Chris Lambert: A young couple moves into it with their kid. Im fine. James Murphy: Well, the location where all this activity occurred is where they found the biological material. Im good, he said in response to questions about Smarts disappearance. Now several women say they were victims before and after her, too. You wouldn't let any of your friends be drunk around him. That warrant allowed them to dig up the backyard, but deputies chose not to excavate. School was over, so campus police found an empty room that had been sanitized by the university's cleaning crew. She graduated from San Perlita as valedictorian to the class of 1953 to proceed her education at James R . Podcaster Chris Lambert says that after 24 years, "I think it's time [for Flores] to talk." And she's like, "please come with me. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. And might have connected Kristin to Susan Flores's house, says James Murphy. SUSAN FLORES: [Long pause, grabs water bottle] Of course not. Another frustration for the Smarts: at the time Kristin disappeared, investigators weren't aware that Paul Flores's parents were separated and living apart. Authorities made clear that they plan to use Flores' alleged predatory behavior against him. She was looking forward to hearing from Kristin that Sunday. Just very involved with their children. Chris Lambert: I personally think that wherever Kristin went, Paul was there with her. 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 . When they reached the turnoff to Cheryl's dorm, she says Flores tried to hug and kiss her. I don't know if Kristin knew anybody there. Over the years, while Stan Smart hiked every trail around California's Central Coast in hopes of finding Kristin's remains, Denise relentlessly pushed law enforcement to do more. But Paul Flores remained behind bars help without bail. And she was growing as an individual. 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." When they were deposed by James Murphy, they also insisted their son was not involved. On Monday, deputies served a sealed search warrant at the home of Ruben Flores. But as Chris Lambert learned, campus police did not act right away. 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. Jonathan Vigliotti: Was this case, given the evidence that was lost early on, doomed from the very beginning? Smart appeared to be under the influence of alcohol on Friday night. The woman, whom we'll 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. We just, "do you know anything about it". Ruben Flores was released on $50,000 bail to his ex-wife. The family attorney refused to comment when reached by The Daily Beast. Wiggot: pfo5vr0 total 1100 m2 800 m2 de area prod. He's going to find her body, which is awful for a parent. But 22 years later, when he couldn't find any recent stories about the case, he decided to do something. Five months after Kristin Smart disappeared, Paul Flores was brought before a grand jury but no charges were ever filed. She was too kind-hearted. 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. A woman nearby screamed at Flores to get off her and threatened to call the cops, she said. They also did not focus on Paul Flores immediately, waiting six days to formally interview him. . At a Halloween party back in 1995before Smart had gone missingFlores allegedly grabbed Sarahs crotch on the dance floor. Chris Lambert: So, if you believe Paul's story, he goes into his dorm room here. 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. James Murphy: So why would Susan Flores, her boyfriend, and Ruben Flores be up all night long working under that deck. Her dorm entrance is right over here. There was no reaction until the dog reached Paul Flores's room. In his mug shot, a black eye can faintly been seen. 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. To think that you're going to finally get some resolution, and then it doesn't happen the way it's supposed to. 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. And it all came back to me. 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.. She saw Paul taking Kristin toward his dorm to the left, the prosecutor said. 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. Paul Flores spotted July 29,2017, in Food4Less grocery store located in Arroyo Grande, CA. Classes were difficult, she was trying to fit in, and she missed her family. Im good. Over the years, Susan Flores's backyard has been the focus of widespread speculation because of stories like the ones Mary Lassiter told Chris Lambert. Paul Flores - Cal Poly student and Food Science major, Paul Flores lived on campus in room #128 of Santa Lucia Hall Dormitory. He noticed Paul Flores would randomly walk through the halls of Muir Dorm. When approached about Janes rape claim, an Arroyo Grande Police Department administrator said in an email that their search revealed no such records exist; therefore, there are no responsive documents. Before their findings, another administrator told The Daily Beast on the phone that because the matter was a sexual assault case it fell under a non-disclosure category and therefore they wouldnt be providing any specific information about it. Chris Lambert: He told those friends he just woke up with the black eye. 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. Smart, a native of Stockton, was nearing the end of her. There was early mistakes made that you can't recover from when you're missing those vital pieces. 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. More than two decades later, Chris Lambert, a podcaster who was investigating Kristin's disappearance, tracked down and interviewed Mary Lassiter. 