Murphy alleges four nights later, strange activity was seen at Ruben's house. PODCAST EPISODE 2: So, with Cheryl's account alone, we have an unsettling picture of Paul . The living room had a TV and one sofa and the floor was white, she said. Stop! and then it became Stop!!!!!. Constructive debate is good; mockery, taunting, and name calling is not. There was no reaction until the dog reached Paul Flores's room. A post shared by Your Own Backyard (@yourownbackyardpodcast) on Mar 27, 2019 at 8:45am PDT. 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. After they broke up, Laura did a little sleuthing and discovered her ex-boyfriend was accused in Smarts vanishing. Someone actually had to fund a newspaper sent to all SLO addresses to tell the truth. Margarita Campos: they were, like, "are you sure she didn't go out of town?" Jonathan Vigliotti: Is this a case that takes a miracle to solve? Nearly a week after their arrests, father and son both pleaded not guilty in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. Cal Poly student, Kristin Smart, went missing in 1996. 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.. By the time Cal Poly police began investigating, Kristin had been gone for four days. She regretfully denounced them as cruel rumors at the time. Because of the statute of limitations, Dow says, Paul Flores can't be charged with rape. I dont like to talk about it to even him, she said. The podcast, "Your Own Backyard,"has drawn millions of listeners and focused renewed attention on this decades old case. They didn't look at the Flores family's vehicles. They did an interview with the Cal Poly Mustang Daily and explained that they didn't think there was any evidence that a crime had taken place. Critics called. Chris Lambert: It's mostly frat guys from the Kappa Chi fraternity. Ruben Flores was released on $50,000 bail to his ex-wife. James Murphy: There has been no other suspect. Nothing in this portion of the documents states Thomas accepted the offer of immunity or provided any information to authorities. Its an ugly secret that made the Smart family unnecessarily agonize for nearly 25 years! were in the room exactly where she had left them. His father, Ruben, is charged as an accessory, accused of helping cover up the crime. The parents stopped renewing the tags in 2010 and parked the Volkswagen in Rubin Flores' garage. At one point, Flores said that he woke up with a black eye. Now several women say they were victims before and after her, too. Chris Lambert: As they describe it, Paul Flores just sort of appears out of nowhere. Paul Flores. Two days after Kristin Smart vanished, Paul Flores went to the Arroyo Grande Police Department because of an outstanding DUI warrant. 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. DAN DOW [press conference]: We don't have evidence sufficient to charge anyone else at this time. Then, in April 2021, Paul . PODCAST EPISODE 4: And he had like a butter knife and he like held it to my neck. What happens next? 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.. Any evidence that might have been there was long gone. She was saved by their male roommate, who barged in because of Lauras blood-curdling screams. JAMES MURPHY: Your husband have information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? In exchange, Flores would disclose where Smarts remains are located. Laci Peterson had also been a student at Cal Poly. Margarita Campos: I mean, she was gone. Through the years, the Smarts have kept pressure on the Flores family. The 19-year-old was last seen in the company of then-fellow student Paul Flores, who claims he escorted Smart to her dorm, which was relatively empty over the Memorial Day weekend. So now you've got three different stories about how he got that black eye. Jonathan Vigliotti: She had just 40 yards to go and yet she vanished. 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. Smart was last seen as three fellow students helped her home following a party. Unblurred are Paul Flores (top center) and Ermelinda Flores (top right). I don't know if Kristin knew anybody there. Lindsey Smart Stewart: Right. We just, "do you know anything about it". D.A. Chris Lambert: I brought them a number of witnesses that they were very interested in. But Mary Lassiter says the earring matched the necklace Kristin is seen wearing on the billboard. You wouldn't let any of your friends be drunk around him. D.A. every piece of evidence points directly at Paul Flores. Still she stuck around until Flores allegedly laid his hands on her aggressively again. Denise Pearce: The investigation was completely botched by the campus police. I forgot, theres more. They didn't bring a forensics team. The only thing that she remembered next was being dragged in the barely lit street by her alleged rapist on one arm and his pal on the other. Chris Lambert: They're hopeful, but they've also been let down so many times before. And the complaint has some explosive claims about what led investigators to focus under Ruben's deck in the first place. James Murphy: There's no way to get evidence back once you've lost it. 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. 0:41. Im good. The Charley Project goes on to say that Flores would regularly drink heavily and that he was not popular among the student body. In 2007, Flores had a DUI case dismissed in Los Angeles County Superior Court. James Murphy: I'd love to do anything to end their suffering. You never look at her again! But soon Flores took his shot with Jane after another drop-off at her moms house. Ian Parkinson: Yes. 