Various people today who attended a California college or university with Kristin Clever testified about their activities not only with the longtime missing college student, but also about their run-ins with "creepy person" Paul Flores, who is now on demo for her murder, according to experiences. 

A few folks who understood Intelligent or observed her on the night she was past seen took the stand on Tuesday in a Monterey County courtroom, where by Paul Flores, now 45, and his father, 81-yr-aged Ruben Flores are standing trial on charges similar to her disappearance and demise. 

Paul Flores is accused of killing Intelligent on May perhaps 25, 1996, whilst the two were being freshman at California Polytechnic Point out University’s San Luis Obispo campus. His father then allegedly aided him hide her physique. 

The demo proceedings are not televised or live-streamed, pursuant to a judge’s ruling. A handful of journalists – like the human being powering the "Your Own Yard" podcast that was credited with renewing fascination in the circumstance – have been reporting from inside the courtroom irrespective of the media constraints. 

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On Tuesday, the jury 1st read from a Cal Poly university student-athlete named Steve, who resumed his testimony from Monday, in accordance to the podcast’s Twitter account. 

Steve, whose final title was withheld by the podcast reporter, lived in the similar dormitory as Sensible and explained to prosecutors he would see Paul Flores in the residence’s common spots, inspite of that he did not live there. 

"I knew of Paul Flores since ladies told me they were being unpleasant close to him."

— Steve, a buddy of Kristin Smart, by using ‘Your Individual Backyard’ Podcast

He explained his feeling that Flores was "form of like following Kristin," in accordance to tweets from the podcast. 

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In a single occasion, Steven reportedly noticed Flores by yourself in the dorm’s examine location at 1 a.m. and without having publications. 

Remaining: Even now-lacking college or university college student Kristin Intelligent Proper: Paul Flores (FBI / San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office by means of WHD)

"It was odd," he explained. "Like, you really do not live in this dorm. He was just all-around." 

Steve also instructed the jury he when handed by Smart’s dorm area and noticed the doorway open up and Flores standing within with Clever, who was "back by, like, exactly where the desks had been," according to the report.

He recalled how it appeared like Smart was "not okay with it."

In response to a problem from prosecutors, Steve mentioned "ladies in the dorm would convey to me he produced them unpleasant."

Steve stated he did not see Clever act interested in Flores, according to the report. When questioned if he saw Flores in the dorm making just after Wise disappeared, he stated no.

For the duration of cross-evaluation from defense, Steve conceded that he instructed investigators last 12 months that Flores "was a f----- creep. He was a creeper."

Protection attorneys implied in questioning to Steve that he only knew of Flores because of the media protection of the situation. 

"You only knew who Paul Flores was simply because his title was all in excess of the news, correct?" attorney Robert Sanger asked, according to the report. 

Steve responded: "I realized of Paul Flores due to the fact girls instructed me they had been awkward around him."

FILE - In this Thursday, April 15, 2021, file picture, defendants Paul Flores, top remaining, and his father, Ruben Flores, bottom appropriate, appear through video convention through their arraignment in San Luis Obispo Outstanding Court in San Luis Obispo, Calif.  (WHD Image/Nic Coury, File)

Sanger pushed the topic again later, asking Steve to confirm that he "didn’t know Paul Flores’ name till soon after the publicity," in accordance to the report. 

But Steve fired back: "No, I did. The exact same way men and women understood me, like, ‘That’s Steve from the basketball group,’ people about the dorms understood, ‘That’s Paul. He’s the creepy person.’"

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When Ruben Flores’ defense lawyer, Harold Mesick, requested Steve why he waited to communicate out about Flores or Smart, as a substitute of accomplishing so when she disappeared, Steve responded that as an African American person from East Oakland, he "was taught to be frightened of the police." He reported he afterwards became a police officer. 

Paul Flores, on the remaining, was charged with murder. Ruben Flores, on the ideal, was charged with accent just after the actuality.  (Courtesy | San Luis Obispo County Jail.)

The youthful Flores is charged with murder in relationship with Smart's presumed death. His father, Ruben Flores, is charged with helping his son bury Smart’s remains. He allegedly afterwards unearthed and relocated the remains. 

Paul was allegedly the final person witnessed with Clever, 19, who was stated to have been intoxicated after they and others had attended an off-campus frat bash in excess of the Memorial Day weekend.

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The point out has stated Paul Flores killed Wise in his dorm area whilst he tried out to rape her when they had been both of those freshmen. A massive lookup ensued.

The juries also heard from two other Cal Poly college students on Tuesday who attended the very same social gathering as Smart on the night time she disappeared. 

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Just one of those people pupils, who was recognized as Matt, recalled being approached by a female who explained her name was "Roxy," but who was essentially Sensible, in accordance to the report. 

Just after Clever his discussion with Intelligent finished, Flores allegedly walked up to Matt, he explained to the court. 

According to Matt, Flores questioned him how he and Wise knew each and every other, in accordance to the podcast’s tweets. Flores also allegedly referred to as Sensible "great-looking" or "sizzling."

"He was undoubtedly intrigued" in Clever, Matt reportedly stated. 

Matt and his good friend afterwards observed Sensible lying on the lawn of the house in which the occasion was being held, with on her side and with her arms over her head, in accordance to the report. When he asked her if she essential help, she allegedly said she was ok and was not completely ready to go away. 

Defense lawyers later on pointed out that Matt "refused to communicate to our defense investigator when she contacted [him]," in accordance to the report.

Sept. 7, 2016: A signal outside the James R. Murphy, Jr. law business in Arroyo Grande, Calif., delivers a reward for data in the 1996 disappearance of Kristin Wise. (WHD)

Matt agreed with Sanger’s dilemma that Intelligent was "dressed … attractively for a party." 

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Proceedings are scheduled to resume on Wednesday early morning with ongoing testimony from another student, identified as Trevor. 

Independent juries were picked from a pool of additional than 1,500 Monterey County residents to oversee every situation. The trial is expected to past four months.