Chris Lambert: They didn't bring cadaver dogs with them. D.A. Chris Lambert says, two days after that, when Flores was interviewed by campus police, they asked how he got his black eye as well as scratches on his hands and knees. It is believed she is deceased, but there is no evidence of what happened to her after Paul Flores left her. Chris Lambert: I brought them a number of witnesses that they were very interested in. Produced by Lisa Freed. 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. Devastating. It's just a motivator for me. Chris Lambert: I remember seeing it on the news it was something scary and they were talking about it pretty regularly. It was just the three of them standing in the kitchen before Jane was handed a plastic cup. But Paul Flores remained behind bars help without bail. 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. Lambert began looking into what happened to Kristin, collecting articles and documents, chasing down leads and tracking down anyone with information. PODCAST EPISODE 1: I googled Kristin Smart's name every few years. PODCAST EPISODE 4: So, I walk him up to his sister's apartment, and all of a sudden, he just like picked me up, carried me inside, turned around and shut the apartment door, and locked it. She was gone. 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. Stop! and then it became Stop!!!!!. Chris Lambert: Paul keeps stopping along the way and letting Cheryl Anderson know, you can go on ahead. JAMES MURPHY: In May of 96 were you a student at Cal Poly? So now you've got three different stories about how he got that black eye. And six months later, when Flores was deposed by James Murphy for the Smart's civil suit, he kept quiet. An earring that appeared to match the necklace Kristin is wearing on the billboard. Flores said he suffered the black eye during a basketball game he played with friends in Arroyo Grande on Monday. But Sarah kneed Flores in the groin and kicked him in the shin before dashing off into the party. Chris Lambert: As they describe it, Paul Flores just sort of appears out of nowhere. They got to the parking lot of an apartment complex. Flores replies that he was just fibbing. I dont know of any lying Ive done. Because of the statute of limitations, Dow says, Paul Flores can't be charged with rape. And it all came back to me. James Murphy: There's no way to get evidence back once you've lost it. Kristin's parents have spent more than two decades hoping for any clue that would lead them to their beloved daughter. But while campus police weren't doing much, Kristin's parents were doing whatever they could to find their daughter. Me, my sister, my cousinPaul has no limits, she said, requesting anonymity. Margarita Campos: I was expecting her to knock on my door and be, like, "Oh, Margarita, you missed a rager. Jonathan Vigliotti found Flores outside his home in Southern California and asked him a number of questions about Kristin's disappearance. Mary Lassiter says the earring she found in the driveway matched the necklace Kristin Smart is seen wearing on this billboard. Flores wasn't talking. My mom opened the door and she cries, Oh my God!. A jury acquitted Ruben Flores of the charge of being an accessory after the fact. Chris Lambert: They're hopeful, but they've also been let down so many times before. And it was only 250 miles from Stockton, California, where she grew up with Lindsey and their brother Matt. JAMES MURPHY: What is your present residence address? This is about the facts. It has been called Dr. Seuss Day because of this. Paul Flores lives in San Pedro, CA; previous city include Arroyo Grande CA. View Details. Chris Lambert: And he says he got a black eye playing basketball with his friends. JAMES MURPHY: Your husband have information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? Related to: Ruben R Flores, Ermelinda M Thomas, Paul R Flores, Rachel H Flores, Ruben Flores. After they broke up, Laura did a little sleuthing and discovered her ex-boyfriend was accused in Smarts vanishing. Lindsey Smart Stewart: It just amazes me the amount of evidence that's available, yet nothing has happened. 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. That's been our goal. She spent a summer in London, was an exchange student in Venezuela, and a lifeguard at a camp in Hawaii. Get off her.. She was saved by their male roommate, who barged in because of Lauras blood-curdling screams. Chris Lambert: And that's when they're told that earring has been misplaced. Sarah said shes still haunted by Flores. As of this date, Paul is single. It's been a long night for the Smart family and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's detectives as they continued to investigate an Arroyo Grande property belonging to Ruben Flores. How could she have gone out of town? However hard she and her father fought back, there was no chance they were going to get beyond the he said, she said. I was drunk and he had a witness and I didnt, Jane said. On Monday, deputies served a sealed search warrant at the home of Ruben Flores. He never expected it would be a hit, but his podcast caught the attention of millions of listeners and sparked new interest in this decades-old unsolved case. I was like Oh my God. 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. He would be stalking me.. She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. Murphy alleges four nights later, strange activity was seen at Ruben's house. That witness initially came forward to Chris Lambert, who passed the information to the sheriff's office and Murphy. Prosecutors said Smart began falling down shortly after she was seen at the Tiki bar with Flores. Remember, Flores's room had been emptied and thoroughly cleaned. In the fall of 1996, a young mother named Mary Lassiter was looking for a house to rent in Arroyo Grande, California. Witnesses said she didnt smell like alcohol, but she quickly became so incapacitated that she passed out face-down on the houses front lawn. And while they did not rush to investigate Flores, Kristin's family says campus police were very quick to judge her. In his complaint, Murphy alleges, along with Ruben, there were two other unnamed individuals. And so, she pulled me into this sort of like, "oh come on, let's socialize. 