Lassiter told Lambert the earring she found matched the necklace Kristin was wearing on one of the "Missing Cal Poly Student" billboards. They are aware that they had no eye witnesses, a body was not recovered, there is no physical evidence, and no forensic evidence, Sanger said. "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 mother is washing her car in the driveway at one point. Ruben Flores defense attorney is slated to deliver his opening statements when the two trials resume on Thursday in a Monterey County courtroom. I wasnt freaked out.. and I was like, "Noooo.". D.A. Chris Lambert's podcast,"Your Own Backyard," has become a big hit attracting millions of listeners eager to hear every detail surrounding this unsolved case of Kriistin Smart. She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. It sounded like a digital watch alarm, but Lassiter couldn't find a watch anywhere outside. Chris Lambert told Jonathan Vigliotti, "It drove [Mary Lassiter] crazy and she went out there many times in the middle of the night to try to find it with sticks, sticking down into the planter boxes down in the soil." And very chilling. Chris Lambert spoke with some women who knew Flores back then. The murder trial began on Monday with opening statements from prosecutors and Flores defense attorney. Alicia Tejada is the field producer and Addison Briley is the associate producer. It is every parent's worst nightmare. I didn't know how many people were gonna listen. They were soon joined by another partygoer, Paul Flores. She never saw accepting the rides as anything but wholesome. Lindsey Smart Stewart: Right. Two days after her daughter went missing, Denise Smart got a call from Cal Poly's campus police. Lives in: Arroyo Grande CA. ", 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.". Wiggot: pfo5vr0 total 1100 m2 800 m2 de area prod. ), 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.. Ermelinda Flores, 81. Empresa. My mom opened the door and she cries, Oh my God!. 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. James Murphy: And it's 2:30 and 3 o'clock in the morning at Cal Poly this is not a a location from which Paul alone could easily move a body without a vehicle. It wasnt like some older guy or anything.. Paul had this look on his face, the relative said. Susan P Flores Age 71. Im fine. And while they did not rush to investigate Flores, Kristin's family says campus police were very quick to judge her. In the interrogation video played for the jury, detectives can be heard asking Flores, If anybody lies as much as you have, about something as serious as this is, what does that tell you?. 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. 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. Chris Lambert: They're hopeful, but they've also been let down so many times before. Chris Lambert: They just have never given up and are never going to give up on their daughter. PODCAST EPISODE 2 [LAMBERT READING REPORT] Smart does not have any close friends at Cal Poly. DAN DOW [press conference]: It is alleged that Mr. Flores caused the death of Kristen Smart while in the commission of or attempted rape. They told her Kristin had not been seen all weekend and asked if Kristin was with them. So now you've got three different stories about how he got that black eye. Paul Flores and his father both pleaded not guilty to all charges at their arraignment. I knocked on her door, and I thought she was just sleeping, or she went out and about, you know? 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. most importantly they wanna find their daughter. I was crying.. In 2011, the Smarts hoped those boulders would become a little lighter when Ian Parkinson became the new sheriff of San Luis Obispo County. Chris Lambert: They did a significant amount of digging underneath the house. He returned later that Friday night and they drove to his friends home which Jane described as sparely furnished. When they reached the turnoff to Cheryl's dorm, she says Flores tried to hug and kiss her. The National Read Across America Day takes place every year on March 2, Geisels birthday. He claimed he didnt even know her name, Peuvrelle said. Jonathan Vigliotti: They thought she was off possibly having fun. Back in San Luis Obispo, the Smarts, feeling ignored by the sheriff's office, continued a relentless campaign to get them to do more to find their daughter. Paul would try to get Kristins attention and she was too nice to tell him off. Stop! and then it became Stop!!!!!. 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. (No video or audio). 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. But further investigation of the Flores's two trucks seemed impossible. I don't know if Kristin knew anybody there. He was required to wear an electronic ankle bracelet. Ann-Marie Christian: became friends with Kristin in elementary school. D.A. 1996 was before the #MeToo movement, Peuvrelle told the jury. Jonathan Vigliotti [with Lambert outside of the the dorms]: Paul and Kristin then make their way here. I told her I didn't I didn't want to go. 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." 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. Susan Flores, an Arroyo Grande resident whose son Paul is the prime suspect in Smart's disappearance, broke her silence after new searches in the haunting case last week. I think they're just waiting to see what the outcome is going to be. Kristin's parents have spent more than two decades hoping for any clue that would lead them to their beloved daughter. Flores said he suffered the black eye during a basketball game he played with friends in Arroyo Grande on Monday. For more than two decades, her family, friends, and supporters searched for answers and for justice. Please come with me." They might have found evidence in those vehicles. He promised the Smarts that solving Kristin's case would be a priority. In June of 1996, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Office brought in four cadaver dogs to sniff dorms on campus. He was the last person seen with her. Chris Lambert: And he says he got a black eye playing basketball with his friends. As of this date, Paul is single. No-no-no. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. I dont like to talk about that day.. 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. The two girls walked to an area off campus where there were fraternities, sororities and residential housing for students. Flores wasn't talking. The living room had a TV and one sofa and the floor was white, she said. He's going to find her body, which is awful for a parent. 