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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 18:51:50 GMT
A Cold Case, a Haunting Mystery By Peter H. King, Times Staff Writer June 18, 2006 When that didn't pan out, the map was reconsulted, and Stan Smart was dispatched to a remote stretch of Nevada highway. And then to a public hospital in San Luis Obispo, where Stan was told Kristin had just checked herself in. And so I spoke to the head nurse and another person" -- that monotone again. "And I said, 'Look on your list for a tall, blond woman who checked in today.' And they said, 'We haven't had anybody like that come in.' They gave me this look. They said, 'Mr. Smart, we feel very sorry for you. But she is not here.' "They thought I had gone over the edge psychologically." Here the father paused for a moment. "She didn't survive," he said, his voice flatter than ever. "And that basically is what it comes down to." The D.A. Gets Involved Although the initial response seemed amateurish to the Smarts, two veteran investigators from the district attorney's office, in fact, had been called in to assist the campus police, which maintained jurisdiction on the case. And they quickly focused all their attention on Flores. They spent hours with him every day for more than a week, retracing his route home the night of the party, revisiting his initial account to Cal Poly officers, trying to build a rapport even as they chipped away at his alibi. There were inconsistencies. He had received a black eye, the result, he told campus police, of an elbow he took in a pickup basketball game the Monday after the party. The district attorney's investigators tracked down a friend of Flores who swore the black eye had been there Sunday, the day before the game. "Did you get rat-packed at the party?" this friend told investigators he had asked Flores. "I don't know how I got the black eye," he said, quoting Flores. "I just woke up with it." In his first interview with campus police, Flores said he had watched Kristin walk up the path toward her dormitory before he entered his hall. Investigators said his roommate, who had been away for the weekend, was told by Flores that "he walked the missing person home and then came back to his room." The roommate, according to a police report, "said he did joke with Flores about the case and asked Flores what he did" with Kristin. "Flores told him, 'She's home with my parents.' "
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 18:52:55 GMT
A Cold Case, a Haunting Mystery By Peter H. King, Times Staff Writer June 18, 2006 This "joke," as the police report characterized it, would seem less than funny to the Smarts and their supporters, who have received and passed along to police anonymous tips about a patch of concrete being poured in the backyard of an Arroyo Grande residence owned by the Flores family after Kristin disappeared. Initially, Flores agreed to submit to a polygraph test. When prodded, he kept putting it off. Finally, the district attorney's investigators picked up Flores and told him it was time for the test. "He turned white," is how these detectives, who would not comment for this article, described Flores' reaction to others. Flores was taken to a conference room at the Arroyo Grande police station. He still balked at a lie detector test but did agree to an interview. The 90-minute session was videotaped. Bluffing, the investigators suggested to Flores that they knew he had taken a shower that night, instead of going straight to bed, as he first claimed. He admitted that, yes, he had gone into a communal shower about 5 a.m. after becoming sick. He also admitted to lying about the black eye, not wanting to "sound stupid." In truth, he said, he had whacked himself while working on a truck parked at his father's house. What was most striking about the interview, say those familiar with the tape, was Flores' body language. As the investigators pressed him, pointing out that Kristin had last been seen with him, he pulled his arms into his T-shirt, scrunched over at the waist in his chair and lifted his feet off the floor, as if moving toward a fetal position. It seemed, Smart's lawyers have been told, that "he was going to give it up." He didn't. Instead, he called the investigators' bluff. "If you are so smart," he demanded, "then tell me where the body is." They had a theory, but no body. So they didn't answer. Flores headed for the door. Shortly thereafter, his mother found him a lawyer. There would be some intriguing developments in the early investigation. A team of cadaver dogs, trained to react to wherever a dead body has been, were brought into Santa Lucia Hall. The dogs were taken one by one through the dormitory by handlers who had been given no case particulars. All three were drawn to the door of what had been Flores' room, barking and scratching to be allowed in.
