Still Missing CA - Kristin Smart, 19, San Luis Obispo, 25 May 1996 *arrests* #3
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@Emi - I hope you don't mind that I grabbed the last of the tweets for Friday's hearing so I would have a post # to reference to the witnesses in my notes. At least I saved you some time! 
So you don't have to post the testimony for Vanessa Shields or Kendra Koed, well at least not the podcast tweets.
for Friday, 7/22:
Your Own Backyard Podcast
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3h
Stan Smart was excused at 11am.
The People called Vanessa Shields. In May 1996, Vanessa was a Cal Poly student and lived two doors down from Kristin Smart in Muir Hall. She says she hung out with Kristin often, along with their other dorm mates, Margarita, Anneke, and Kendra.
Vanessa recalls a time at a party when they encountered Paul Flores, 3-4 weeks before Kristin went missing. After making small talk, Vanessa later noticed Paul “staring intently” at Kristin for several minutes from across the room. This made her “very uncomfortable… unsettled.”
Vanessa says she had also witnessed Paul staring at Kristin at another party prior to this. She says Kristin did not reciprocate Paul’s interest in her.
“He was creepy. Socially awkward. Always alone. We all have a type, and he wasn’t Kristin’s type.”
On cross-examination, Sanger asks why Vanessa was interviewed by the FBI in 1999, but not interviewed by the SLO Sheriff’s Department until February 2022. Vanessa says she was expecting their call for a long time.
Defense Attorney Harold Mesick: “You believe Paul Flores is guilty, and you’re here to convict him. Correct?”
Peuvrelle objects that the question is argumentative, and Judge O’Keefe sustains.
Sanger asks Vanessa if she had any discussions with “the creepy guy” who she believes was Paul Flores. She says his focus was on Kristin.
“She was beautiful and people were drawn to her personality.”
Sanger: “Kristin liked attention from good-looking boys, correct?”
Sanger asks why Vanessa never told anyone that Paul Flores was the “creepy guy” at these parties. Vanessa says she told all of her friends and family members and anyone she spoke to about Kristin’s disappearance.
Mesick asks Vanessa if she and her friends ever shared clothing. She says they did not. Mesick asks if she was ever aware of Kristin Smart borrowing clothing from friends. She says no.
Vanessa was excused at 11:48am.
After lunch, Peuvrelle calls Kendra Koed to the stand. Kendra was a Cuesta College student in 1996, and attended the party at 135 Crandall Way on May 24th with her roommate and several friends.
Kendra says she was asking around the party for some gum, when Paul Flores told her he had some.
“At some point, he started kissing me.”
Kendra says the kiss was not consensual. When someone at the party yelled at them to “get a room”, she pushed Paul away.
Kendra says she asked Paul for the gum, and he led her out the back door, presumably to go to his car. Once they were alone in the side yard, Kendra says Paul grabbed her by the arms and tried to kiss her again.
Kendra says she pushed Paul off and went back inside, where she told her friends: “That guy was very strange.”
Inside, Kendra says she saw “an extremely tall girl” walk in through the front door. She says she later learned who that girl was.
“Her name was Kristin Smart.”
At one point, Kendra says she saw Kristin fall down in the hallway. She says Paul Flores was standing over Kristin, and another man was trying to help her up.
Kendra says she took Kristin out on the front patio and sat with her for a few minutes. While she never saw her drinking, Kendra says Kristin “didn’t seem sober.”
“She did not seem able to sit on her own. She was unstable. She just seemed like she needed a friend.”
Kendra says she told Kristin to “stay away from that guy”, referring to Paul Flores. She says the next time she saw Kristin, she was laying down near the driveway. Kendra says she kneeled near Kristin’s feet and asked if she had a ride home, and Kristin said she did.
During cross-examination, Sanger asks Kendra how much she had to drink that night. Kendra says she and her friends “went to 7-Eleven and got Slurpees and put rum in it.”
Sanger asks Kendra why she didn’t tell Cal Poly Police in 1996 “everything you told us here today”. Kendra says she did.
Kendra was interviewed by Detective Mike Kennedy over the phone on May 31, 1996, and says she doesn’t know how much of her story he wrote down.
