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We Have a Winner!

11/21/2018

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Luke Viker - Pittsford, New York

Luke is from Santa Maria, Ca and is now in Graduate School in New York. He has followed Kristin's case for years and he was the first one to correctly guess the password.

Luke will pick up his brand new iWatch on Friday and we will post photo's here when he does. 

Thanks to all for your interest in keeping Kristin's memory alive. This is very importrant.
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The Explanation of the 6 Segments

  1. 'LetsGoDanDow' - Dan is the District Attorney for SLO Country and he has the power to make things happen.
  2. 'TimDavisNoShow' - Davis was the last MALE to be seen with Kristin & Paul Flores. He has never once reached out to the Smarts and he was a 'no-show' at the 1997 Deposition.
  3. 'LostOpportunity' - The 'term' the FBI Agent Jack Schafer used to describe the efforts of the SLO Sheriff's Department back on June 20, 2000 when they chose not to dig up Susan Flores' yard to look for Kristin despite being in possession of a Search Warrant authorizing them to do so.
  4. 1996 - the year Kristin vanished.
  5. 22 - the number of years Kristin has been missing.
  6. '!' Exclamation Points - I used these just to separate the three phrases.
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15th Clue... Always Remember this...

11/19/2018

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Tim Davis & Cheryl Anderson

  1. We are getting very close to the end of this promotion as the board will undoubtedly relatively soon. So I want to use today's story to refocus on a very important set of facts:
    1. Tim Davis - Davis was the last MALE to be seen with Kristin and Paul.
      1. He has never once spoken with the Smart family.
      2. He intentionally blew off the deposition back in 1997 despite the Smarts' attorney's 'pleadings' for him to attend.
      3. I do not know what level of cooperation he has had with Law Enforcement but I do know that early on investigators did speak with him.
    2. Cheryl Anderson - Anderson was the last FEMALE to be seen with Kristin and Paul.
      1. She did appear at the deposition in November of 1997. 
      2. She spoke very briefly with Mrs. Smart at that time.
      3. I am told the conversation had to do with a photo album of 'Kristin photos' Denise brought with her.
      4. From the moment Kristin vanished until the deposition - Cheryl never once reached out to the Smarts.
      5. Since that deposition in 1997 until 2018 - not once has Cheryl ever (even once) reached out to the Smarts.
      6. When I knocked on her door in Campbell, California in the early 2000's, I was met with angry voices (her's and some guy) and the door being slammed in my face. (The guy slammed the door but Cheryl was standing right over his shoulder angrily telling me to mind my own business).
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  1. Guess the Password and win the iWatch
  2. The 48th character is the number '6'.
  3. Next clue will be at noon on Saturday, November 24th
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14th Clue: A Family Affair...

11/16/2018

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From February, 2016

Two years ago I received a series of texts from a cousin of Paul Flores. She is 'FURIOUS' with the Flores family and she shared with me two incidents of Paul and his behavior towards females. One of which was a 10 year old child.

​This is published with her permission.
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14th Clue...

  1. Guess the Password and win the iWatch.
  2. The 44th character is the 3rd of three 'exclamation points'.
  3. The 'exclamation points' comprise one of the '6 segments mentioned in an earlier clue.
  4. Remaining are 'five segments' consisting of 1) Three Phrases and 2) Two sets of numbers.
  5. Next clue will be Wednesday, November 21st at 12:00pm PST.
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13th Clue: The Daily Beast Article

11/11/2018

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Is Kristin Smart Buried in This Backyard? Neighbors and a Wonder Dog Say Yes

Here is the other major article published by Matt Nestel of the Daily Beast back in 2016. Matt is a seasoned crime reporter and has worked for several major metropolitan news outlets covering crime. I mention this as a way of making the point that Matt does not simply ask for a quote and print it - no - he doesn't trust anyone.  He independently verifies everything he writes.
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13th Clue...

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  1. Guess the Password.
  2. ​The third character is the small letter 't'.
  3. Our next clue will be posted at 12:00 Noon, PST on Saturday, November 17th.
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12th Clue...Kristin was not the only one.

11/9/2018

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For those of you who may have missed this article, it ran almost two years ago on this date - November 8th, 2016. Matt Nestel did a great job in tracking down past victims of Flores' sexual assaults and these four women shared their personal accounts.

Flores has never been charged in any of these accounts, let alone being charged with any connection to Kristin's disappearance.
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​https://www.thedailybeast.com/four-women-say-the-man-suspected-of-murdering-a-college-student-sexually-assaulted-them

Solve the board below - win the Apply iWatch Series 4...

First one to 'crack the code' wins. If you win and are local to SLO - we'll meet you at the Apple Store. If you are out of town - we will Fedex overnight your watch. Good Luck.

Finally - I realize most of you understand - but just to be thorough: This is not about winning an iWatch - it is all about showing human concern for a young co-ed who can no longer speak for herself through absolutely no fault of her own.