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 18:53:32 GMT
A Cold Case, a Haunting Mystery By Peter H. King, Times Staff Writer June 18, 2006 "She about like broke her neck," is how one handler described her dog's response to Room 128. Once inside, each of the dogs would make their way to a corner of what had been Flores' bed. Investigators were impressed but said dogs "can't testify in court." And when handlers do, their testimony can be countered by opposing experts who poke away at the scientific uncertainties about why cadaver dogs react as they do. There were searches of the Arroyo Grande residences of Flores' separated parents, Ruben and Susan Flores. A scan with ground-penetrating radar of Susan Flores' backyard produced one anomalous reading under a concrete slab, the Smarts have been told, but the detectives apparently did not believe it merited a follow-up look. An earring that seemed to resemble one Kristin had been pictured wearing turned up in a Flores driveway, but it was misplaced by a sheriff's detective before it could be examined. In the end, the black eye and bad body language and barking dogs, the radar anomalies and lost earring never added up, in the view of those who would make the decision, to a case that supported an arrest. On the one-year anniversary of Kristin's disappearance, the sheriff of San Luis Obispo County, whose department had come aboard at Cal Poly's request about a month into the investigation, made a rather staggering admission. "We need Paul Flores to tell us what happened to Kristin Smart," then-Sheriff Ed Williams told the San Luis Obispo Tribune, as the newspaper is now called. "The fact of the matter is we have very qualified detectives who have conducted well over a hundred interviews, and everything leads to Mr. Flores. There are no other suspects. So absent something from Mr. Flores, I don't see us completing this case." Even a student with an 0.6 grade-point average could grasp the implications of the sheriff's remarks. Pleading the 5th Flores invoked his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination before a grand jury. He followed the same course in a deposition conducted by the Smarts' attorneys. He rejected a deal that had been put together in conversations between the district attorney and his lawyer. The terms required Flores to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter, reveal what happened to Kristin and lead authorities to her body. In exchange, he would receive a six-year sentence and the Smarts would agree not go after him in civil court.
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 18:54:29 GMT
A Cold Case, a Haunting Mystery By Peter H. King, Times Staff Writer June 18, 2006 The Smarts, in fact, have filed a wrongful-death suit, but it has been stalled by the refusal of law enforcement officials to turn over evidence gathered in an active case. In response to the lawsuit, Flores has denied "both generally and specifically each and every allegation" raised against him. If silence has kept Flores free, as the Smarts maintain, it has been a troubled freedom. He has lost numerous entry-level jobs and was turned down when he tried to join the Navy. He has left Arroyo Grande and now lives in Lawndale, where he occupies a back house behind a back house in a neighborhood of small stucco homes and large, barking dogs. The drinking does not seem to have stopped. Two weeks before last Christmas, Flores was stopped for driving in excess of 50 mph on residential streets. A test put his blood-alcohol level at 0.08%. It was his third drunk driving arrest since Kristin Smart disappeared. And so in late May, while the Smarts were in Arroyo Grande preparing for a "fun run" in honor of their daughter, Flores was huddled with his parents in the cafeteria of a Torrance courthouse, waiting for a court appearance in his latest DUI case. Flores, dressed in corduroy pants, a sports shirt and scuffed walking shoes, sat at the corner of a table with his back to the door, one shoulder wedged against a wall. His face was pale, his fingernails overgrown. His mother sat close beside him, almost like a shield. Across the table his father, a stocky man with silver hair, kept his head on a swivel: More than once, a courtroom appearance by Flores has brought out advocates of the Smart family, or private investigators, or the media. Ruben Flores locked on a reporter as he walked toward the table. The reporter sat down and in a rush tried to explain that he would like to hear what they had to say about Kristin Smart and all the accusations. "No," Paul Flores said emphatically, maintaining eye contact only for a moment before looking down at the table. Ruben Flores said he had found a note that the reporter had left at his house: "We don't want to talk. No, thank you." Susan Flores, her face flushed, dug through her black leather purse and pulled out a pile of small pieces of paper. Here, she said, peeling one sheet from the deck, "print this." Typed in stacked and centered lines was the following: "A long time ago we chose to "Handle our legal matters in a "Court of Law
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 18:55:03 GMT