Sanger asks Kendra if she follows Your Own Backyard Podcast on social media, and she says she follows on Instagram.
Sanger produces screenshots showing that Kendra follows the podcast on Instagram and the podcast follows her back.
Sanger asks Kendra if the podcast is “oriented towards convicting Paul Flores”. Peuvrelle objects that the question is argumentative, and Judge O’Keefe sustains.
Sanger: “Does it appear that Chris Lambert is dedicated to Paul Flores being convicted?”
Kendra: “I believe he is dedicated to getting justice for Kristin Smart’s parents.”
Sanger asks if during the party “guys were coming onto girls and girls were coming onto guys”. Kendra says no.
Sanger asks Kendra if she was “asked to wear purple” at the prelim. Kendra says no.
Defense Attorney Harold Mesick asks Kendra if she changed her profile photo last August to a purple hand symbol (). Kendra says she did. Mesick asks the meaning of the symbol.
“It represents Kristin Smart.”
Mesick asks Kendra if she kissed “anyone else that night”. She says she did not.
Mesick asks if the way Kristin Smart was dressed at the party was “unusual for that time in San Luis Obispo”. Kendra says no.
Kendra is excused at 3:23pm.
Trial resumes Monday July 25 at 8:30am.
link: https://twitter.com/YOBPodcast
So you don't have to post the testimony for Vanessa Shields or Kendra Koed, well at least not the podcast tweets.for Friday, 7/22:
Your Own Backyard Podcast
@YOBPodcast
·
3h
Stan Smart was excused at 11am.
The People called Vanessa Shields. In May 1996, Vanessa was a Cal Poly student and lived two doors down from Kristin Smart in Muir Hall. She says she hung out with Kristin often, along with their other dorm mates, Margarita, Anneke, and Kendra.
Vanessa recalls a time at a party when they encountered Paul Flores, 3-4 weeks before Kristin went missing. After making small talk, Vanessa later noticed Paul “staring intently” at Kristin for several minutes from across the room. This made her “very uncomfortable… unsettled.”
Vanessa says she had also witnessed Paul staring at Kristin at another party prior to this. She says Kristin did not reciprocate Paul’s interest in her.
“He was creepy. Socially awkward. Always alone. We all have a type, and he wasn’t Kristin’s type.”
On cross-examination, Sanger asks why Vanessa was interviewed by the FBI in 1999, but not interviewed by the SLO Sheriff’s Department until February 2022. Vanessa says she was expecting their call for a long time.
Defense Attorney Harold Mesick: “You believe Paul Flores is guilty, and you’re here to convict him. Correct?”
Peuvrelle objects that the question is argumentative, and Judge O’Keefe sustains.
Sanger asks Vanessa if she had any discussions with “the creepy guy” who she believes was Paul Flores. She says his focus was on Kristin.
“She was beautiful and people were drawn to her personality.”
Sanger: “Kristin liked attention from good-looking boys, correct?”
Sanger asks why Vanessa never told anyone that Paul Flores was the “creepy guy” at these parties. Vanessa says she told all of her friends and family members and anyone she spoke to about Kristin’s disappearance.
Mesick asks Vanessa if she and her friends ever shared clothing. She says they did not. Mesick asks if she was ever aware of Kristin Smart borrowing clothing from friends. She says no.
Vanessa was excused at 11:48am.
After lunch, Peuvrelle calls Kendra Koed to the stand. Kendra was a Cuesta College student in 1996, and attended the party at 135 Crandall Way on May 24th with her roommate and several friends.
Kendra says she was asking around the party for some gum, when Paul Flores told her he had some.
“At some point, he started kissing me.”
Kendra says the kiss was not consensual. When someone at the party yelled at them to “get a room”, she pushed Paul away.
Kendra says she asked Paul for the gum, and he led her out the back door, presumably to go to his car. Once they were alone in the side yard, Kendra says Paul grabbed her by the arms and tried to kiss her again.
Kendra says she pushed Paul off and went back inside, where she told her friends: “That guy was very strange.”
Inside, Kendra says she saw “an extremely tall girl” walk in through the front door. She says she later learned who that girl was.
“Her name was Kristin Smart.”
At one point, Kendra says she saw Kristin fall down in the hallway. She says Paul Flores was standing over Kristin, and another man was trying to help her up.
