Not at all. The charming blue house with the picket fence on East Branch Street seemed perfect. There was no change in the soil consistent with that.. Its a fib. Paul had this look on his face, the relative said. The mother is washing her car in the driveway at one point. I had zero interest in her, according to prosecutors. I guess the answer is yes. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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. I told her I didn't I didn't want to go. Regresar a la bsqueda. Guardar . JAMES MURPHY: What is the name of your father? One of Kristins closest college friends, Steve Fleming, noticed that Paul Flores would linger around Smarts dorm hall even though he didnt live there. Jonathan Vigliotti: Is there any doubt in your mind that Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart? 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. You can go." JAMES MURPHY: In May of 96 were you a student at Cal Poly? He was writing your name like 150 times on a piece of paper and he kept circling it., High school boys are weird anyway, Jane thought at the time. It might be helpful to the investigation.. 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. Those were kind of unspoken things. Murphy immediately filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Flores in civil court. Chris Lambert's podcast caught the attention of millions of listeners and sparked new interest in the decades-old unsolved case of Kristin Smart. The interrogation was recorded just days after Smarts college friends alerted police that she was missing. The Lassisters say soon after, strange postcards began showing up in their mailbox. D.A. 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. James Murphy: Every day. First published on November 28, 2020 / 11:10 PM. That's when Denise Smart learned her daughter had not been seen all weekend, and all her belongings were still in her dorm room. Smart, a native of Stockton, was nearing the end of her. So, she slowed down and walked with them. Lambert began looking into what happened to Kristin, collecting articles and documents, chasing down leads and tracking down anyone with information. Chris Lambert: The only thing he would confirm on tape is that his name is Paul Flores. For more than two decades, her family, friends, and supporters searched for answers and for justice. Chris Lambert: A young couple moves into it with their kid. Remember, Flores's room had been emptied and thoroughly cleaned. 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. She was pushing herself out of her comfort zone. He invoked the Fifth Amendment 27 times. Paul R Flores and Paul Raul Flores are some of the alias or nicknames that Paul has used. But Margarita says, the police did not seem concerned. 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. It's just a motivator for me. And they told Lambert they weren't surprised when they heard about Flores's connection to Kristin's disappearance. Kristin's mother, Denise Smart, spent Memorial Day weekend at a swim meet with her two younger kids. PAUL FLORES: On the advice of my attorney, I refuse to answer that question based on the fifth amendment of the United States Constitution. I was like It wasnt. People who were there have said she was intoxicated. Jonathan Vigliotti: She had just 40 yards to go and yet she vanished. Around 2 a.m., party-goer Tim Davis told Smart that she could not spend the night passed out on the party houses front lawn because it was too cold. Paul Flores may have wanted a fresh start in Southern California, but Chris Lambert says, he could not seem to break old habits. Mary Lassiter says the earring she found in the driveway matched the necklace Kristin Smart is seen wearing on this billboard. But as Chris Lambert learned, campus police did not act right away. Chris Lambert says they're cautiously optimistic. View the profiles of people named Ermelinda Thomas. 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. This 9-room home sits on 40,000 square feet of land, which was purchased by the Flores family in 1990. Like his black eye, seen faintly in a mug shot taken by the Arroyo Grande Police just by chance two days after Kristin vanished. The detective noticed was Paul was nervous and his heart was beating out of his chest. An important tip came in after a February 2020 search of Paul, Susan and Ruben's properties. Ruben lived here with his wife, Susan, and their children, Ermelinda and Paul. Denise Pearce: The investigation was completely botched by the campus police. most importantly they wanna find their daughter. In his complaint, Murphy alleges, along with Ruben, there were two other unnamed individuals. Mike McHugh is the producer-editor. Back in May 1996, Kristin Smart was finishing her freshman year at California Polytechnic State University better known as Cal Poly. When he arrived she stayed at home while Janes father hightailed it to Arroyo Grande Community Hospital. I have this PTSD fear of someone kicking the door in.. Flores roommate was out of town that weekend, and Paul knew he had three full days in that room (alone), Peuvrelle told the jury. He had pinned her down and had his hand down her bathing suit groping her.. He says "no.". I did have guilt about that. San Luis Obispo County. It is believed she is deceased, but there is no evidence of what happened to her after Paul Flores left her. Had Flores been caught and convicted of his alleged sexual assault in 1994, perhaps Smart would still be alive. JAMES MURPHY: Would you state your full name for the record please. A popular true-crime podcast, Your Own Backyard, revived public interest in Smarts disappearance. Even when law enforcement let them down, they refused to give up. They were after Paul Flores for an outstanding DUI warrant. JAMES MURPHY: Your husband have information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? Dave Minsky,. And might have connected Kristin to Susan Flores's house, says James Murphy. Produced by Lisa Freed. Ann-Marie Christian: became friends with Kristin in elementary school. And for a few moments Jane came to and saw Flores having his way with her. 