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. Another frustration for the Smarts: at the time Kristin disappeared, investigators weren't aware that Paul Flores's parents were separated and living apart. But Mary Lassiter says the earring matched the necklace Kristin is seen wearing on the billboard. They took off running, Jane said. And I was, like, "uh OK, fine.". 1996 was before the #MeToo movement, Peuvrelle told the jury. Margarita Campos: I was, like, "Kristin, I'm going to go back home. Little is known since the proceedings are kept secret, but no charges were ever filed. and offers to help. He returned later that Friday night and they drove to his friends home which Jane described as sparely furnished. A woman nearby screamed at Flores to get off her and threatened to call the cops, she said. The Arroyo Grande home of Ruben Flores is being searched today for the remains of Kristin Smart. To think that you're going to finally get some resolution, and then it doesn't happen the way it's supposed to. It might be helpful to the investigation.. That's when Denise Smart learned her daughter had not been seen all weekend, and all her belongings were still in her dorm room. Mike McHugh is the producer-editor. When they reached the turnoff to Cheryl's dorm, she says Flores tried to hug and kiss her. "48 Hours" agreed. Even more difficult to understand was why they waited two months to search the family home where Paul Flores was living with his father, Ruben. Detectives asked Flores about a visible black eye on his face. She was the last person other than Paul Flores to see Kristin alive. Ermelinda Macarthur currently lives in Kenmore, WA; in the past Ermelinda has also lived in Long Beach CA, Arroyo Grande CA and Bothell WA. She made a decision that shes regretted ever since. No charges were filed, but Lambert discovered Flores's troubles started at a young age. When authorities later confronted him with the two stories, Flores admitted lying and offered a new explanation. Margarita Campos: To this day, like, I was like, why why did I just let her go by herself? Lassiter told Lambert the earring she found matched the necklace Kristin was wearing on one of the "Missing Cal Poly Student" billboards. 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. Personal details about Paul include: political affiliation is unknown; ethnicity is Hispanic American; and religious views are listed as Christian. Murphy and Sinclair promised the Smarts the billboard will stay until their daughter is found. 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. Any evidence that might have been there was long gone. In high school he was known as a loner. ", Although suspicion surrounded Flores almost from the beginning, any hopes for an arrest were dashed in May 1997 when then-Sheriff Ed Williams made an admission to the San Luis Obispo Telegraph: "We need Paul Flores to tell us what happened to Kristin Smart so absent something from Mr. Flores, I don't see us completing this case.". 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. They're known for being a really safe school.". You just don't talk, and you get away with it. She spotted an ad for a rental that a woman named Susan Flores had put in the local newspaper. 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Ruben Flores was released on $50,000 bail to his ex-wife. All of Kristin's personal belongings including her purse, her money, her I.D. Margarita Campos: Kristin was like, "come on, let's go, let's go." He noticed Paul Flores would randomly walk through the halls of Muir Dorm. Jonathan Vigliotti: There was a lot of evidence that could have been gathered, that wasn't. By the time Cal Poly police began investigating, Kristin had been gone for four days. Denise Pearce says that was a crushing blow for the Smart family. (No video or audio). And he leaves her to walk up this walkway. A hundred percent that was happening. Chris Lambert: There was a man climbing her trellis and trying to get inside her balcony, very intoxicated and refusing to leave. View the profiles of people named Ermelinda Thomas. Four months earlier, Kristin Smart, a freshman at California Polytechnic State University better known as Cal Poly had gone to a party on Friday, May 24 the start of the Memorial Day weekend. She never saw accepting the rides as anything but wholesome. She didn't think that was OK. But Flores basketball friends told investigators that he already had the black eye when he showed up for the game. In a civil lawsuit, the Smarts' attorney claims that Kristin's remains were buried at one time on Paul Flores' father's property. And the complaint has some explosive claims about what led investigators to focus under Ruben's deck in the first place. And for a few moments Jane came to and saw Flores having his way with her. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. The two girls walked to an area off campus where there were fraternities, sororities and residential housing for students. Margarita Campos: She was absolutely sober when I left her. AKA: Susan Flores, Sue P Flores. 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. I blacked out and didnt consent to anything.. 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. The interrogation was recorded just days after Smarts college friends alerted police that she was missing. Ruben Flores and his estranged wife Susan have always denied any role in Kristin Smart's disappearance. In the months after Kristin's disappearance, one truck was traded in and the other was reported stolen. My heart dropped, she said. 