A Cold Case, a Haunting Mystery By Peter H. King, Times Staff Writer June 18, 2006 "Media Court of Public Opinion." The Strongest Theory Many theories have bubbled up over time in the case, and to spend a few weeks on the Central Coast is to hear them all: Kristin is buried somewhere in Arroyo Grande, right under everybody's nose. She was hauled off in a Cal Poly food cart that was stolen the night she disappeared, entombed under a water pipeline under construction at the time. Paul Flores had help. Didn't Scott Peterson attend Cal Poly about 10 years ago? Then there is this version, laid out by someone from law enforcement who once worked the case and knows it well: It has been the strongest working theory all along. Flores, this person said, speaking on condition of anonymity, must have taken Kristin to his room: "We know that she never got back to her dorm room. Her roommate was there. And his roommate was gone. He wasn't a cold-blooded killer. He was more like a kid in the candy store." But something went terribly wrong. Perhaps there was a struggle, which would explain the black eye. "It's also a possibility that she regurgitated on her own vomit and died," the source went on. "It could have happened when he was in the shower. In any case, he panics and decides to hide the body." This narrator discounts various theories that involve Kristin's body being conveyed off campus or buried somewhere near the dorms by Flores. It was growing too close to dawn. Toting a 6-foot-1 body across campus undetected "would have been next to impossible." The large, rectangular window of Flores' ground floor room, however, opens on a service driveway. The driveway runs between the dorm and a tree-covered rise, obscuring it from view. At the driveway's end, 30 paces from Flores' room, sit two dumpsters. At that time of the year they would have been filled with the flotsam of freshmen preparing to decamp from the dorms for good. "So he rolls her up in a blanket and carries her out." He could have bumped his eye in the process, pulling his awkward load through the window, perhaps. He deposits Kristin in one of the dumpsters and "puts some stuff over her to hide her." The garbage truck arrives, as it almost always does on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. It rolls down the short driveway. The driver, still in his seat, grabs the dumpsters with the truck's prongs and flips them over the top one by one, dropping their contents, unseen, into the bed. "And then it's off to the dump Several days after the disappearance, a dig for Kristin's remains was conducted by searchers at the Cold Canyon Landfill, where Cal Poly trash is taken. Workers burrowed 18 feet down and began to find copies of the Mustang Daily and other school documents from the last week of May 1996. The dig ended, however, without producing any sign of Kristin Denise Smart. There are those in law enforcement who insist the search was thorough. There are others who say it was cut short a day or two because of bureaucratic complications. Whatever, it's moot. Ten years and some 3 million cubic yards of refuse later, the area of landfill where the digging occurred is now buried within a sealed, 490-foot mountain of compressed garbage and soil. People in the landfill business say that to return now would be pointless.
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 18:56:38 GMT
Julianne Malveaux Commentary NOT THE ONLY MISSING PERSON BY JULIANNE MALVEAUX You couldn’t pay me a bazillion dollars to be Susan Levy. In case you’ve been off on a desert island lacking either newspapers or cable, you don’t know Sharon Levy, mother of the missing Chandra, the intern who disappeared from the District of Columbia days before her graduation. After ten weeks of speculation, it was learned that Ms. Levy was involved with Congressman Gary Condit (D-Ca.). Thousands of police hours have been spent on interviews and searches. Still, Chandra Levy remains missing. No, I wouldn’t want to be Susan Levy unless I was the mother of one of the nation’s other missing persons, one of the ones whose absence has garnered neither the media attention nor the police resources, one of those who hasn’t set tongues ablaze because of her involvement with an elected official. Take the case of Curtis McCoy, who was two-years old when he disappeared in Newark, New Jersey in 1989. His photo is one of the twenty that appears on the FBI’s missing persons website, where Chandra Levy leads the pack. But, the web site also reports that after Curtis disappeared during a shopping trip, “local law enforcement authorities immediately began a search for the boy but called it off after several hours.” In contrast, the Levy investigation has taken place for several weeks. I’m not suggesting that fewer resources be directed at Chandra Levy, but wondering why so few are focused on folks like Curtis McCoy. Of course, the Chandra Levy story, tragic as it is, also has elements of a hot story during a slow summer of news. When you mix politics, illicit sex and possible foul play, you’ve concocted a compelling media cocktail. But the media have missed the opportunity to talk more broadly about the challenges that face the relatives of missing children and adults, to use the Chandra Levy story to educate, not just titillate. Since there are as many as 103,000 missing people in the United States, Chandra Levy’s disappearance is an opportunity to look at the resources available to families whose loved ones go mission. When Kristin Denise Smart went missing from the California Polytechnic University in 1996, her concerned parents spearheaded efforts for two pieces of legislation. At the State level, they pressured then-Governor Pete Wilson to support the Campus Safety Act of 1998. At the National Level, Congresswoman Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) introduced Kristin’s Bill, legislation that made up to a million dollars of federal dollars available to help organizations search for missing adults. President Bill Clinton signed the legislation in December 2000. The Phoenix-based Nation’s Missing Children’s Organization and Center for Missing Adults has a web page (www.nmco.org) that features the photographs and status reports on dozens of missing adults, including those of both Kristin Smart and Chandra Levy. While our attention is focused on the plight of Chandra Levy, it makes sense to broaden the news focus to the plight of all missing adults and to, perhaps, look at resources like those provided by the Center for Missing Adults. But the media seems so