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Still to this day I am afraid to go to the bathroom by myself in public places, she said, admitting she still asks her husband every time to stand sentry at the door when she has to go. Chris Lambert: I brought them a number of witnesses that they were very interested in. 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. to find the next challenge. My heart dropped, she said. Jonathan Vigliotti: There was a lot of evidence that could have been gathered, that wasn't. Denise Pearce | Longtime family friend: Things were gonna get better and, you know, and and they did. It's, like, she has nothing on her. Like so many freshmen, Kristin struggled. The family attorney refused to comment when reached by The Daily Beast. At the time, they did not know about a missing college student. Kristin's parents have spent more than two decades hoping for any clue that would lead them to their beloved daughter. PODCAST EPISODE 4: At 8 a.m. on June 19th, 2000, a team of sheriff's investigators knocks on the front door of Susan Flores's East Branch Street home. His father, Ruben Flores, is also on trial because investigators charged him with hiding Smarts body. He wouldn't answer a single thing. Resides in Blue Bell, PA. suddenly major pieces of evidence came forward. The murder trial began on Monday with opening statements from prosecutors and Flores defense attorney. Jonathan Vigliotti: Was this case, given the evidence that was lost early on, doomed from the very beginning? All of Kristin's personal belongings including her purse, her money, her I.D. She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. 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." Mary Lassiter says the earring she found in the driveway matched the necklace Kristin Smart is seen wearing on this billboard. Multiple attempts to reach Flores and his parents to comment on the new accusations were unsuccessful. But I've seen it. The accusations didnt stop with classmates: Flores allegedly couldnt restrain himself around his own kin. A student named Paul Flores, Susan's son, volunteered to take her back. PODCAST EPISODE 1: I googled Kristin Smart's name every few years. First published on November 27, 2020 / 8:14 AM. Jonathan Vigliotti: There was a lot of focus on how Kristin was drinking what sounded a lot like victim shaming. That could have been me.. School was over, so campus police found an empty room that had been sanitized by the university's cleaning crew. James Murphy: So why would Susan Flores, her boyfriend, and Ruben Flores be up all night long working under that deck. "48 Hours" agreed. Two days after Kristin Smart vanished, Paul Flores went to the Arroyo Grande Police Department because of an outstanding DUI warrant. A hundred percent that was happening. The moment still haunts her. Flores said he suffered the black eye during a basketball game he played with friends in Arroyo Grande on Monday. Any evidence that might have been there was long gone. Nineteen-year-old Kristin Smart disappeared Memorial Day weekend of 1996. I called my mom. Another frustration for the Smarts: at the time Kristin disappeared, investigators weren't aware that Paul Flores's parents were separated and living apart. In the fall of 1996, a young mother named Mary Lassiter was looking for a house to rent in Arroyo Grande, California. They didn't bring a forensics team. 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. DAN DOW [press conference]: We don't have evidence sufficient to charge anyone else at this time. And he leaves her to walk up this walkway. 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. Chris Lambert: As they describe it, Paul Flores just sort of appears out of nowhere. They believe they can prove Paul Flores is responsible for the disappearance of Kristin Smart. She spent a summer in London, was an exchange student in Venezuela, and a lifeguard at a camp in Hawaii. Hes on top of me. Flores claimed he walked Smart to her dorm at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo on May 25, 1996 after a night of binge drinking. When authorities later confronted him with the two stories, Flores admitted lying and offered a new explanation. Even worse they never sealed his dorm room. She saw Paul taking Kristin toward his dorm to the left, the prosecutor said. As she told Chris Lambert, "In the master bedroom, I'm hearing this 'beep beep' every night at 4:20, or 4:20 in the morning." 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. 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. He gets his arm around her torso and her arm around his neck, and he's helping her walk. 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. 