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. The charming blue house with the picket fence on East Branch Street seemed perfect. He apparently would tag along with a sloshed friend, crashing off-campus parties together wherever she was. They might have found evidence in those vehicles. His podcast, "Your Own Backyard," has become a big hit attracting millions of listeners eager to hear every detail surrounding this unsolved case. putting murder on the lawsuit was sending a message to Paul Flores and his family, that we believe that he killed Kristin and that we're coming for him. Flores spit that he would rape her, she said. Denise Pearce: To be almost there. The duplex was located up the same street from where her mom resided. He had pinned her down and had his hand down her bathing suit groping her.. School was over, so campus police found an empty room that had been sanitized by the university's cleaning crew. She was she was frantic I don't understand this, you know? When buying cowboy boots, there are a few aspects to consider, such as how far up they go on your legs and their design. Paul R Flores and Paul Raul Flores are some of the alias or nicknames that Paul has used. 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. I remember being home watching the news about Kristin Smart and there goes Paul, she recalled. Regresar a la bsqueda. It sounded like a digital watch alarm, but Lassiter couldn't find a watch anywhere outside. On April 13, 2021, almost 25 years after Kristin Smart went missing, longtime suspect Paul Flores, 44, was arrested at his home in San Pedro, California, and charged with murder. But I've seen it. They were after Paul Flores for an outstanding DUI warrant. Lived In Dublin CA, King Of Prussia PA, Norristown PA. Related To Cooper Flores. Some even wondered if she might have been drugged. Flores is charged with murdering Smart as he attempted to rape her in his dorm room. Join Facebook to connect with Ermelinda Thomas and others you may know. Bodega en Renta de $65.000 , 3 baos, 1100 m2 en Arroyo de Las Flores, Jalisco ID 26114512. We were standing by the washer and dryer and we were arguing and he shouted, No! and slapped my arm, Laura said. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. He says "no.". Nineteen-year-old Kristin Smart disappeared Memorial Day weekend of 1996. Just weeks later, Kristin's frustrated parents contacted James Murphy, a local civil attorney. SHERIFF IAN PARKINSON [at press conference]: Forensic physical evidence was located. San Luis Obispo County. Like his black eye, seen faintly in a mug shot taken by the Arroyo Grande Police just by chance two days after Kristin vanished. Kristin Smart and Paul Flores were briefly seen speaking to each other during the party. Jonathan Vigliotti: You look at Kristin Smart every day. 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. The lawsuit claims they were moving Kristin's remains. And I was like, "nah, I have to study." Like what may have been discovered in March 2021 when investigators searched Ruben Flores' house using cadaver dogs and ground penetrating radar. Paul owns a home in San Pedro, CA . There was early mistakes made that you can't recover from when you're missing those vital pieces. most importantly they wanna find their daughter. PODCAST | EPISODE 1: At least once a day I asked myself what are you doing? I wasnt freaked out.. Flores attempted to kiss Anderson before she walked away around 2:30 a.m. She refused his advances because she was creeped out, Peuvrelle said. James Murphy and Garin Sinclair look at the billboard that has been in their front yard for more than two decades. Back in May 1996, Kristin Smart was finishing her freshman year at California Polytechnic State University better known as Cal Poly. They told her Kristin had not been seen all weekend and asked if Kristin was with them. For more than two decades, her family, friends, and supporters searched for answers and for justice. JAMES MURPHY: What is the name of your father? And there were those nonstop tales of Flores being touchy-feely with her friends. PAUL FLORES: On the advice of my attorney, I refuse to answer that question based on the fifth amendment of the United States Constitution. DAN DOW [press conference]: We don't have evidence sufficient to charge anyone else at this time. James Murphy: The question for decades was "Well, where did the body go?". 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." Chris Lambert: He told those friends he just woke up with the black eye. He later argued that the biological evidence found under the deck was not conclusively human blood. They were giggling as they were dragging me, the now 39-year-old woman told The Daily Beast. When he arrived she stayed at home while Janes father hightailed it to Arroyo Grande Community Hospital. DAN DOW [press conference]: The allegation against Ruben is that he helped to conceal Kristen's body after the murder was committed. Paul Flores was lying through his teeth to law enforcement, Peuvrelle told the jury. Then, in 2011, Ian Parkinson was elected sheriff. Even worse they never sealed his dorm room. 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." 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. Ruben Flores defense attorney is slated to deliver his opening statements when the two trials resume on Thursday in a Monterey County courtroom. 