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We Have a $200.00 Winner

12/13/2018

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Just after noon this afternoon, Luke Viker correctly guessed the Secret Phrase and won the $200.00. His payout DOUBLED since a few weeks ago he purchased a Toy for Madi Iversen's Christmas Toy Drive to honor Kristin.
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Clue # 8 - Eye of the Needle

12/11/2018

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The Ben Franklin leads came in in 2003. Three years later, in 2006, wealthy businessman and 'Kristin-supporter' Terry Black contacted SLO Detectives and demanded they follow up on this lead. A few days later, a Detective returned Mr. Black's phone call to inform him they just checked out the lead and it was nothing.

Grand Island Mansion - Sacramento, Ca

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Terry Black is the owner of the Grand Island Mansion up in Sacramento. The Smart family will forever be grateful for his personal help in trying to find Kristin. Mr. Black:
  1. Purchased full-page ads in SLO for Kristin.
  2. Offered a $100.000.00 reward for Kristin.
  3. Most importantly, got on the phone with SLO Detectives and demand that they follow up on the Ben Franklin lead. (This was in 2006 - three years AFTER the tips came in.)
  4. A few days later, SLO Detective returned Mr. Black's call to inform him that they just checked the lead out and that it was nothing.
  5. That made no sense to me because I personally drove up to Sonoma State and met with the head of the University's IT Department...Barry Blackburn.
  6. Between 2003 and 2006, I would occasionally stay in touch with Mr Blackburn and his news was always the same: 'Dennis, no one has contacted me".
  7. SLO Sheriff told Mr. Black they did not use Barry Blackburn as a source, they used another contact.
It really is very possible the this lead was checked out immediately by the SLO Sheriff's Department. If that is 'true' then I owe them a HUGE apology and I am more than happy to do so. ​​
  1. The Eye of the Needle:  Barry Blackburn, head of the IT Department at Sonoma State personally told me: "Dennis, it doesn't matter who they went through, whoever that was, that person had to come to me to get the information and No One has contacted me!
  2. Barry even contacted Campus Security to tell them to be looking for a subpoena request from SLO. He never received it.
  3. Upon hearing that SLO used another contact at Sonoma State, Barry Blackburn became 'professionally angry' and assured me that there was in fact a 'match'.

So now you know what I know about this tip. Mr. Blackburn was as sincere and genuine as a person can possibly be. Over time, he became 'professionally angry' because he wanted to help the Smarts but would not break the University's 'Privacy Laws' to do so. Barry tried, he really tried.

NOTE: ***It took many more years - but eventually, even the SLO Detective confirmed that there was indeed a 'match'.

So here is the $64,000.00 question: "Why would people in charge of looking for Kristin not want to speak with Barry Blackburn, the IT admin person at Sonoma State after Mr. Blackburn confirmed he was in possession of potentially valuable information that could help in the investigation? How does Kristin benefit from this lack of effort?

8th Clue....

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  1. Guess the Password​
  2. ​The 9th character is the small letter 'n'.​
  3. ​The 24th character is the small letter 'n'.​​
  4. ​The 33rd character is the small letter 'e'.​
  5. ​I'll make sure puzzle is easily solvable by no later than December 22nd.
  6. ****Next clue is this Saturday, December 15th @ 12:00PM PST.
  7. Remember: $100.00 payout doubles to $200.00 if you donate a child's toy (BEFORE you crack the code to Madi Iversen's Toy Drive for the 'Stand Strong Women's Shelter' in SLO.
  8. NOTE: Madi is delivering toys to the shelter on December 18th so if you are going to donate - please send your toy donation by at least the 14th. (Or drop off by the 17th).
  9. Easiest way is to use the Amazon link below and have Amazon deliver the Toy to Madi Iversen c/o Allstate Insurance, 120 Nelson Street, Arroyo Grande, Ca 93420 - Madi's dad runs the Allstate office and he will get your donation to his daughter. (Madi is a senior at Arroyo Grande High School.)
  10. Amazon Link for the Toy Drive here...
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Clue 7 - Timeline

12/9/2018

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`When I decided to share with you the 'Ben Franklin' lead, in my mind, I wanted to break it down into 2 distinct parts.
  1. The actual tips that I received.
  2. What has been done about this information.
Here is where things get a bit delicate because I have NO IDEA exactly what the SLO Sheriff's Department did regarding this lead and they darn sure have no duty and/or obligation to share anything with me. They may have in fact done a great job regarding this information.