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. He'd go through tunnels, under bridges, looking for his daughter and expecting best case scenario. To his credit, the Sheriff both credited Matthew Lamberts podcast series and admitted mistakes (2 weeks B4 any investigation, dorm room cleaned, ignoring roommates pleas the day after she disappeared, wont seek warrant for bank records because shes a 19 y.o. We were standing by the washer and dryer and we were arguing and he shouted, No! and slapped my arm, Laura said. After Smart's disappearance, the car was transferred into their parent's names. Smart has long been suspected to have been abducted and killed in May 1996, while she was a freshman at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. I remember being home watching the news about Kristin Smart and there goes Paul, she recalled. And there are more horrifying allegations about what may have happened to Kristin after she was last seen with Paul Flores. That could have been me.. Like the rest of the family, Kristin was an athlete. Other names that Ermelinda uses includes Ermelinda M Macarthur, Ermelinda M Flores, Ermelinda M Mac Arthur, Ermelinda Flores and Ermelinda M Thomas. 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. Why? The comments below represent the opinion of the writer and do not represent the views or policies of CalCoastNews.com. You ALWAYS ask your interns about it? I said, Stop it. He's going to find her body, which is awful for a parent. In October 2022, Paul Flores, the man long suspected in her disappearance, was found guilty of murder. She was looking forward to hearing from Kristin that Sunday. In April 2021, investigators finally put the pieces of the puzzle together and decided they had enough to charge the then-44-year-old Paul Flores with Kristin's murder, and his then-80-year-old father with being an accessory after the fact. And six months later, when Flores was deposed by James Murphy for the Smart's civil suit, he kept quiet. So maybe he had a crush on me. And might have connected Kristin to Susan Flores's house, says James Murphy. 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. 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. Murphy and Sinclair promised the Smarts the billboard will stay until their daughter is found. She was gone. Chris Lambert spoke with some women who knew Flores back then. Authorities allege that Flores instead took Smart to his own dorm room and killed. That turned out to be college. She was she was frantic I don't understand this, you know? And yes, we did find physical evidence at, at least two homes. A woman nearby screamed at Flores to get off her and threatened to call the cops, she said. Janes mother frantically phoned her father. When Kristin Smart disappeared, Paul Flores's parents Susan and Ruben were separated and living apart. Brief explanation of how they screwed it up? Flores claimed he walked Smart to her dorm at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo on May 25, 1996 after a night of binge drinking. The documents detail the competing arguments between prosecutors and attorneys for . He has a sister whose name is Ermelinda Thomas. Denise Smart said that she was told, Be ready. suddenly major pieces of evidence came forward. There is new hope for answers in the murder mystery of Stockton native Kristin Smart. And while they did not rush to investigate Flores, Kristin's family says campus police were very quick to judge her. The lawsuit claims they were moving Kristin's remains. Like the Smart's civil case, theirs also has been on hold. Deputies towed the car from Rubin Flores' home. They continued to bungle the case for a month, not properly interviewing Paul Flores or other witnesses and never searching his room. James Murphy: If it was, in fact, a piece of jewelry that matched Kristin's jewelry, it would have been blockbuster evidence. At the time, they did not know about a missing college student. Chris Lambert: It was never marked as evidence apparently. His father Ruben Flores charged with being an accessory after the factwas found not. And I was, like, "uh OK, fine.". Paul Flores was the last person to see Kristin Smart alive in 1996, police say. Jonathan Vigliotti: And that phone call never comes. He was seeing someone on the side who he called his friend, she said. They asked him not to use their names: PODCAST EPISODE 2 | WOMAN #1: Well his nickname was "Scary Paul.". 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. JAMES MURPHY: In May of 96 were you a student at Cal Poly? 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. After Smarts disappearance, the car was transferred into their parents names. I can show you a video of Paul admitting he knows what happened to Kristin Smart, his letter states. PODCAST | EPISODE 1: At least once a day I asked myself what are you doing? James Murphy and Garin Sinclair look at the billboard that has been in their front yard for more than two decades. I would hear many of my friends tell me Oh he grabbed my butt but I never believed them, Laura said. Jonathan Vigliotti: There was a lot of focus on how Kristin was drinking what sounded a lot like victim shaming. Flores and Smart had spoken at the party she had attended, witnesses said. He had pinned her down and had his hand down her bathing suit groping her.. Produced by Lisa Freed. 