being an accessory. But Mary Lassiter says the earring matched the necklace Kristin is seen wearing on the billboard. A now-retired FBI agent believes those remains were once buried at the home of Floress mother. First, he told detectives that Smart was having difficulty walking on her own. Murphy alleges four nights later, strange activity was seen at Ruben's house. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Meanwhile, three other women told The Daily Beast that Flores sexually assaulted them after Janes assault and Smarts disappearance. Paul Flores spotted July 29,2017, in Food4Less grocery store located in Arroyo Grande, CA. 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. The interrogation was recorded just days after Smarts college friends alerted police that she was missing. An important tip came in after a February 2020 search of Paul, Susan and Ruben's properties. Jonathan Vigliotti: You look at Kristin Smart every day. AKA: Susan Flores, Sue P Flores. When they showed up, it was Paul Flores. Margarita Campos: I mean, she was gone. D.A. 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. Kristin Denise Smart (born February 20, 1977, legally presumed dead May 25, 2002) was an American woman who is presumed to have been abducted, raped, and killed at the end of her freshman year of college on the campus of California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo. Kristin did not have a purse, money, her I.D. Chris Lambert spoke with some women who knew Flores back then. 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. They're known for being a really safe school.". 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. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Lindsey Smart Stewart: It just amazes me the amount of evidence that's available, yet nothing has happened. Authorities made clear that they plan to use Flores' alleged predatory behavior against him. 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. James Murphy: He lied to the police about everything. 1996 was before the #MeToo movement, Peuvrelle told the jury. Later, he told detectives that Smart was walking just fine and returned to her dorm while he returned to his dorm. In a civil lawsuit, the Smarts' attorney claims that Kristin's remains were buried at one time on Paul Flores' father's property. Like what may have been discovered in March 2021 when investigators searched Ruben Flores' house using cadaver dogs and ground penetrating radar. His parents have always denied knowing anything about Kristin's disappearance and insist their son was not involved. Susan P Flores Age 71. 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. Paul Flores escorted Smart back to her dorm after an off-campus party. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. One female cousin called Flores a pervert. Margarita Campos: Kristin was like, "come on, let's go, let's go." That witness initially came forward to Chris Lambert, who passed the information to the sheriff's office and Murphy. This 9-room home sits on 40,000 square feet of land, which was purchased by the Flores family in 1990. Through the years, the Smarts have kept pressure on the Flores family. 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. Kristin's mother, Denise Smart, spent Memorial Day weekend at a swim meet with her two younger kids. Detectives asked Flores about a visible black eye on his face. But to fully understand Chris Lambert's contribution, you have to go back to the beginning. It wasn't until Kristin's roommate returned to their dorm room, that Margarita realized Kristin never came home. Jonathan Vigliotti: And that phone call never comes. It's, like, she has nothing on her. 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. Let's go." Lindsey Smart Stewart: She had traveled the world before she even made it to college. They were after Paul Flores for an outstanding DUI warrant. 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. It had been the focus of widespread speculation for more than two decades especially her planter boxes. Back then, Jane remembered Flores pulling up to her on multiple occasions behind the wheel of a green pickup truck. Like the rest of the family, Kristin was an athlete. Im fine. JAMES MURPHY: What is your present residence address? I have this PTSD fear of someone kicking the door in.. Thats how we metI was walking and he pulled over and said to me Hey, Ill take you to school, she remembered Flores asking her. Lived In Dublin CA, King Of Prussia PA, Norristown PA. Related To Cooper Flores. One late night at a Hermosa Beach bar Flores courted a 21-year-old student whom well call Laura. But further investigation of the Flores's two trucks seemed impossible. More than two decades after Kristin Smart vanished, Sheriff Ian Parkinson says that Paul Flores, left, remains the only suspect in her disappearance. James Murphy: The question for decades was "Well, where did the body go?". As of this date, Paul is single. And then months and months later, they'd reach back out and say, can you get us in touch with this person again? The earring was turned over to the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office, but investigators will never know if it belonged to Kristin, because it was misplaced. Some of those women who did not want their real names used told Lambert about their encounters with him. Susan's house was finally searched in March 1997 nine months after Kristin disappeared but nothing was found. After they broke up, Laura did a little sleuthing and discovered her ex-boyfriend was accused in Smarts vanishing. He believes that meant "the batteries went dead and that the object that was beeping hadn't been there very long.". 