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 father is now charged with helping cover up the homicide by burying Smarts body in his Arroyo Grande homes backyard. Chris Lambert: Everything else, he took the Fifth Amendment. Personal details about Paul include: political affiliation is unknown; ethnicity is Hispanic American; and religious views are listed as Christian. Flores spit that he would rape her, she said. In his complaint, Murphy alleges, along with Ruben, there were two other unnamed individuals. I was like Oh my God. If you use a windshield cover, you can at least forget about scrapping the ice off your windshield to save some time and hassle. Susan Flores and her boyfriend were never charged in the case. 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? What's going on? James Murphy: They brought in the first dog and they'd had the dog go through the dorms. 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. 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." Like the rest of the family, Kristin was an athlete. 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." Authorities arrested Ruben Flores after San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's deputies served a search warrant at his Arroyo Grande home. 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. The Kristin Smart disappearance: After 26 years, Paul Flores is convicted of murder. November 27, 2020 / 8:14 AM Jonathan Vigliotti: There was a lot of evidence that could have been gathered, that wasn't. Facebook gives people the. After seizing an old car, digging in the back yard and taking evidence San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies concluded their search of an Arroyo Grande home related to the 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart. You never look at her again! "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. but I knew that I could try to do a small part. He had pinned her down and had his hand down her bathing suit groping her.. were in the room exactly where she had left them. He called his father at 9:47 a.m. on Sunday, May 26, 1996. One female cousin called Flores a pervert. JAMES MURPHY: Does your son have any information as to where Kristin Smart's body is located? He was required to wear an electronic ankle bracelet. 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. There was no change in the soil consistent with that.. It is believed she is deceased, but there is no evidence of what happened to her after Paul Flores left her. Chris Lambert: It was never marked as evidence apparently. But you have to understand, she was a really independent free spirit. 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. Susan P Flores Age 71. JAMES MURPHY: Has your son ever told you that he did not kill Kristin Smart? The accusations didnt stop with classmates: Flores allegedly couldnt restrain himself around his own kin. Margarita Campos: I'll never forget her shadow against the building, this apartment complex, just standing like kind of cross-armed with the long leg And she was just kind of like looking at me like, [sighs] you're really walking away now, like you're really, you're leaving? suddenly major pieces of evidence came forward. After they broke up, Laura did a little sleuthing and discovered her ex-boyfriend was accused in Smarts vanishing. FBI via AP, File. 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. 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. James Murphy: He lied to the police about everything. It was never like Hey you want to go hookup? He never made advances and he would just say Hi at school.. That turned out to be college. And the body's not there now. Jonathan Vigliotti found Flores outside his home in Southern California and asked him a number of questions about Kristin's disappearance. My job was to hunt them. Jonathan Vigliotti: How did you know she hadn't been back? 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. They had become close friends despite their differences. She was pushing herself out of her comfort zone. Two days after her daughter went missing, Denise Smart got a call from Cal Poly's campus police. James Murphy: Every day. A single woman's earring. I said, Stop it. Chris Lambert: I brought them a number of witnesses that they were very interested in. 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. ), 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.. Once the dogs were let inside the room, they alerted to a corner of Flores bed mattress. I have this PTSD fear of someone kicking the door in.. She was she was frantic I don't understand this, you know? 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. James Murphy: The podcast is out. (No video or audio). And for the first time clues about what may have happened to Kristin Smart. The Arroyo Grande cops, Jane said, favored Floress story that she willingly drank and had sex that night. 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. He says they are Ruben's ex-wife Susan and her boyfriend. Paul Flores was a constant presence during Sarahs time at Cal Poly, where she transferred in as a sophomore back in 1996, after Smarts disappearance shook the school and the community. How could she have gone out of town? At the time Kristin Smart disappeared, investigators did not immediately search the home. He claimed he didnt even know her name, Peuvrelle said. I've got her. In the meantime, Paul Flores moved to Southern California, where he bounced from job to job. Through the years, the Smarts have kept pressure on the Flores family. 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. Flores and Smart were both 19-year-old freshmen Cal Poly students who attended the same party the night she vanished, on May 25, 1996. Chris Lambert: That's the upsetting part about it, isn't it? 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. Last month, authorities searched Ruben Flores' home in Arroyo Grande. Nineteen-year-old Kristin Smart disappeared Memorial Day weekend of 1996. Monterey County Weekly photographer Daniel Dreifuss shot these photos during yesterday's opening statements.#KristinSmart pic.twitter.com/Qlanj3fKK6. 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. 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