caught up in the speculative hysteria of the Levy disappearance that they’ve forgotten that hundreds of others feel the frustration and pain Susan and Levy feel about not knowing what has happened to a loved one. What is it that makes a community galvanize around a missing person or an unsolved crime? Is it money? Connections? Race or gender? The persistence of those left behind, those forced to goad police officers into keeping a case open? Why do some cases rivet our attention, while others merit no more than a mention? Can the light from a very visible case provide enough illumination for a more general issue to be addressed? And, in the middle of all the media speculation, can a few people remember that there are others missing, others who have grieving parents, others whose lives could benefit from our attention? There are riveting stories to be found by scrolling through the FBI missing person’s page, or looking at the dozens of disappearances listed by the Nation’s Missing Children’s Organization and Center for Missing Adults. What happened to Dail Dinwiddie, the South Carolina student who seemingly disappeared into thin air from her Five Points home? What about Tionda and Diamond Bradley, two little black girls who disappeared shortly after the 4th of July in Chicago. Eight-year-old Shy’Kemmia Pate was last seen wearing an Atlanta Braves jersey before she disappeared from her Unadilla, Georgia home. And yes, Chandra Levy is missing. Hers is one story, not the only story of a young woman gone missing. I don’t begrudge this story the attention it has garnered. Still, the spotlight on Chandra Levy’s disappearance ought to extend to a focus on the thousands of missing person stories that scar hearts all over the country.
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 18:57:28 GMT
The article that appeared in the SLO Tribune was very weak. The comments that local residents posted in response to the article, however, are much more substantive. From Cal Poly's Mustang Daily. Billboard seeks new information in 1996 missing student case Posted on 14 April 2009 Tags: crime, kidnap A billboard about Kristin Smart, the Cal Poly student who disappeared from San Luis Obispo on May 25, 1996, will go up on U.S. Highway 101 this week in a new effort by her parents to discover what happened to their daughter nearly 13 years ago. The billboard, which will be up for about six weeks, can be seen near the north side of the Madonna exit, facing southbound traffic. Proceeds from a fun run at Kennedy Club Center held for Smart by her parents Stan Smart and Denise Smart two years ago are helping to support the billboard. “When you have a missing child, the nightmare is never over. We have tried to do something different every year, and for a couple of years we’ve wanted to do a billboard,” she said. In an effort to reach out to the community with the hope that people will share the information with family and friends, the Smart family hopes this billboard will help them obtain new information regarding their daughter. Kristin Smart, 19-years-old at the time of her disappearance, attended another student’s birthday party the night she went missing. After leaving the party, Kristin was helped home by four other students from the party, including Cheryl Anderson and Tim Davis. Another student, Paul Flores, walked with Smart to his dormitory, Santa Lucia Hall, and allegedly left her to walk by herself the rest of the way to her dorm at Muir Hall. This was the last known sighting of her. Though Flores was extensively questioned, he was never charged with anything related to Smart’s disappearance. Someone in the community is the one to find the missing person in 90 percent of such cases, Denise Smart said. “It’s a vigilance of the community, whether it’s out walking and noticing something or reporting something that they saw or heard,” she said. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department public information officer Rob Bryn said that the Kristin Smart case continues to be an active, open investigation. “The Sheriff’s office is pleased with anything that generates a lead and provides fresh information to investigators,” he said. “Anytime that somebody refreshes a story on an open investigation, there’s always a chance that we may get a lead that we haven’t had before.” Bryn agreed with Denise Smart that the majority of students attending the university and those working when she disappeared are no longer in the area. “A lot of the students that are currently at the university have no knowledge of the case, where others perhaps traversing the freeway may,” he said. The important part is not just observing the billboard, but letting other people know that it is there, Denise Smart said. “I think it is going to take the village to bring her home. That’s the goal and we just can’t give up,” she said. The family is hoping to get the billboard sent across the internet to spread the word, with the intention that the person or people who have been withholding information would come across it wherever they are now and be ready to share their knowledge. Information regarding the billboard and a link to a Facebook page can be found on kristinsmart.com, which has a direct link to her Wikipedia page. The site has a video of her life, a guest book and place for tips sent anonymously. Denise Smart said it only takes one person sharing information to help end their nightmare. “The billboard says ‘be a hero,’” Denise Smart said “And I guess the bottom line is that that is what we are looking for. Thirteen years is just 13 years too long,” her mother said. The greatest gift, Denise Smart said, is to have Kristin remembered. “We want the opportunity to lay her to rest in the presence of God and her family and know that she is in a beautiful place,” she said. “We’re just a little force so we need the village.”