The rest of this promotion regards what I am able to share with you regarding this tip. I will share with you my perspective and allow you to draw your own conclusion.

For today though, the basics are that:
  1. I received the tip and shared it immediately with Law Enforcement and the Smarts.
  2. Three years come and go and nothing seems to have come of it.
  3. During this time  - I stayed in occasional contact with the IT Manager at Sonoma State, Barry Blackburn, just to see if he ever heard from anyone and his answer was always the same: "no".
  4. Upon demands from Kristin Supporter Terry Black, in 2006, SLO Sheriff's report to Terry Black that they checked the lead out and it proved to be 'nothing'.
  5. This report angered Mr. Blackburn because he has told me personally several times that there is 'a match' of a name at Sonoma State that matched the Union 76 co-workers and that no one has contacted him.
  6. Due to US Privacy laws, Mr. Blackburn could only release the name if he received a subpoena
  7. Despite Blackburn's complete willingness to help, the subpoena never came.
  8. SLO Sheriff told Mr. Black they did not go through Mr. Blackburn.
  9. Blackburn told me that regardless of who SLO Sheriff went through - 'that person' would have had to come to Mr. Blackburn to get the information.

Barry did share with us that, eventually, one day he WAS contacted by SLO Sheriff but the Detective only wanted to know if Barry had information that made it worthwhile for them to follow up and get the subpoena.

Question: Why does it take over three years to contact Barry Blackburn to ask him if it was worthwhile to go get a subpoena?

Barry assured the Detective that he did have information and to by all means go ahead and get the subpoena.

Mr. Blackburn has since retired from Sonoma State having never received a subpoena from the SLO Sheriff's Department regarding this tip.

Terry Black told me that he was informed by the Sheriff's Department that there was nothing to this lead.

Barry Blackman says there was a match.

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Your 7th Clue...

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  1. Guess the Password​
  2. ​The 6th character is the small letter 'd'.​
  3. ​The 12th character is the small letter 'h'.​​
  4. ​The 19th character is the Capital Letter 'B'.​
  5. ​I'll make sure puzzle is easily solvable by no later than December 22nd.
  6. ****Next clue is this Wednesday, December 12th @ 12:00PM PST.
  7. Remember: $100.00 payout doubles to $200.00 if you donate a child's toy (BEFORE you crack the code to Madi Iversen's Toy Drive for the 'Stand Strong Women's Shelter' in SLO.
  8. NOTE: Madi is delivering toys to the shelter on December 18th so if you are going to donate - please send your toy donation by at least the 14th. (Or drop off by the 17th).
  9. Easiest way is to use the Amazon link below and have Amazon deliver the Toy to Madi Iversen c/o Allstate Insurance, 120 Nelson Street, Arroyo Grande, Ca 93420 - Madi's dad runs the Allstate office and he will get your donation to his daughter. (Madi is a senior at Arroyo Grande High School.)
  10. Amazon Link for the Toy Drive here...
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Clue # 6 - Sonoma State

12/7/2018

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Email Origination....

