And so, she pulled me into this sort of like, "oh come on, let's socialize. Please come with me." Her younger sister Lindsey says their mother urged Kristin to go there. D.A. I was like It wasnt. Two days after Kristin Smart vanished, Paul Flores went to the Arroyo Grande Police Department because of an outstanding DUI warrant. 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. Ruben Flores, 80, has been booked on an accessory charge and is being held on $250,000 bail. Paul Flores did not have a car on campus, so Murphy surmises he had to have had help. Paul Flores spotted July 29,2017, in Food4Less grocery store located in Arroyo Grande, CA. Chris Lambert: Kristin's father would come down and hike every trail he could find on the Central Coast. Flores roommate was out of town that weekend, and Paul knew he had three full days in that room (alone), Peuvrelle told the jury. Paul Flores, then also a 19-year-old freshman, had . For more than two decades, her family, friends, and supporters searched for answers and for justice. He would be stalking me.. It was turned over to a detective with the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office, but Garin Sinclair says, the Smarts never knew it existed until the Lassiters were deposed in January 1997. Our roommate came in and yelled Leave her alone. My heart dropped, she said. Denise Pearce: She was becoming more and more alarmed, you know? I remember being home watching the news about Kristin Smart and there goes Paul, she recalled. She was saved by their male roommate, who barged in because of Lauras blood-curdling screams. Includes Address (7) Phone (7) Email (2) See Results. And according to that probation report, "dozens of women have recounted Paul Flores' sexual assaults and predatory behavior that document his 25 years as a serial rapist." He claimed he didnt even know her name, Peuvrelle said. In the crowd, taking it all in, was that podcaster, Chris Lambert. And yes, we did find physical evidence at, at least two homes. Ian Parkinson: Yes. PODCAST EPISODE 2 | WOMAN #2: You wouldn't want to be alone in a room with him. What happens next? Chris Lambert: And he says he got a black eye playing basketball with his friends. D.A. and offers to help. Janes mother frantically phoned her father. . Clockwise from left, Kristin, Denise, Stan, Matt and Lindsey. He later argued that the biological evidence found under the deck was not conclusively human blood. I was throwing up and they were saying Oh this bitch! and This bitch better not throw up on me.. AKA: Susan Flores, Sue P Flores. Paul had this look on his face, the relative said. The duplex was located up the same street from where her mom resided. Margarita Campos: She was absolutely sober when I left her. First published on November 27, 2020 / 8:14 AM. She left them only after he promised to take Kristin back to her dorm. I wasnt freaked out.. 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. D.A. Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits, she said, requesting anonymity. BOE-A-2023-5092 Orden JUS/181/2023, de 21 de febrero, por la que se aprueba la relacin provisional de personas admitidas y excluidas en el proceso selectivo para acceso libre, al Cuerpo de Gestin Procesal y Administrativa de la Administracin de Justicia, convocado por Orden JUS/1254/2022, de 7 de diciembre. Flores admitted he promised another student, CherylAnderson, that he would make sure Smart made it back to her dorm room in Muir Hall safely from the party. He hired a detective to work full time on the case, and over the past nine years deputies have carried out searches, conducted new interviews, and gathered additional evidence. Chris Lambert: I think that might have been the biggest misstep that investigators have made to this day. PODCAST EPISODE 2 [LAMBERT READING REPORT] Smart does not have any close friends at Cal Poly. He called his father at 9:47 a.m. on Sunday, May 26, 1996. And very chilling. Margarita Campos: But when we got to the house it was pretty dead too, it was really -- it was like a couple of roommates hanging out playing video games And Kristin was, like oh gosh, there has to be something better than this. 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. The Kristin Smart disappearance: After 26 years, Paul Flores is convicted of murder. Last month, authorities searched Ruben Flores' home in Arroyo Grande. This 9-room home sits on 40,000 square feet of land, which was purchased by the Flores family in 1990. 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. Margarita Campos: I mean, she was gone. It's, like, she has nothing on her. [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. Margarita soon decided she'd had enough. Chris Lambert: So, if you believe Paul's story, he goes into his dorm room here. Eventually they moved in together along with a male roommate in a two-bedroom apartment in nearby Lawndale. I was like Oh my God. Just days after taking over the investigation, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office brought several dogs trained to detect human remains, to the Cal Poly dorms. 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. Ann-Marie Christian: became friends with Kristin in elementary school. 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. Flores defense attorney, Robert Sanger, told the jury, This obviously is a tragic situation in one sense or another. Murphy and his wife, Garin Sinclair, agreed to take the case pro bono promising to go after Paul Flores and put pressure on the sheriff's office. 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. The Smart's attorney James Murphy, and his wife and office manager Garin Sinclair, have had Kristin's billboard in their front yard since late 1997. Because of the statute of limitations, Dow says, Paul Flores can't be charged with rape. He'd go anywhere. Chris Lambert: I didn't know the scale. I don't think she went back to her dorm at all. The dogs handler said one dog went screaming down the hallway, made a U-turn, and stopped right in front of (Flores) dorm room, the prosecutor said. 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. That's when Denise Smart learned her daughter had not been seen all weekend, and all her belongings were still in her dorm room. James Murphy: Somebody found an earring that they say was Kristin Smart's jewelry in the driveway. Just two years. Investigators could have excavated the yard, but their decision not to was a crushing blow for the Smart family. Meanwhile, the FBI, who recently excavated earth at Cal Poly to look for Smarts remains, referred comment to the sheriffs office. E Branch St, Arroyo Grande, CA Plus Addresses In Torrance, CA | San Pedro, CA Relatives Paul Ruben Flores Ermelinda Marie Flores Susan P Flores Paul F Gil View details Phone Numbers (805) nay - peek (805) nay - peek + 1 more View Details AGE 40s Ruben D Flores Santa Barbara, CA (Mesa) Aliases Ruben Flores-Diazchavez Ruben D Flores Espinoza And they told Lambert they weren't surprised when they heard about Flores's connection to Kristin's disappearance. But cadaver dogs told a different story. They were meant for Susan Flores asking her to cooperate with police and have her son come forward. They're known for being a really safe school.". Facts will show law enforcement was aware that they did not have a case. 1996 was before the #MeToo movement, Peuvrelle told the jury. They believe they can prove Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart. 