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. And Murphy and Sinclair believe they can prove it. In June of 1996, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Office brought in four cadaver dogs to sniff dorms on campus. James Murphy: The podcast is out. Smart appeared to be under the influence of alcohol on Friday night. That mother, Mary Lassiter, described it to Chris Lambert. PODCAST EPISODE 1: Kristin broke down begging her mother to let her drop out and go somewhere else. Four months later, while attempting to reconcile, Susan rented out her house in Arroyo Grande. Nineteen-year-old Kristin Smart disappeared Memorial Day weekend of 1996. The detective noticed was Paul was nervous and his heart was beating out of his chest. Lambert says Kristin could not stand on her own, so fellow student Cheryl Anderson who was also at the party began helping her back to campus. What happens next? I told her I didn't I didn't want to go. James Murphy: they let the dog in, the dog makes a beeline to the bed of Paul Flores. At the time, they did not know about a missing college student. During one interrogation with campus police on May 28, 1996, Flores story changed about what happened after Anderson left. But every Sunday when she called her parents, they encouraged her to stick it out. We are grateful to these brave women for having the courage to talk about their experiences and we ask anyone who may have information they think could be helpful to contact the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Office. His parents have always denied knowing anything about Kristin's disappearance and insist their son was not involved. Our roommate came in and yelled Leave her alone. Flores claimed he walked Smart to her dorm at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo on May 25, 1996 after a night of binge drinking. Flores allegedly told campus police, I did not find Kristin attractive. Chris Lambert was just 8 years old when Kristin Smart vanished on her way home from a college party in San Luis Obispo, California. In the fall of 1996, a young mother named Mary Lassiter was looking for a house to rent in Arroyo Grande, California. It wasn't until Kristin's roommate returned to their dorm room, that Margarita realized Kristin never came home. 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. Her parents, Denise and Stan were both educators who encouraged their kids' passions. At least one, since The Daily Beast began reporting, said she has been interviewed by the San Luis Obispo Sheriffs Office. This boy walked up to me and said Oh hey, you need to be careful of that Paul Flores, I think hes stalking you. 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. If you use a windshield cover, you can at least forget about scrapping the ice off your windshield to save some time and hassle. Flores defense attorney, Robert Sanger, told the jury, This obviously is a tragic situation in one sense or another. but I knew that I could try to do a small part. Paul Flores was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished in 1996. He called his father at 9:47 a.m. on Sunday, May 26, 1996. But remarkably, the same thing happened with three more dogs. 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. But Parkinson acknowledges it hasn't been easy. Chris Lambert says they're cautiously optimistic. Flores only made one phone call the weekend Smart disappeared, according to prosecutors. The day after my sister disappeared, Paul Flores had a black eye and scratches on him. More than two decades later, Chris Lambert, a podcaster who was investigating Kristin's disappearance, tracked down and interviewed Mary Lassiter. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti takes viewers inside the popular podcast and haunting case in "The Disappearance of Kristin Smart.". Please come with me." She regretfully denounced them as cruel rumors at the time. Like the rest of the family, Kristin was an athlete. D.A. DAN DOW [press conference]: But the allegation that he was committing or attempting to commit a rape when he killed her, is the basis for which we are able to file first-degree felony murder charges. Five months after Kristin Smart disappeared, Paul Flores was brought before a grand jury but no charges were ever filed. The fact is, there is a lot of sort of evidence. I say that because you will see, when you actually listen to what comes out, its not what it seems to be, Sanger said. Chris Lambert: Kristin's father would come down and hike every trail he could find on the Central Coast. Just two years later Flores was named as the sole suspect in the disappearance of another woman under almost identical circumstances: Kristin Smart. First published on November 28, 2020 / 11:10 PM. 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. Paul Flores and his father both pleaded not guilty to all charges at their arraignment. 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. I guess you can call it little white lies, Flores told detectives. Clockwise from left, Kristin, Denise, Stan, Matt and Lindsey. I would turn around and he would be right there lurking, the woman, referred to here by a pseudonym, said. When Lambert later told Kristin's mother, Denise, about those early morning beeping sounds in Susan Flores's backyard, he said her reaction was "shock we just kind of stared at each other for a good long time I think it took a while to settle in, that this could potentially be huge." Paul Flores may have wanted a fresh start in Southern California, but Chris Lambert says, he could not seem to break old habits. JAMES MURPHY: Do you have any information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? Like the Smart's civil case, theirs also has been on hold. 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. The Kristin Smart disappearance: After 26 years, Paul Flores is convicted of murder. The mother is washing her car in the driveway at one point. The Kristin Smart disappearance: After 26 years, Paul Flores is convicted of murder. Flores and Smart had spoken at the party. No-no-no. He would tiptoe around everything. You can go." When asked about how he got the injury Flores told three different stories. James Murphy: They're interested in seeing Paul Flores get convicted and Ruben Flores get held accountable. 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. Chris Lambert: They did a significant amount of digging underneath the house. Jonathan Vigliotti: How significant was that? were in the room exactly where she had left them. 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. Laura said Flores worked a construction job while attending school but that he was very secretive and she suspected he was in college forever so that his mommy kept paying for his housing and classes.. 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