Kendra says she took Kristin out on the front patio and sat with her for a few minutes. While she never saw her drinking, Kendra says Kristin “didn’t seem sober.”
“She did not seem able to sit on her own. She was unstable. She just seemed like she needed a friend.”
Kendra says she told Kristin to “stay away from that guy”, referring to Paul Flores. She says the next time she saw Kristin, she was laying down near the driveway. Kendra says she kneeled near Kristin’s feet and asked if she had a ride home, and Kristin said she did.
During cross-examination, Sanger asks Kendra how much she had to drink that night. Kendra says she and her friends “went to 7-Eleven and got Slurpees and put rum in it.”
Sanger asks Kendra why she didn’t tell Cal Poly Police in 1996 “everything you told us here today”. Kendra says she did.
Kendra was interviewed by Detective Mike Kennedy over the phone on May 31, 1996, and says she doesn’t know how much of her story he wrote down.
Sanger asks Kendra if she follows Your Own Backyard Podcast on social media, and she says she follows on Instagram.
Sanger produces screenshots showing that Kendra follows the podcast on Instagram and the podcast follows her back.
Sanger asks Kendra if the podcast is “oriented towards convicting Paul Flores”. Peuvrelle objects that the question is argumentative, and Judge O’Keefe sustains.
Sanger: “Does it appear that Chris Lambert is dedicated to Paul Flores being convicted?”
Kendra: “I believe he is dedicated to getting justice for Kristin Smart’s parents.”
Sanger asks if during the party “guys were coming onto girls and girls were coming onto guys”. Kendra says no.
Sanger asks Kendra if she was “asked to wear purple” at the prelim. Kendra says no.
Defense Attorney Harold Mesick asks Kendra if she changed her profile photo last August to a purple hand symbol (). Kendra says she did. Mesick asks the meaning of the symbol.
“It represents Kristin Smart.”
Mesick asks Kendra if she kissed “anyone else that night”. She says she did not.
Mesick asks if the way Kristin Smart was dressed at the party was “unusual for that time in San Luis Obispo”. Kendra says no.
Kendra is excused at 3:23pm.
Trial resumes Monday July 25 at 8:30am.
link: https://twitter.com/YOBPodcast
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Monday, July 25th:
*Trial continues (Day 3) (@ 11:30am PT) - CA - Kristin Denise Smart (19) (missing May 25, 1996 while walking back to her dorm from a off campus frat party at Cal Poly, reported missing on May 26, 1996, San Luis Obispo, still missing; legally declared dead on May 25, 2002) – *Paul Ruben Flores (19 @ time of crime/44/now 45) arrested (4/13/21), charged (4/14/21) & arraigned (10/20/21) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. No bond.
*Ruben Ricardo Flores (55 @ time of crime/80/now 81) arrested (4/13/21), charged (4/14/21) & arraigned (10/20/21) with accessory to murder after the fact. Plead not guilty. $250K bond. Bond was lower to $50K. Has posted bond (4/22/21), out of jail.
Trial began with final jury selection for Paul from 6/27 & ended 6/28/22 & for Ruben jury selection started on 7/11 & ended 7/12/22.
Trial began on 7/18/22 with opening statements for Paul in am & Ruben in pm (which was continued on 7/21/22).
Paul’s attorney Robert Sanger & Ruben’s is Harold V. Mesick. Prosecutor is Christopher Peuvrelle. Judge Jennifer O’Keefe presiding.
Judge O’Keefe has blocked defense attorney Sanger from suggesting someone else killed Smart unless he can provide evidence of direct involvement.
Trial has been moved from San Luis Obispo County to Monterey County in Salinas. For 2 juries each: 12 jurors & 8 alternates; Paul’s: 8 men & 12 women & Ruben’s: 9 men & 10 women.
Case & court info from 5/17/21 thru Final Jury Selection Day 1-2 (7/11 & 7/12/22 for Ruben) & 7/14 thru 7/15/22 & Trial Day 1-2 (7/18-7/19/22) & 7/19 to 7/20/22 reference post #509 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-26
Additional info for:
7/21/22 Thursday, Trial Day 2: State witnesses: Matt Smart, Kristin’s brother. Stan Smart, Kristin’s father.