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. Then, in 2011, Ian Parkinson was elected sheriff. 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. There was no change in the soil consistent with that.. Ermelinda Flores, 81. Chris Lambert: They didn't bring cadaver dogs with them. JAMES MURPHY: Would you state your full name for the record please. Chris Lambert: And that's when they're told that earring has been misplaced. James Murphy: He lied to the police about everything. Ann-Marie Christian: She was who she was because of her parents, for sure. Flores replies that he was just fibbing. I dont know of any lying Ive done. Chris Lambert: I personally think that wherever Kristin went, Paul was there with her. They might have found evidence in those vehicles. It's fine. James Murphy: So why would Susan Flores, her boyfriend, and Ruben Flores be up all night long working under that deck. Lindsey Smart Stewart: She had traveled the world before she even made it to college. View the profiles of people named Ermelinda Thomas. He believes that meant "the batteries went dead and that the object that was beeping hadn't been there very long.". 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. Little is known since the proceedings are kept secret, but no charges were ever filed. You wouldn't let any of your friends be drunk around him. Jonathan Vigliotti: You look at Kristin Smart every day. After they broke up, Laura did a little sleuthing and discovered her ex-boyfriend was accused in Smarts vanishing. 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. D.A. James Murphy: I'm not at liberty to describe how it was documented. 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. Prosecutors said Smart began falling down shortly after she was seen at the Tiki bar with Flores. Once Jane was admitted her story seemed to fall on deaf ears. JAMES MURPHY: What is your present residence address? The two girls walked to an area off campus where there were fraternities, sororities and residential housing for students. Chris Lambert: So much was lost in those first few days where if that very first phone call was taken seriously answers might have been uncovered the first week. And six months later, when Flores was deposed by James Murphy for the Smart's civil suit, he kept quiet. Nineteen-year-old Kristin Smart disappeared Memorial Day weekend of 1996. And my roommate actually kicked down the door to make him stop. We just, "do you know anything about it". They were after Paul Flores for an outstanding DUI warrant. Lambert also interviewed a woman who dated Flores until, she says, he became physically and verbally abusive. Chris Lambert: It was never marked as evidence apparently. Ruben lived here with his wife, Susan, and their children, Ermelinda and Paul. Regresar a la bsqueda. Bodega en Renta de $65.000 , 3 baos, 1100 m2 en Arroyo de Las Flores, Jalisco ID 26114512. JAMES MURPHY: Has your son ever told you that he did not kill Kristin Smart? The Arroyo Grande cops, Jane said, favored Floress story that she willingly drank and had sex that night. I'm going to go back to the dorms. 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, is also on trial because investigators charged him with hiding Smarts body. I called my mom. She regretfully denounced them as cruel rumors at the time. First, he told detectives that Smart was having difficulty walking on her own. but I knew that I could try to do a small part. He says they are Ruben's ex-wife Susan and her boyfriend. Alicia Tejada is the field producer and Addison Briley is the associate producer. In October 1996, Mary and her family moved in. Denise Pearce: The investigation was completely botched by the campus police. But Paul Flores was never charged with any of these incidents. I never realized its the same guy that harassed [Sarah], he said. More than two decades later, Chris Lambert, a podcaster who was investigating Kristin's disappearance, tracked down and interviewed Mary Lassiter. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. I've got her. A popular true-crime podcast, Your Own Backyard, revived public interest in Smarts disappearance. She was pushing herself out of her comfort zone. Remember, Flores's room had been emptied and thoroughly cleaned. It sounded like a digital watch alarm, but Lassiter couldn't find a watch anywhere outside. When The Daily Beast tracked Flores down outside his home last month, he didnt mount much of a defense. 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. Get off her.. And then months and months later, they'd reach back out and say, can you get us in touch with this person again? / CBS News, (This story previously aired on May 8, 2021. "48 Hours" agreed. During one interrogation with campus police on May 28, 1996, Flores story changed about what happened after Anderson left. 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? He says "no.". That warrant allowed them to dig up the backyard, but deputies chose not to excavate. I didn't know how many people were gonna listen. By herself, which is pretty amazing. 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. Nearly a week after their arrests, father and son both pleaded not guilty in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. His father Ruben Flores charged with being an accessory after the factwas found not guilty. Kristin's mother, Denise Smart, spent Memorial Day weekend at a swim meet with her two younger kids. I told him, You never do this again! 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. She told Lambert that after several months, the beeping stopped. A now-retired FBI agent believes those remains were once buried at the home of Floress mother. 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. As of this date, Paul is single. First published on November 28, 2020 / 11:10 PM. Chris Lambert: That's the upsetting part about it, isn't it? Kristin Smart went missing from Cal Poly in 1996. D.A. Back then, Jane remembered Flores pulling up to her on multiple occasions behind the wheel of a green pickup truck. Flores charged with any of these incidents there goes Paul, she pulled me into this sort like. 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