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 18:58:25 GMT
13 Years... Monday, May 25th, 2009 Today is the 13th anniversary of the day Kristin vanished from the campus of Cal Poly. Kristin should be 32 years old right now, have a family of her own and enjoying the life that God gave her. Instead, she has still not been found and her family is hurting every second of every minute of every day. Take a look at her, A young woman with her whole life ahead of her. Kristin has our compassion, but she needs our help. If you are in a position to get this case solved...please do what you need to to do.
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 18:58:58 GMT
Billboard seeks new information in 1996 missing student case Posted on 14 April 2009 Tags: crime, kidnap A billboard about Kristin Smart, the Cal Poly student who disappeared from San Luis Obispo on May 25, 1996, will go up on U.S. Highway 101 this week in a new effort by her parents to discover what happened to their daughter nearly 13 years ago. The billboard, which will be up for about six weeks, can be seen near the north side of the Madonna exit, facing southbound traffic. Proceeds from a fun run at Kennedy Club Center held for Smart by her parents Stan Smart and Denise Smart two years ago are helping to support the billboard. “When you have a missing child, the nightmare is never over. We have tried to do something different every year, and for a couple of years we’ve wanted to do a billboard,” she said. In an effort to reach out to the community with the hope that people will share the information with family and friends, the Smart family hopes this billboard will help them obtain new information regarding their daughter. Kristin Smart, 19-years-old at the time of her disappearance, attended another student’s birthday party the night she went missing. After leaving the party, Kristin was helped home by four other students from the party, including Cheryl Anderson and Tim Davis. Another student, Paul Flores, walked with Smart to his dormitory, Santa Lucia Hall, and allegedly left her to walk by herself the rest of the way to her dorm at Muir Hall. This was the last known sighting of her. Though Flores was extensively questioned, he was never charged with anything related to Smart’s disappearance. Someone in the community is the one to find the missing person in 90 percent of such cases, Denise Smart said. “It’s a vigilance of the community, whether it’s out walking and noticing something or reporting something that they saw or heard,” she said. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department public information officer Rob Bryn said that the Kristin Smart case continues to be an active, open investigation. “The Sheriff’s office is pleased with anything that generates a lead and provides fresh information to investigators,” he said. “Anytime that somebody refreshes a story on an open investigation, there’s always a chance that we may get a lead that we haven’t had before.” Bryn agreed with Denise Smart that the majority of students attending the university and those working when she disappeared are no longer in the area. “A lot of the students that are currently at the university have no knowledge of the case, where others perhaps traversing the freeway may,” he said. The important part is not just observing the billboard, but letting other people know that it is there, Denise Smart said. “I think it is going to take the village to bring her home. That’s the goal and we just can’t give up,” she said. The family is hoping to get the billboard sent across the internet to spread the word, with the intention that the person or people who have been withholding information would come across it wherever they are now and be ready to share their knowledge. Information regarding the billboard and a link to a Facebook page can be found on kristinsmart.com, which has a direct link to her Wikipedia page. The site has a video of her life, a guest book and place for tips sent anonymously. Denise Smart said it only takes one person sharing information to help end their nightmare. “The billboard says ‘be a hero,’” Denise Smart said “And I guess the bottom line is that that is what we are looking for. Thirteen years is just 13 years too long,” her mother said. The greatest gift, Denise Smart said, is to have Kristin remembered. “We want the opportunity to lay her to rest in the presence of God and her family and know that she is in a beautiful place,” she said. “We’re just a little force so we need the village.”