Having Kristin in our lives honors us all.
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12th Clue...

  1. Guess the Password.
  2. The 27th character is the small letter 'w'.
  3. Next clue will be Wednesday, November 14th at 12:00pm noon, PST.
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11th Clue: Reuben the Usher...

11/4/2018

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The Clark Center for the Performing Arts...

***Video taken be Kristin Supporter over a year ago. The message below confirms that Flores is still with the Clark Center.
Just this week, I received this message from a Kristin-Supporter who was at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts recently. For those of you that don't know, Reuben Flores, Paul's father, is an Usher at the Clark Center. This is the same guy who told a Verizon contractor that 'Kristin deserved to die'. Reuben worked at Verizon back in the day.

The people who run the Clark Center are well aware of who Flores is yet they still allow him to be an Usher at their facility.
  1. "Hi Dennis,
    Just thought I would share with you. Tonight I spotted Ruben Flores at the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande. Looks like he was an usher at tonight's performance of Shrek . Would have loved to have asked him a few questions but he disappeared quickly."
  2. "There was an older woman/usher standing near the door. I was tempted to go ask her if she knew who Kristen Smart is and who Ruben Flores is and how she felt about him working there.
    But in some ways sadly I'm not a confrontational person.
    My heart was with Kristen and her family though once I saw that monster there."

11th Clue
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  1. Guess the Password.
  2. Of the 50 characters on the board, none of them are 'apostrophe's'.
  3. Remember from an earlier clue: The board consists of 3 phrases and 2 sets of numbers.
  4. Of the 'three phrases'  - try to think in terms of 'behaviors' as all three have a 'behavior' that is common among them.​
  5. Not that the 'behaviors' are identical - just that the phrases refer to a specific 'behavior'.
Next Clue: Saturday, November 10th at 12:00pm PST.

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The 'Tim Davis & Cheryl Anderson' Version

11/1/2018

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It may in fact be true...

  1. I have my suspicions but their story may in fact be true.
  2. It was getting late (2:00am-ish) and Cheryl wanted to head back to the dorms. It was about a 15-20 minute walk. Tim Davis offered to walk her home.
  3. They notice a female student passed out on the front lawn next door. Cheryl did not know her but did recognize her as a dorm co-ed. Cheryl did the right thing and tended to her and told her she would walk with her back to the dorms.
  4. Cheryl, Tim and Kristin.
  5. Along the way, Paul Flores showed up and joined the group.
  6. Upon reaching Perimeter Ave, Tim Davis said 'Goodnight' and headed off in a different direction to his car in a nearby parking lot.
  7. Now on Grand Ave, Paul was alone with Cheryl and Kristin.
  8. Paul repeatedly asked Cheryl for a kiss.
  9. That didn't go to well. Cheryl told him "no!"
  10. At Grand & Perimeter, Cheryl needed to head up Grand Ave towards her dorm at Santa Maria Hall.
  11. She insisted Paul promise her he would see to it that Kristin got home safely.
  12. Her dorm was only a few minutes' walk away.

Basically, that's the story. At least that is the story as we know it. It may be true nd I will give you (in my dopey opinion, anyway) why I think it may be true: St this time, Cheryl and Tim were just young kids. A missing college co-ed is no joke. They are now caught up in a major case and this is the 'Big Leagues' that they find themselves in. All of a sudden, Final Exams don't seem that important.

Next - now they are sitting down with FBI Agents who are 2X - 3X their age and that has to be very intimidation. My own sense of reality tells me that these kids are not going to lie to Professional Law Enforcement Investigators.

That makes sense, right. But with that said, there is another side to this story that makes me wonder.

Another Version

  1. Listen to the attached Audio where I share with you another significant part of this story.
  2. Embedded into this audio (About 5 minutes) is out 10th clue.
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The '26th' character is the actual character. The audio clip mistakenly says '25th'. I made a mistake but just double-checked. The audio says '25th', but it should be the '26th' character, The board above is correct.

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Dogs: 'certified' vs 'Not Certified'

10/30/2018

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Audio Clip of David Smallwood explaining the 'Certified Cadaver Dog' issue.

To my understanding, this is how I see this situation:

  1. Det. Paul Dostie owned Buster the Cadaver Dog.
  2. in 2014, Dostie took Buster to the properties adjacent to the Flores residence at 529 East Branch Street. He did this because he had permission from the neighbors.
  3. Buster alerted 4 separate times to the presence of human remains.
  4. The Sheriff of SLO was notified of this.
  5. David Smallwood, Publisher of the California Register, met with Sheriff Parkinson in the Sheriff's office up in SLO. He asked him about Buster's findings.
  6. David reports that the Sheriff said that Buster was not a 'Certified Dog'.
  7. Naturally - the follow-up request was of course to have the Sheriff return to the property with their own 'Certified Dogs'.
  8. But for whatever reason, this has never been done. At least not that we are aware of.
  9. David Smallwood explained the Certification in a great way.
  10. When Detective Dostie retired, 'Buster's Certification' was to remain at the Police Department. It was not transferable to Det. Dostie now that he was a private citizen. Therefore, Buster was no longer 'certified'.