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. Jonathan Vigliotti: How significant was that? She was too kind-hearted. But 22 years later, when he couldn't find any recent stories about the case, he decided to do something. Flores and Smart had spoken at the party. In a civil lawsuit, the Smarts' attorney claims that Kristin's remains were buried at one time on Paul Flores' father's property. Margarita Campos: She was absolutely sober when I left her. I would turn around and he would be right there lurking, the woman, referred to here by a pseudonym, said. Includes Address (7) Phone (7) Email (2) See Results. D.A. D.A. In the meantime, Paul Flores moved to Southern California, where he bounced from job to job. I also brought them witnesses that they had no interest in whatsoever. Witnesses said she didnt smell like alcohol, but she quickly became so incapacitated that she passed out face-down on the houses front lawn. They also did not focus on Paul Flores immediately, waiting six days to formally interview him. 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. That witness initially came forward to Chris Lambert, who passed the information to the sheriff's office and Murphy. James Murphy: I'm not at liberty to describe how it was documented. And I was like, "nah, I have to study." San Luis Obispo County. By the time Cal Poly police began investigating, Kristin had been gone for four days. Chris Lambert's podcast caught the attention of millions of listeners and sparked new interest in the decades-old unsolved case of Kristin Smart. In fact, Cheryl Anderson, who trusted Flores to walk Kristin back to her dorm alone, told police that her friends called him "Chester the molester," because he was known for groping girls. In October 2022, Paul Flores, the man long suspected in her disappearance, was found guilty of murder. Chris Lambert: Paul keeps stopping along the way and letting Cheryl Anderson know, you can go on ahead. I told him, You never do this again! 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. Neither the ex-boyfriend nor Sarah saw Flores again until they read The Daily Beast story on Kristin Smarts disappearance, where Floress mugshot appeared. He would tiptoe around everything. He invoked the Fifth Amendment 27 times. James Murphy: Somebody found an earring that they say was Kristin Smart's jewelry in the driveway. A now-retired FBI agent believes those remains were once buried at the home of Floress mother. AKA: Susan Flores, Sue P Flores. 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. Chris Lambert and it worked. James Murphy: Paul Flores had a reputation amongst the girls that knew him at Cal Poly as being a creeper that he was always trying to hit on women. 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. So maybe he had a crush on me. That could have been me.. But the investigation is ongoing. My job was to hunt them. It might be helpful to the investigation.. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. People who were there have said she was intoxicated. So before leaving, Margarita handed over her keys to get back into Muir Hall. At the time, they did not know about a missing college student. She was she was frantic I don't understand this, you know? 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. / CBS News, (This story previously aired on May 8, 2021. They didn't bring a forensics team. 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. The Smarts' younger daughter, Lindsey, described her parents to Vigliotti: "I think they're like carrying boulders on their backs.". One of Kristins closest college friends, Steve Fleming, noticed that Paul Flores would linger around Smarts dorm hall even though he didnt live there. James Murphy: The podcast is out. There's no question about it. I'm going to go back to the dorms. The Smarts say they tried to file a missing person's report with the local police but were told it was too early, and the FBI told them Cal Poly police were in charge. Acerca; Prensa; She has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the case. or even her keys. Jonathan Vigliotti: There was a lot of focus on how Kristin was drinking what sounded a lot like victim shaming. Had Flores been caught and convicted of his alleged sexual assault in 1994, perhaps Smart would still be alive. Once the dogs were let inside the room, they alerted to a corner of Flores bed mattress. On October 18, 2022, Paul Flores was found guilty of first-degree murder. Regresar a la bsqueda. And Murphy and Sinclair believe they can prove it. At the time, she was a 19-year-old freshman at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, who'd grown up in Stockton, Calif. On the night of her disappearance, she was spotted at a house party, which she left with three people. The accusations didnt stop with classmates: Flores allegedly couldnt restrain himself around his own kin. So, when they were invited to a party that Friday night, Kristin was excited to go. Even though he'd never investigated anything before, Lambert quit his job to create a podcast about the case. But Margarita says, the police did not seem concerned. Classes were difficult, she was trying to fit in, and she missed her family. During one interrogation with campus police on May 28, 1996, Flores story changed about what happened after Anderson left. There was early mistakes made that you can't recover from when you're missing those vital pieces. In 2002, after getting kicked out of Cal Poly, rejected by the Navy, and flipping burgers, Flores matriculated at LA Harbor Community College. Like so many freshmen, Kristin struggled. I remember thinking: If my moms not home Im going to die right here.. In high school he was known as a loner. Jane said she kept this secret for yearseven from her husband. But Lindsey says her sister was happiest when she was traveling. She was pushing herself out of her comfort zone. By the time they inspected Flores's room, Kristin had been gone for 16 days. Chris Lambert, who worked as a CBS News consultant, pieced together what he learned from people who were there that night. DAN DOW [press conference]: We don't have evidence sufficient to charge anyone else at this time. Kristin Smart 19, a freshman at California Polytechnic State University had gone to a party on Friday, May 24 , 1996 -- and has not been seen since. 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