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 18:59:37 GMT
San Luis Obispo Tribune Tuesday, June 20th, 2000 New technology allowed sheriff's detectives to get a fresh perspective Monday on property possibly connected with the Kristin Smart disappearance. No remains or other evidence was found when investigators peered beneath the surface of a lot at 529 East Branch Street. The house there is owned by the mother of Paul Flores, the last person to be seen with Smart before she disappeared in 1996. Though he has never been charged in the case, Flores is still considered a suspect be San Luis Obispo County sheriff's detectives. This is the second time investigators have searched for buried evidence at Susan Flores' Arroyo Grande house. Cadaver dogs, trained to find human remains, and high-tech X-ray equipment were used in a March 1997 search. Nothing was found then, either. At that time, the home was owned by Paul Flores' parents, but was rented out. Sheriff's deputies, Cal Poly police, and FBI agents serves a search warrant at the Arroyo Grande home at about 8:00am Monday, according to Sheriff's Sgt. Sean Donahue. Susan Flores lives in the blue bungalow with her 91 year-old grandmother, Donahue said. Investigators used ground penetrating radar (GPR) to get electro-magnetic pictures of where objects might be buried. The underground images are shown on a computer screen. Police dug several holes in the home's yard and crawled beneath the house to use the GPR. Investigators also used radar under a garage built on property in early 1999. The search ended about 5pm. No tips or new information sparked the search. Donahue said. Instead, the search warrant was prompted by the FBI's offer of the new GPR technology. "The technology is out there, but we didn't have it," Donahue said. "We can look in an area we would not have been able to look in without disturbing someone's property." Smart, a Stockton native, was a Cal Poly freshman when she disappeared on May 25th, 1996. The 19-year old communications major was last seen walking to her room at Muir Hall with Paul Flores, who also was a Poly student at the time. This is the latest episode in which investigators have revisited sites and re-interviewed possible witnesses in the disappearance. In March, 1999, the FBI interviewed 600 Cal Poly student who were at the college when Smart disappeared. Two months later, sheriff's deputies sifted through dirt where the dormitory where Smart was last seen. Paul Flores is now serving a jail sentence in Santa Barbara County jail in connection with a charge of driving under the influence. Those charges are unrelated to the Smart disappearance.
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 19:00:04 GMT
KRISTIN SMART NCMA1062418 -Missing (View Poster) DOB: Feb 20, 1977 Age: 32 Missing: May 25, 1996 Race: White Location: SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, US 5779A-National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 19:00:40 GMT
The Son of Susan The Ben Franklin Lead Laaaaaaaaaaa2002@yahoo.com I love the question and I don't shy away from it at all. People will from time to time ask me, "Do you think Kristin will ever be found?" The answer is 'Yes', for a few reasons. ' First, and most importantly, I am convinced way beyond any shadow of a doubt that the SLO Sheriff and DA's office is a lot more on the ball than many people believe. Secondly, having Terry Black from Sacramento come on board is a HUGE, HUGE development for the Smarts. He talks very big and backs up his words. He is a 'proven' commodity and he makes no secret that he is in this till Kristin is home. Finally - between 'Google' and this website, many credible tips have come in. One of the most important is a series of emails that were sent anonymously to SonofSusan from the Laaaaaaaaaaa2002 Yahoo address above. (The address is no longer active) and we have since tracked down the keys to identifying the author. Finally, Paul Flores, via his own immature actions has just racked up his 4th DUI and he now had two felonies hanging over his head. Fri, 30 May 2003 03:47:53 -0700 (PDT) I hope this helps in your investigation. The sheriff department in this county is not known for it's efficiency in serving the community. Paul had a best friend at the time of Kristens disappearance was named Jeremy Moon. Moon lived with Doug Roberts but he was very close to paul. I promise you that any information that doug said he had came from jeremy. Doug and paul didn't get along.They were like brothers during the time of Kristen's disappearance. Look him up and maybe you will find some answers. Benjamin Franklin Fri, 30 May 2003 09:49:51 -0700 (PDT) That video of Kristen brought tears to my eyes. If Flores had anything to do with it, I thought my information would help. If paul told anyone about his involvement with the disappearance of kristen then he told Jeremy Moon(other than his parents). If you ever meet Doug, you will see that he likes the spotlight. Moon has more information than Roberts. I was a friend of doug and jeremy. I worked with paul at that gas station and jeremy would always come by comforting him during the initial investigation. I believe that if Rueben didn't help paul then Jeremy must have helped him. Paul lived in Jeremy's room with the Roberts. Doug's family is kind of strange and unorthodox in their methods of extended family. What was funny was that the DA didn't bother to call moon as a witness during the Grand Jury hearing in 1996. He told me that he would plea the 5th like paul. Ben Mon, 2 Jun 2003 16:57:30 -0700 (PDT) Hi Dennis, It is allright for you to post this on your guestbook. I want you to imagine the mind of a 18 year old man who has lived with a friends family since he was 16. Imagine the kind of stability his relationship with his biological family must have been. His relationship with Doug and Paul would more than likely take the place of his biological family. When you are young you make many mistakes