Drivers License Example

David went on to provide this excellent analogy:
  1. If you have a drivers license and have been driving for 5 years and then all of a sudden your license expires at midnight just before your birthday.
  2. Does this mean that when you wake up the next day, did you forget how to drive a car? Of course not.
  3. Buster did not just forget how to detect human remains just because his certificatiion expired.

9th Clue

  1. The 4th character is the small letter 's'.

All we are asking...

We just ask the SLO Sheriff's Department to bring their own Certified dogs down to Susan Flores' property to see if they also alert to human remains just as Buster did.

​This is not an unreasonable request.
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Clue # 8: Memory Lapse

10/26/2018

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David Karp

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  1. David Karp was just a kid when he worked with Paul Flores at the Union 76 station.
  2. For whatever reason, one day shortly after Kristin vanished, Paul approached David at work and started telling him what happened the night Kristin vanished.
  3. He told David his version and David was understandably shocked. He did the right thing. He shared what Paul told him to his much older co-worker, Steve Moldts. the lead mechanic at Union 76.
  4. Steve called the Sheriff's Department and they never returned his call.
  5. Essentially - David told Steve that Paul says he did not kill Kristin, that Kristin asphyxiated on her own vomit and died. Paul never did tell David where he hid Kristin.
  6. About 2002, 7 years later, I found out about this lead and met with Steve at his home in Nipomo. I also called Undersheriff Steve Bolts to let him know about this lead. He told me that was the first he heard about it so someone at the Sheriff's Department dropped the ball back in 1996 and never passed the information along to the right person.
  7. Two things I want to drive home so that the reader understands in a crystal clear way:
    1. Steve Moldts, the mechanic, went out of his way over and over to assure me that 'David Karp' was a good man and was only doing the right thing. I believe him.
    2. I was able to speak with David and he agreed to speak with Mrs. Smart that same evening. But here's the thing: David did in fact speak with Mrs. Smart on the phone (that same evening) but when he did, David told Denise "I was very young back then, it was a traumatic experience for me and I unfortunately 'blocked' everything out."
    3. For  a mother looking for her lost child,  this was difficult to hear.
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Clue # 8

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  1. Guess the password
  2. The 24th character is the small letter 's'.
  3. There are six numbers as I revealed in an earlier clue.  The numbers '3 & 5' are not one of them.




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Clue # 7 - Certified Cadaver Dogs

10/23/2018

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A Question in Need of an Answer

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  1. Many of you know that in 2014, Buster the Cadaver Dog, alerted to the presence of Human decomposition along the property line of Susan Flores' yard located at 529 East Branch Street in Arroyo Grande.
  2. Buster actually alerted four separate times along the property line.
  3. Buster is owned by retired Detective Paul Dostie, who has dedicated his life to using his cadaver dogs to help find the remains of lot loved ones around the globe.
  4. But there is a problem: Buster does not have the required Law Enforcement 'Certifications' needed to be acceptable per their Law Enforcement protocols.
  5. Yes, we think that is a weak position to take considering we are looking for Kristin. But OK, we'll give you that. Here is a way to correct this situation....
  6. Deploy your own 'Certified Dogs' to the property to see whether or not your dogs also 'Alert' to the presence of human decomposition.
  7. What is the downside to this? No warrant is even needed, just walk your dogs along the exact same property lines as Buster did.

Some Context: Buster alerted.....

  1. Along Susan Flores' property...
  2. The same property where concrete was poured the same week Kristin vanished. (I was told that by an FBI Agent)
  3. The same property a Search Warrant was issued in 2000. The warrant literally says that '...I believe that Kristin Smart is deceased and that her death and/or the disposal of her remains are a result of a criminal act.  Therefore, I request to search 529 East Branch Street for Kristin Smart’s remains, personal effects and other items that constitute evidence pertaining to this case and previously mentioned in this affidavit.'
  4. There's more: The same warrant also says, 'Reasonable cause exists to believe that Kristin Smart's body is buried in the back yard of 529 East Branch Street.'
  5. The same property where Dr. Vass' own scientific equipment confirms that there is a match between known samples of the Kristin parents' DNA and something in the ground of Susan Flores' property.

Why has Sheriff Parkinson still not brought his own certified dogs to the Susan Flores' property?

This remains one of the HUGE unanswered questions in this very sad 22 year long sad ordeal.

7th Clue

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  1. The board has a total of 7 letter 'o's. 
  2. They are all small letter 'o's.
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