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. Chris Lambert: And that's when they're told that earring has been misplaced. Sanger said the backyard grave was not at grave at all, and no human blood, hair, or bones were found in it. A popular true-crime podcast, Your Own Backyard, revived public interest in Smarts disappearance. Chris Lambert: That's the upsetting part about it, isn't it? At the time, they did not know about a missing college student. Jonathan Vigliotti: They thought she was off possibly having fun. I called my mom. View Details. FBI via AP, File. Four months after that futile search, Paul Flores was brought before a grand jury. Flores replies that he was just fibbing. I dont know of any lying Ive done. He would be stalking me.. Jonathan Vigliotti: She had just 40 yards to go and yet she vanished. / CBS News, (This story previously aired on May 8, 2021. I would hear many of my friends tell me Oh he grabbed my butt but I never believed them, Laura said. James Murphy: Well, the location where all this activity occurred is where they found the biological material. He says they are Ruben's ex-wife Susan and her boyfriend. Ruben Flores defense attorney is slated to deliver his opening statements when the two trials resume on Thursday in a Monterey County courtroom. More than two decades later, Chris Lambert, a podcaster who was investigating Kristin's disappearance, tracked down and interviewed Mary Lassiter. He promised the Smarts that solving Kristin's case would be a priority. A hundred percent that was happening. If you come near her again I will kill you!, His buddy pushed Paul real hard and he fell through a desk before he ran for his life.. He returned later that Friday night and they drove to his friends home which Jane described as sparely furnished. She was too kind-hearted. They might have found evidence in those vehicles. At least one, since The Daily Beast began reporting, said she has been interviewed by the San Luis Obispo Sheriffs Office. During opening statements of Flores murder trial this week, prosecutors played a video of Flores stumbling over questions from Cal Poly campus police detectives inside an interrogation room. Jonathan Vigliotti: Was this case, given the evidence that was lost early on, doomed from the very beginning? I was like, Who the hell do you think you are?. Garland testifies before Senate panel amid ongoing special counsel probes, Colon cancer rates rising in younger age group, study finds, Firefighter dies battling blaze in downtown Buffalo, mayor says, Prosecution wraps its case at Alex Murdaugh murder trial, Top McCarthy aide, House Oversight chair each met with Ashli Babbitt's mother, What to know about Shigella bacteria as drug-resistant strain spreads, Ex-Georgia star Jalen Carter was racing in deadly crash, arrest warrants allege, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students, Bipartisan Senate group unveils rail safety bill in response to Ohio derailment. Chris Lambert: It's hard to take too much credit But I was one piece of the puzzle that helped to make this all come together when it did. In October 2022, Paul Flores, the man long suspected in her disappearance, was found guilty of murder. Chris Lambert: He actually hit his eye on his steering wheel in the middle of the night while changing his stereo. Susan Flores and her boyfriend were never charged in the case. Chris Lambert: At that point I don't think they had ever dealt with a missing person, a possibly murdered person. Chris Lambert: I remember seeing it on the news it was something scary and they were talking about it pretty regularly. "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. In the fall of 1996, a young mother named Mary Lassiter was looking for a house to rent in Arroyo Grande, California. But Margarita says, the police did not seem concerned. Paul Flores did not have a car on campus, so Murphy surmises he had to have had help. Instead, Flores and his family were sued in 2002 by the Smarts in civil court for intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon the parents of Kristin Smart by taking the body of Kristin Smart and secreting and/or destroying the body in a hidden place in the County of San Luis Obispo. The Flores family countersued for emotional distress. Both suits were shelved by a judge until Smarts remains are found. Ermelinda Macarthur currently lives in Kenmore, WA; in the past Ermelinda has also lived in Long Beach CA, Arroyo Grande CA and Bothell WA.
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