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  1. A 'Kristin Supporter' named Adam Moore was able to correctly determine that the 'Ben Franklin eMails' came from Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, Ca.
  2. Sonoma State is is 303 miles north of Arroyo Grande - about a 5 hour drive.
  3. "I worked with Paul at that gas station." In his/her 2nd communication with me, the author said he/she was a co-worker of Paul's at the Union 76 station.
  4. The emails came from a computer lab from Sonoma State.
  5. So - now it was just a seemingly simple matter of cross-referencing Sonoma States' database with the Union 76 co-worker list and that should 'likely' give you the ID of 'Ben Franklin'.
  6. The very same day I received Adam Moore's great work I forwarded it to the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Department.
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Note: I don not believe Moon was an employee but the I included his name since he often visited Paul at the station in the aftermath of Kristin's disappearance according to Ben Franklin.
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  1. Guess the Password​
  2. ​The 3rd character is the small letter 'a.​
  3. ​I'll make sure puzzle is easily solvable by no later than December 22nd.
  4. ****Next clue is this Saturday, December 8th @ 5:00PM PST. I will not be available at noon to post the clue this Saturday - so I will post it at 5:00PM PST****
  5. Remember: $100.00 payout doubles to $200.00 if you donate a child's toy (BEFORE you crack the code to Madi Iversen's Toy Drive for the 'Stand Strong Women's Shelter' in SLO.
  6. NOTE: Madi is delivering toys to the shelter on December 18th so if you are going to donate - please send your toy donation by at least the 14th. (Or drop off by the 17th).
  7. Easiest way is to use the Amazon link below and have Amazon deliver the Toy to Madi Iversen c/o Allstate Insurance, 120 Nelson Street, Arroyo Grande, Ca 93420 - Madi's dad runs the Allstate office and he will get your donation to his daughter. (Madi is a senior at Arroyo Grande High School.)
  8. Amazon Link for the Toy Drive here...
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Clue # 5: Relationships

12/4/2018

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Here, Ben Franklin goes to great lengths to describe the relationship that existed at the time between Paul Flores, Doug Roberts and Jeromy Moon.

The author also goes on to say that 'David Karp' is a good guy and was definitely 'not' friends with Paul. David was just a co-worker of Paul's at the Union 76 gas station.
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Your 5th Clue...
  1. Guess the Password​
  2. ​The 11th character is the small letter 't'.​
  3. ​I'll make sure puzzle is easily solvable by no later than December 22nd.
  4. Next clue is this Saturday, December 8th @ 12:00PM PST
  5. Remember: $100.00 payout doubles to $200.00 if you donate a child's toy (BEFORE you crack the code to Madi Iversen's Toy Drive for the 'Stand Strong Women's Shelter' in SLO.
  6. NOTE: Madi is delivering toys to the shelter on December 18th so if you are going to donate - please send your toy donation by at least the 14th. (Or drop off by the 17th).
  7. Easiest way is to use the Amazon link below and have Amazon deliver the Toy to Madi Iversen c/o Allstate Insurance, 120 Nelson Street, Arroyo Grande, Ca 93420 - Madi's dad runs the Allstate office and he will get your donation to his daughter. (Madi is a senior at Arroyo Grande High School.)
  8. Amazon Link for the Toy Drive here...
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Clue # 4 - I worked with PAul...

12/2/2018

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I worked with Paul at that gas station....

  1. Who sent in this tip?
  2. Over 300 million people live in the USA.
  3. Only about 20 people worked at that gas station. Kinda narrows it down, right?
  4. Clearly - this person WANTS to help the Smart family get Kristin back, but he has never come forward and we hope he sees this and contacts us.
  5. Notice where 'Ben Franklin'  says Moon had planned on taking the 5th if called upon by the District Attorney at the deposition.
  6. Why would he do that?
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Your 4th Clue...

  1. Guess the Password​
  2. ​8th character is the small letter 'e'.​
  3. ​31st character is the small letter 'c'.
  4. 36th (final) character is the small letter 'e'.
  5. ​I'll make sure puzzle is easily solvable by no later than December 22nd.
  6. Next clue is this Wednesday, December 5th @ 12:00PM PST
  7. Remember: $100.00 payout doubles to $200.00 if you donate a child's toy (BEFORE you crack the code to Madi Iversen's Toy Drive for the 'Stand Strong Women's Shelter' in SLO.
  8. Easiest way is to use the Amazon link below and have Amazon deliver the Toy to Madi Iversen c/o Allstate Insurance, 120 Nelson Street, Arroyo Grande, Ca 93420 - Madi's dad runs the Allstate office and he will get your donation to his daughter. (Madi is a senior at Arroyo Grande High School.)
  9. Amazon Link for the Toy Drive here...
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3rd Clue - Jeromy and the Black Eye

11/30/2018

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Does It Add Up?