For more info see posts #514 to 520 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-26
And more info see post #521 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-27
7/22/22 Friday, Trial Day 3: State witnesses: Stan Smart, Kristin’s father on cross-exam.
For more info see posts #530 to 532, 536 to 540 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-27
State witnesses continued: Stan Smart. Vanessa Shield, Kristin’s college friend. Kendra Koed, was a Cuesta College student in 1996 & attended the party at 135 Crandall Way on May 24th with her roommate & several friends.
For more info see posts #542, 543, 545 & 548 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-28
SLO Tribue, ABCNews, Associated Press & LA Times filed motion to unseal records in Smart case has a hearing date. The motion hearing is on 8/4/22 @ 3pm.
Trial continues on Monday, 7/25/22.
*Trial continues (Day 3) (@ 11:30am PT) - CA - Kristin Denise Smart (19) (missing May 25, 1996 while walking back to her dorm from a off campus frat party at Cal Poly, reported missing on May 26, 1996, San Luis Obispo, still missing; legally declared dead on May 25, 2002) – *Paul Ruben Flores (19 @ time of crime/44/now 45) arrested (4/13/21), charged (4/14/21) & arraigned (10/20/21) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. No bond.
*Ruben Ricardo Flores (55 @ time of crime/80/now 81) arrested (4/13/21), charged (4/14/21) & arraigned (10/20/21) with accessory to murder after the fact. Plead not guilty. $250K bond. Bond was lower to $50K. Has posted bond (4/22/21), out of jail.
Trial began with final jury selection for Paul from 6/27 & ended 6/28/22 & for Ruben jury selection started on 7/11 & ended 7/12/22.
Trial began on 7/18/22 with opening statements for Paul in am & Ruben in pm (which was continued on 7/21/22).
Paul’s attorney Robert Sanger & Ruben’s is Harold V. Mesick. Prosecutor is Christopher Peuvrelle. Judge Jennifer O’Keefe presiding.
Judge O’Keefe has blocked defense attorney Sanger from suggesting someone else killed Smart unless he can provide evidence of direct involvement.
Trial has been moved from San Luis Obispo County to Monterey County in Salinas. For 2 juries each: 12 jurors & 8 alternates; Paul’s: 8 men & 12 women & Ruben’s: 9 men & 10 women.
Case & court info from 5/17/21 thru Final Jury Selection Day 1-2 (7/11 & 7/12/22 for Ruben) & 7/14 thru 7/15/22 & Trial Day 1-2 (7/18-7/19/22) & 7/19 to 7/20/22 reference post #509 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-26
Additional info for:
7/21/22 Thursday, Trial Day 2: State witnesses: Matt Smart, Kristin’s brother. Stan Smart, Kristin’s father.
For more info see posts #514 to 520 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-26
And more info see post #521 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-27
7/22/22 Friday, Trial Day 3: State witnesses: Stan Smart, Kristin’s father on cross-exam.
For more info see posts #530 to 532, 536 to 540 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-27
State witnesses continued: Stan Smart. Vanessa Shield, Kristin’s college friend. Kendra Koed, was a Cuesta College student in 1996 & attended the party at 135 Crandall Way on May 24th with her roommate & several friends.
For more info see posts #542, 543, 545 & 548 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-obispo-25-may-1996-arrests-3.588288/page-28
SLO Tribue, ABCNews, Associated Press & LA Times filed motion to unseal records in Smart case has a hearing date. The motion hearing is on 8/4/22 @ 3pm.
Trial continues on Monday, 7/25/22.
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Cross examination of Kristin Smart's father turns tense during murder trial
Testimony resumed Friday in the case against Paul and Ruben Flores, who are charged in connection with the disappearance of Kristin Smart.
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IMO somebody put sonething in K's drink.
So even K herself didn't know what hit her (that she'd been spiked).and
Probably until she started coming to, in his dorm room.
So he killed her.
And covered her up for 25 years.
Appalling.
JMO
So even K herself didn't know what hit her (that she'd been spiked).and
Probably until she started coming to, in his dorm room.
So he killed her.
And covered her up for 25 years.
Appalling.
JMO
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