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. Cole states things have changed drastically due to advances in DNA technology, adding that evidence has been re-examined and vehicles belonging to Thomas and her family have been forensically searched. In the months after Kristin's disappearance, one truck was traded in and the other was reported stolen. She spent a summer in London, was an exchange student in Venezuela, and a lifeguard at a camp in Hawaii. Paul Flores, lower left, remained in jail without bail while Ruben Flores, upper right, was able to post bail after a judge agreed to lower the bail amount from $250,000 to $50,000, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court/Zoom, Digital evidence leads to clues in deaths of friends dumped outside LA hospitals, Chad Daybell's kids claim he was "fooled in worst, most deadly way possible", Chilling details revealed in JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan deaths. Get off her.. It would be three more years before the property was searched again. Paul Flores Nationality, Ethnicity. legal adult and dismissing her parents pleas, spreading rumors about her personal life and Spring quarter grades). 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. "Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits," she said, requesting anonymity. Kristen was last seen leaving a party with Paul Flores on the night of her disappearance on May 25, 1996. He returned later that Friday night and they drove to his friends home which Jane described as sparely furnished. Cal Poly agreed that Kristens case would be incorporated as an educational tool into the freshmen Week of Welcome orientation. He was soon released from custody. Denise Pearce says that was a crushing blow for the Smart family. But he entreated each woman who came forward to tell their story to The Daily Beast to reach out to his department. 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. His father Ruben Flores charged with being an accessory after the factwas found not guilty. As they soon learned, she had ended up at a party at an off-campus house. It had been the focus of widespread speculation for more than two decades especially her planter boxes. Paul's sister reportedly lives in that area. They took in soil, I assume, for some kind of analysis. Flores was subpoenaed before a grand jury in relation to Smarts disappearance but left after just five minutes of questions. Would you? You just don't talk, and you get away with it. Back then, Jane remembered Flores pulling up to her on multiple occasions behind the wheel of a green pickup truck. Recently released court documents detail a one-time immunity deal previously offered to Paul Flores' sister, Ermelinda Thomas. Read the story: recordnet.com/article/20200118/NEWS/200119835, Multiple tips received following podcast on Kristin Smart disappearance, Former FBI agent weighs in on potential new developments in Kristin Smart case, Kristin was an adventurous fun loving young woman whose childhood was rich and filled with memorable moments.Unfortunately, it was cut short on May 25, 1996 when another Cal Poly student took her life and has continued to hide behind the 5th Amendment since the summer of 1996. Send pics, videos and tips to CCN. 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. Before court broke for lunch, Cole also testified about a wiretap of the Flores family conducted by the Sheriff's Office in . I have worked with Cal Poly interns for years and always ask if they were told anything about Kristen Smart during WOW. Arroyo Grande High School graduate Paul Flores was the last person to see Kristin Smart on the night she disappeared. At least one, since The Daily Beast began reporting, said she has been interviewed by the San Luis Obispo Sheriffs Office. 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. Even worse they never sealed his dorm room. We would have had this moments years ago if Cal Poly PD hadnt screwed this up. Deputies towed the car from Rubin Flores home. There's no question about it. Clockwise from left, Kristin, Denise, Stan, Matt and Lindsey. She returned to the United. He says "no.". "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. How could she have gone out of town? According to a county probation bail report obtained by the San Luis Obispo Tribune, "biological evidence" was found under Ruben's deck. Lambert spoke about what he felt was the biggest error in the early investigation by the sheriffs office. PODCAST EPISODE 5: If you were making a film about a new law enforcer who's coming to a small town to save the day, you'd probably cast Parkinson. Chris Lambert: At that point I don't think they had ever dealt with a missing person, a possibly murdered person. Thew newspaper adds that the Navy refused to take Flores because of his connection to the Smart case. He gets his arm around her torso and her arm around his neck, and he's helping her walk. 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. Cookie Notice When asked about how he got the injury Flores told three different stories. The documents include information about a January 2020 appearance from a San Luis Obispo County sheriffs detective at Thomas Washington home. But the investigation is ongoing. My mom opened the door and she cries, Oh my God!. JAMES MURPHY: What is the name of your father? Flores spit that he would rape her, she said. So, she slowed down and walked with them. First published on November 28, 2020 / 11:10 PM. No-no-no. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. We only want our daughter back. At the time of the article, Flores was living in Southern California. 