because of all the smoke and mirrors than present themselves. Jeremy was also a drug addict who lived recklessly and disrespectfully among his peers and strangers. That guys cared only about his friends and no one else. I know for a fact that David Karp had nothing to do with the disappearance of Kristen. David comes from a good family and never hung around paul flores(they were not friends) rather with Doug Roberts who lived with Jeremy Moon. I know it is hard for everyone in this battle to find out what paul did with her. We just have to focus our resources on the right people. As I said earlier, if paul told any friend about his involvement with Kristen's disappearance then he told Jeremy Moon. Put the pressure on Jeremy and he will fold! He doesn't have the financial resources to hold off a barrage of questions that will lead to his breakdown. The reward money should go to Kristen's siblings for college or some worth charity. I do not want this money. This family has suffered for years and deserves an answer from Jeremey and Paul. Good Luck, Benjamin Franklin
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 19:01:07 GMT
The Son of Susan The Ben Franklin Lead Laaaaaaaaaaa2002@yahoo.com I love the question and I don't shy away from it at all. People will from time to time ask me, "Do you think Kristin will ever be found?" The answer is 'Yes', for a few reasons. ' First, and most importantly, I am convinced way beyond any shadow of a doubt that the SLO Sheriff and DA's office is a lot more on the ball than many people believe. Secondly, having Terry Black from Sacramento come on board is a HUGE, HUGE development for the Smarts. He talks very big and backs up his words. He is a 'proven' commodity and he makes no secret that he is in this till Kristin is home. Finally - between 'Google' and this website, many credible tips have come in. One of the most important is a series of emails that were sent anonymously to SonofSusan from the Laaaaaaaaaaa2002 Yahoo address above. (The address is no longer active) and we have since tracked down the keys to identifying the author. Finally, Paul Flores, via his own immature actions has just racked up his 4th DUI and he now had two felonies hanging over his head. Fri, 30 May 2003 03:47:53 -0700 (PDT) I hope this helps in your investigation. The sheriff department in this county is not known for it's efficiency in serving the community. Paul had a best friend at the time of Kristens disappearance was named Jeremy Moon. Moon lived with Doug Roberts but he was very close to paul. I promise you that any information that doug said he had came from jeremy. Doug and paul didn't get along.They were like brothers during the time of Kristen's disappearance. Look him up and maybe you will find some answers. Benjamin Franklin Fri, 30 May 2003 09:49:51 -0700 (PDT) That video of Kristen brought tears to my eyes. If Flores had anything to do with it, I thought my information would help. If paul told anyone about his involvement with the disappearance of kristen then he told Jeremy Moon(other than his parents). If you ever meet Doug, you will see that he likes the spotlight. Moon has more information than Roberts. I was a friend of doug and jeremy. I worked with paul at that gas station and jeremy would always come by comforting him during the initial investigation. I believe that if Rueben didn't help paul then Jeremy must have helped him. Paul lived in Jeremy's room with the Roberts. Doug's family is kind of strange and unorthodox in their methods of extended family. What was funny was that the DA didn't bother to call moon as a witness during the Grand Jury hearing in 1996. He told me that he would plea the 5th like paul. Ben Mon, 2 Jun 2003 16:57:30 -0700 (PDT) Hi Dennis, It is allright for you to post this on your guestbook. I want you to imagine the mind of a 18 year old man who has lived with a friends family since he was 16. Imagine the kind of stability his relationship with his biological family must have been. His relationship with Doug and Paul would more than likely take the place of his biological family. When you are young you make many mistakes because of all the smoke and mirrors than present themselves. Jeremy was also a drug addict who lived recklessly and disrespectfully among his peers and strangers. That guys cared only about his friends and no one else. I know for a fact that David Karp had nothing to do with the disappearance of Kristen. David comes from a good family and never hung around paul flores(they were not friends) rather with Doug Roberts who lived with Jeremy Moon. I know it is hard for everyone in this battle to find out what paul did with her. We just have to focus our resources on the right people. As I said earlier, if paul told any friend about his involvement with Kristen's disappearance then he told Jeremy Moon. Put the pressure on Jeremy and he will fold! He doesn't have the financial resources to hold off a barrage of questions that will lead to his breakdown. The reward money should go to Kristen's siblings for college or some worth charity. I do not want this money. This family has suffered for years and deserves an answer from Jeremey and Paul. Good Luck, Benjamin Franklin
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 19:01:48 GMT
Kristin Smart in the park at Dinosaur Caves, Pismo Beach. The celebration of Kristin's life was attended by family and friends. Prayers and songs were offered and seven beautiful doves were released over the ocean in symbolism of the seven years Kristin has been missing The 12 acre city park includes 10,000 feet of walking paths, native plants, a contemplative botanical garden and a pagoda. The City of Pismo Beach could not have chosen a more appropriate place to memorialize the beauty of Kristin, who loved and felt at home near the sea. In addition to celebrating Kristin's life the site will also remind visitors that even in a place as beautiful as the Central Coast of California, evil lurks.