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. He promised the Smarts that solving Kristin's case would be a priority. SUSAN FLORES: [Long pause, grabs water bottle] Of course not. Flores spit that he would rape her, she said. 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. PODCAST EPISODE 2 [LAMBERT READING REPORT] Smart does not have any close friends at Cal Poly. But the Flores's have fought back, suing the Smarts for intentional infliction of emotional distress. A woman nearby screamed at Flores to get off her and threatened to call the cops, she said. Her parents, Denise and Stan were both educators who encouraged their kids' passions. When they reached the turnoff to Cheryl's dorm, she says Flores tried to hug and kiss her. In 2002, after getting kicked out of Cal Poly, rejected by the Navy, and flipping burgers, Flores matriculated at LA Harbor Community College. In the meantime, Paul Flores moved to Southern California, where he bounced from job to job. We just, "do you know anything about it". Flores defense attorney, Robert Sanger, told the jury, This obviously is a tragic situation in one sense or another. Meanwhile, the FBI, who recently excavated earth at Cal Poly to look for Smarts remains, referred comment to the sheriffs office. When Anderson looked back one last time at Flores and Smart, she saw that he was leading Smart toward his dorm, Santa Lucia Hall, not Muir Hall, the prosecutor told the jury. By the time they inspected Flores's room, Kristin had been gone for 16 days. Margarita Campos: I was, like, "Kristin, I'm going to go back home. 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. She made a decision that shes regretted ever since. But further investigation of the Flores's two trucks seemed impossible. Authorities arrested Ruben Flores after San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's deputies served a search warrant at his Arroyo Grande home. 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. Jane said she kept this secret for yearseven from her husband. They didn't look at the Flores family's vehicles. The Kristin Smart Scholarship has been established by her family to help other college bound women pursue their dreams. 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. 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. He was staring at my face looking at me and he was enjoying himself.. Chris Lambert was just 8 years old when Kristin Smart vanished on her way home from a college party in San Luis Obispo, California. And yes, we did find physical evidence at, at least two homes. 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. 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. But while campus police weren't doing much, Kristin's parents were doing whatever they could to find their daughter. James Murphy: It was just a sad phone call to have somebody say, our daughter disappeared and we think she's the victim of foul play and we'd like to pursue the guy that we think is responsible. 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. So maybe he had a crush on me. When The Daily Beast tracked Flores down outside his home last month, he didnt mount much of a defense. She graduated from San Perlita as valedictorian to the class of 1953 to proceed her education at James R . In June of 1996, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Office brought in four cadaver dogs to sniff dorms on campus. Still she stuck around until Flores allegedly laid his hands on her aggressively again. I would turn around and he would be right there lurking, the woman, referred to here by a pseudonym, said. At the time of Smart's disappearance, Flores was a 19-year-old food science major at Cal-Poly. There was early mistakes made that you can't recover from when you're missing those vital pieces. Flores only made one phone call the weekend Smart disappeared, according to prosecutors. But you have to understand, she was a really independent free spirit. 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. "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. 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. Chris Lambert: And that's when they're told that earring has been misplaced. Despite identifying a prime suspect for her murder, law enforcement did not arrest Flores until 2021. Ermelinda Flores, 81. Other names that Ermelinda uses includes Ermelinda M Macarthur, Ermelinda M Flores, Ermelinda M Mac Arthur, Ermelinda Flores and Ermelinda M Thomas. But a massive search did not happen until she'd been gone for more than a month. "48 Hours" looks back to their arrests and how the saga began. At the time Kristin Smart disappeared, investigators did not immediately search the home. Jonathan Vigliotti: They thought she was off possibly having fun. 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.. A break in the case happened in 2020 when sheriffs deputies wire-tapped the phones of Flores, his father, and his mother to record their private conversations. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. D.A. The Smart family. So, I said, "you better turn some lights on right now and let me out or I'm going to scream." In 2011, the Smarts hoped those boulders would become a little lighter when Ian Parkinson became the new sheriff of San Luis Obispo County. His father Ruben Flores charged with being an accessory after the factwas found not guilty. The duplex was located up the same street from where her mom resided. I wasnt freaked out.. 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? 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