Podcaster hits cop series#

вЂњFor most of my life, Kristin Smart has been a face on a billboard,вЂќ he wrote on Instagram. He feels like heвЂ™s gotten to know Kristin Smart, but wishes he had the chance to meet her. He is grateful to have grown close to the family. Lambert has developed a close relationship with the Smart family, who issued a statement after the arrest, praising his skills and вЂњunselfish dedication.вЂќ Lambert said investigators had dismissed that account in the early years of the probe. Lambert spoke with a former Australian exchange student at Cal Poly who said he saw Flores and Smart struggling near where Smart was last seen. His efforts to speak with Paul Flores were also fruitless, he said. He said he sent an intermediary to her house and Susan Flores threatened to call the police. Susan Flores, who hung up when called by the AP, told KSBY-TV in March in the only interview sheвЂ™s granted that she could вЂњshoot a lot of holes into a lot of (LambertвЂ™s) lies.вЂќ вЂњThis may be the piece of evidence that points to the fact that Kristin was buried in that backyard or that her belongings were buried in that backyard.вЂќ

Podcaster hits cop series#

вЂњThat seems to be the moment in the podcast series that most people have been just completely shaken,вЂќ he said. at the Cal Poly pool, so itвЂ™s possible she set her watch to wake up at that early hour. Smart had worked as a lifeguard at 5 a.m. вЂњThe speculation has been all along that Paul called his dad in the middle of the night and his dad came up and helped him get rid of KristinвЂ™s body,вЂќ Lambert said.ДЄ tenant who lived for a year at Susan FloresвЂ™ home told him she heard a watch alarm every morning at 4:20 a.m. Flores came into work after Memorial Day weekend 1996 - when Smart went missing - saying she didnвЂ™t sleep well because her husband had gotten a phone call in the middle of the night and left in his car. вЂњIt did produce some information that I believe was valuable.вЂќДЄ former colleague of Paul FloresвЂ™ mother, Susan Flores, told him Mrs. вЂњWhat Chris did with the podcast was put it out nationally to bring in new information,вЂќ Parkinson said without elaborating on the new evidence. Deputies started calling him to connect them with people he interviewed.

People opened up to Lambert and he encouraged them to contact investigators with relevant information. Now 44, Flores was charged with murder in the killing of the 19-year-old while trying to rape her in his dorm room, prosecutors said. The longtime suspect, Paul Flores, and Smart were fellow freshmen at the California Polytechnic State University campus in San Luis Obispo. On Tuesday, as San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson announced arrests, he credited Lambert with helping draw worldwide attention to the case and bringing forward several key witnesses. It was an unlikely turn for someone who refers to himself as a shy, вЂњrandom boy with a beardвЂќ and it has produced results he never imagined. вЂњI just get sucked right back in because I want to be resolving things.вЂќ вЂњI canвЂ™t step away from it for more than a few days,вЂќ Lambert said. He created a podcast about the 1996 disappearance of college freshman Kristin Smart and itвЂ™s taken over his life.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chris Lambert would like to get back to making music but he canвЂ™t seem to stop chasing a ghost that has haunted him for nearly 25 years.ДЄ billboard on the side of the road on CaliforniaвЂ™s Central Coast led him on a detour three years ago from his career as a singer-songwriter and recording engineer. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

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