Jeromy Moon was close friends with Paul back in 1996. The May 21st, 2003 Anonymous Tip makes the claim the Moon helped Flores that night. It doesn't add up and I want to show you why.
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Here is an excerpt from the June 20th, 2000 Search Warrant application that FBI Agent Jack Schafer worked on:

Law Enforcement asked Moon about Flores' 'black eye'. Timeline:
  1. Kristin last seen with Flores just after 2:00am on Saturday May 26th, 1996.
  2. Moon and Flores played basketball on Sunday, May 28th, 1996.
  3. At the basketball game, Moon tells Law Enforcement that he asked Flores where he got the black eye and Flores responded by saying he did not know.
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Does it make any logical sense why Moon would ask Flores where he got the black eye if he was with Flores the day before?

As I've said earlier, none of this is in a vacuum as Law Enforcement has spoken with Moon many times. I am not so much concerned with Jeromy ad I am with the overall series of 'Ben Franklin' emails and how aggressively this lead was pursued by SLO Sheriff's Department.

I 100% do not mean to infer that they have not checked this lead out, but it is pretty obvious that, regarding this lead, things just are not adding up and Kristin just deserves all of our best efforts.

​Over the next week, you will see the remaining emails sent to me by Laaaaaaaaaaa2002@yahoo.com back in May of 2003. The 'bigger picture' will start to come in to focus and you will be able to see why these emails are potentially very important and who we think may have sent them.

3rd Clue...

  1. Guess the Password.
  2. The 25th character is the small letter 'e'.​
  3. Next clue is this Monday, December 3rd @ 12:00PM PST
  4. Remember: $100.00 payout doubles to $200.00 if you donate a child's toy (BEFORE you crack the code0 to Madi Iversen's Toy Drive for the 'Stand Strong Women's Shelter' in SLO.
  5. Easiest way is to use the Amazon link below and have Amazon deliver the Toy to Madi Iversen c/o Allstate Insurance, 120 Nelson Street, Arroyo Grande, Ca 93420 - Madi's dad runs the Allstate office and he will get your donation to his daughter. (Madi is a senior at Arroyo Grande High School.)
  6. Amazon Link for the Toy Drive here...
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Clue #2....BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

11/26/2018

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Nine Days Later...

Below is a screenshot of the 2nd communication I received from Ben Franklin. This was the first communication I received that came from the email address: Laaaaaaaaaaa2002@yahoo.com. (The initial contact was via the website guestbook).

In this tip, the name 'Benjamin Franklin' surfaces for the first time. The date was May 30th, 2003.

This tip explains the relationship between Jeremy Moon, Paul Flores and Doug Roberts. 

He/she describes the friendship between Paul and Jeromy at the time of Kristin's disappearance as though they were 'like brothers.'
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2nd Clue...
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  1. Guess the Password
  2. ​There are a total of four (small letter o's) on the board. Character spaces 17, 22, 23 & 27.
  3. Two people are referenced on the board.
  4. Next clue is this Saturday, December 1st @ 12:00PM PST
  5. Remember: $100.00 payout doubles to $200.00 if you donate a child's toy (BEFORE you crack the code0 to Madi Iversen's Toy Drive for the 'Stand Strong Women's Shelter' in SLO.
  6. Easiest way is to use the Amazon link below and have Amazon deliver the Toy to Madi Iversen c/o Allstate Insurance, 120 Nelson Street, Arroyo Grande, Ca 93420 - Madi's dad runs the Allstate office and he will get your donation to his daughter. (Madi is a senior at Arroyo Grande High School.)
  7. Amazon Link for the Toy Drive here...
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Clue # 1: May 21st, 2003

11/25/2018

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May 21st: Fifteen Years Ago...