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. A jury acquitted Ruben Flores of the charge of being an accessory after the fact. Revealing new legal docs now available. James Murphy: To see them in custody was a feeling of great joy for me. And they told Lambert they weren't surprised when they heard about Flores's connection to Kristin's disappearance. I always said, He wouldnt do that., Sexually, Laura paints Paul Flores as very experienced and maintaining a very healthy appetite., It would get too aggressive and at times I had to say, Hey, calm down., Laura says that one time they were wrestling in bed and Flores got too aggressive and grabbed a butter knife and pushed it against my face., She says she kept pleading for him to settle down. Thomas attorney says she accepted the letters, but did not give any statements and later goes on to say that Thomas should not have to testify because she does not have any material testimony to provide during any proceedings in this case and also states she does not qualify as a material witness.. Chris Lambert: And he says he got a black eye playing basketball with his friends. James Murphy: The podcast is out. A very close-knit family. It might be helpful to the investigation.. Murphy has filed a new civil suit against Ruben Flores for the intentional infliction of emotional distress. One of his friends had told authorities that Flores already had a black eye when he showed up to play in a pick-up game. His father is a businessman. 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. I'm going to go back to the dorms. I would turn around and he would be right there lurking, the woman, referred to here by a pseudonym, said. Now. Once Jane was admitted her story seemed to fall on deaf ears. PODCAST EPISODE 2 | WOMAN #1: I wasn't surprised, but there's also that shock value of kind of "oh my god, I knew it! Just weeks later, Kristin's frustrated parents contacted James Murphy, a local civil attorney. The pair appeared in San Luis Obispo Superior Court. So had Margarita Campos, who lived in the next room in Muir Hall. He would tiptoe around everything. 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. I feel for her. An earring that appeared to match the necklace Kristin is wearing on the billboard. 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. He grabbed me down there and while Im yelling at him my girlfriend threw a piece of gum at his face and he pushes her down., At this point every male at the party joined in to jump Flores, who fled, she said, adding, Boom, he disappeared., That same year, Sarah said, Flores pursued her again at a friends birthday party. Chris Lambert: He told those friends he just woke up with the black eye. Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits, she said, requesting anonymity. Chris Lambert and it worked. 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. Just very involved with their children. Chris Lambert says they're cautiously optimistic. The letter sent to Thomas by San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Detective Clint Cole, which was part of the documents Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jennifer OKeefe has allowed to be released, explains that Cole has been working on the Kristin Smart case for more than two years. 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. Flores was among those students and was the last to see Smart alive. But was there evidence possibly placing Kristin Smart at his mother's home? This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. He invoked the Fifth Amendment 27 times. I was lying down on my back. hurting anyone, they should have done the right thing and turn him in. Her younger sister Lindsey says their mother urged Kristin to go there. 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.. Chris Lambert was just 8 years old when Kristin Smart vanished on her way home from a college party in San Luis Obispo, California. 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. Chris Lambert: The only thing he would confirm on tape is that his name is Paul Flores. Two days after her daughter went missing, Denise Smart got a call from Cal Poly's campus police. It was just the three of them standing in the kitchen before Jane was handed a plastic cup. Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. In 1997 when Paul Flores was deposed for the civil suit, the only thing he would confirm on tape was his name. But one of those friends told police Flores already had the black eye when he arrived. Kristin did not have a purse, money, her I.D. so eventually he unlocked you know, the apartment door, and I left. Getty We would highly recommend that those people get in contact with us as soon as possible so we could investigate this further, he said. Then, in 2011, Ian Parkinson was elected sheriff. Chris Lambert: Paul worked with a number of women that he made incredibly uncomfortable girls who he tried to make a pass at sexually, girls that he tried to force to kiss him. Whatever happened in those early hours, one thing is indisputable: Kristin Smart has never been seen again. For more information, please see our Ruben Flores, 80, will be facing trial in April 2022 alongside his son as he was charged with accessory to murder after the fact. 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. I've got her. They also did not focus on Paul Flores immediately, waiting six days to formally interview him. ), 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.. Would you do the right thing? Chris Lambert: Kristin's father would come down and hike every trail he could find on the Central Coast. A now-retired FBI agent believes those remains were once buried at the home of Floress mother. 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