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2013 19:03:35 GMT
Kristin Smart A young woman vanishes from a college campus. Kristin Smart Missing: Gender: Female DOB: 2/20/77 Height: 6’1” Weight: 145 to 160 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Dark blonde Remarks: Last seen 5/25/96. There is currently a $75,000 reward being offered. Why hadn’t Kristin called home? Paul Flores walked her home that night CASE DETAILS Police found clues in a dorm room Eighteen year-old April Gregory and 19 year-old Kristin Smart never met. They were enrolled at different universities on opposite ends of the country. Yet within the same five hour period, they were both vanished with no warning and no explanation. April Gregory took her schoolwork at Syracuse University very seriously. When she finished her freshman year, she immediately enrolled in the summer session. At 11:45 P.M., on May 24, 1996, April's brother, Lamar, dropped her off at her dorm: "I helped her with her bags to the front of the dormitory and that was the last I saw her." April walked up the steps, entered the doors under the watchful eyes of dorm officials, and went to her seventh floor room, then was never seen again. A short time later, police searched April's room. They discovered that when she disappeared, she hadn't finished unpacking. And in the closet, only one clue: her work uniform was missing. But April never arrived at work. April's father, Herman, knew it could only be bad news: Police became suspicious of Paul Flores "Rarely did she miss work. Very rarely. I just knew something bad had happened to my baby." At almost the same moment that April Gregory disappeared, another young woman mysteriously vanished 3,000 miles away. Nineteen year-old Kristin Smart was a freshman at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo. About the time April should've been heading to work in New York, Kristin was returning to her dorm after a party. She wasn't alone. Nineteen-year old Paul Flores was also a freshman at Cal Poly. He had offered to walk Kristin home after the party. An eyewitness saw Paul and Kristin on a street corner. Paul told police that Kristin went to her dorm, and he crossed the street to his. Denise Smart is Kristen's mother: "Kristin phoned home every Sunday religiously. And when that Sunday passed, and she hadn't phoned, I knew something was wrong." Police and volunteers searched the campus for Kristin, but they didn't find a clue. Then cadaver search dogs were taken through the dorms. According to Det. Sgt. Peter R. Bayer of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's office, the dogs earned their pay: "Those dogs hit on this room, room 128, at the Cal Poly campus, and specifically came into this room and hit on this mattress and the corner of this mattress. This room was occupied by, coincidentally, the male subject that was last seen with Kristin Smart on the day she became a missing person." That male subject was Paul Flores. Det. Bayer said that authorities became suspicious of Flores' statement that he and Kristin had gone home separately: "He says he continued into his dorm, which is up the hill, and she left and went up between the two dorms to her own dorm. However, we believe that, based on what we've learned from the search dogs, she actually continued into his dorm with him." Kristen's mother Denise has not given up hope of finding Kristen alive. But she's not optimistic: "As any parent can imagine, the longer that it goes on, the dimmer the light. And we can only hope." April Gregory's father is haunted by his daughter's disappearance: "There's a neighbor girl that resembles April a lot, and I'd be in the kitchen sometimes when she'd walk by the house. My heart would just flutter 'cause I'd be missing my April, and I'd be so disappointed that it's not her. Everything brings April to my mind. I don't cry as much as I used to. But the pain is still there. I really, really miss our daughter." Update: In November of 1997, more than a year after she vanished, April Gregory's former boyfriend was charged with her murder. Police claim that Terrance Evans killed April after an argument, dismembered her body, and then hid part of it in his house. The jury convicted Evans of second-degree murder. He is serving 25 years to life in prison. Police are still searching for answers in the disappearance of Kristin Smart.
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