I received a series of four or five communications from someone claiming to have information on at least some aspects of Kristin's disappearance. The 'first' contact was via an Anonymous Tip to our 'GuestBook', the remaining contacts were via email from a fabricated Yahoo email address: 'Laaaaaaaaaaa2002@yahoo.com'. The next paragraph is highlighted in blue because it needs to be HIGHLY 'stressed':

This information has come in anonymously so clearly it could be anyone talking about anything. We knew that as soon as it arrived. Fifteen years later...we still know that. The 'tip' directs us to Flores' close friend, Jeromy Moon, but I am not so much concerned about Moon as he has always been helpful to us.

What I want you to focus on is that we 'think' we know who the author is, and if we are right, then what has been done about this 'tip'?

Over the next month, I will walk you through all aspects of this lead and allow you to draw your own conclusions.

***ALSO - I have no idea as to what extent Law Enforcement has investigated this lead. All you are getting here over the next month is what I know from my own personal experience. It is VERY POSSIBLE Law Enforcement has done a great job with this lead. I'm just sharing with you my perspective and will leave it up to you to draw your own conclusion.

Here is the first communication I received:
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  1. Unlike 'Tim Davis' and 'Cheryl Anderson', Jeromy Moon has spoken with us and he denies any involvement. He has also spoken with Law Enforcement several times.
  2. He was very disappointed, but always polite to me.
  3. He has told me that while he is personally upset with all the questions, he DOES understand the hell the Smarts are going through so as best as he can, he 'ties to see the bigger picture'. Compare Moon's attitude vs. Tim Davis's.
  4. Referring to the cops, Moon told me; 'They call me, come to my house, show up at my job', he said.
  5. It was Moon who first tipped the cops off to the fact the Flores was lying about his 'black eye'. This is an excerpt from the June 20th, 2000 Search Warrant application that FBI Agent Jack Schafer was deeply involved with:
    1. On June 7, 1996, San Luis Obispo County DA Investigator Hanley spoke Jeremy Moon. Investigator Hanley asked Jeremy Moon if he noticed anything different about Paul Flores when he saw him on Sunday, May 26, 1996.  Jeremy Moon said he remembered that Paul Flores had a black eye.  When Jeremy Moon asked Paul Flores what happened, Paul Flores said he didn't know how he got the black eye.  Investigator Hanley asked Jeremy Moon if he played basketball with Paul Flores on May 27, 1996, and if Paul Flores possibly received the black eye playing basketball.  Jeremy Moon told Investigator Hanley that he knew Paul Flores had a black eye on May 26, 1996 and thus could not have sustained the injury playing basketball.
  6. ​I have no idea what the truth is. I only know what I experienced first hand. Moon seemed like a good guy to me. He sure did not act like someone with something to hide. Yet, there was a reason Law Enforcement kept going back to Moon in the early years. I just don't know.
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First Clue...

  1. Guess the Password here.
  2. Clue will become obvious no later that December 22nd.
  3. 36 characters in all. 9 Capital Letters. 1 Number.​
  4. Letters and numbers only. No periods, exclamation points or special characters.
  5. The fourth character is the small letter 'r'.
  6. Characters 12-18 are Amazon. We do this to remind you that your $100 payout doubles to $200 if you send a toy to Madi Iversen's Christmas Toy Drive in honor of Kristin. (Toy must be sent prior to your winning for the prize to double).
  7. Next Clue will be Wednesday, November 28th at noon PST.
Prize DOUBLES to $200.00 if you purchased a Toy for Madi Iversen's Toy Drive for Christmas for the SLO Women's Shelter. (Re-named Strand Strong). You can buy the toy on Amazon and have it shipped to Madi Iversen c/o AllState Insurance, 120 Nelson Street, Arroyo Grande, Ca 93420.  (Doesn't have to be expensive...any toy will qualify you for DOUBLE the prize should you crack to code first).
Here is the Amazon link for Madi's Toy Drive...
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