The Trail Went Cold - Minisode 15 - Matt Flores

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

March 24, 1994. After being honorably discharged from the Army, Matt Flores begins a new job at a computer company called Applied Materials, Inc.. One morning, Matt shows up for a training session at their headquarters in Silicon Valley, but after parking his car, an unknown assailant shoots him in the back of the head. Even though there were more than twenty people in the parking lot and it was covered by security cameras, the killer manages to escape without being seen and the only clue turns out to be surveillance footage of a suspicious-looking Ford Explorer. The investigation fails to uncover anything in Matt’s background to suggest why he was killed. Was Matt deliberately targeted or was he a victim of mistaken identity? Our latest minisode of “The Trail Went Cold” examines a seemingly motiveless murder which is about as close to a perfect crime as you can get. Additional Reading: http://unsolved.com/archives/matt-flores http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/05/16/matt-flores-killing-a-22-year-old-santa-clara-mystery/ http://www.mercurynews.com/2009/03/24/march-2009-santa-clara-murder-still-haunts-family-15-years-later/ http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20160516/from-archives-murder-of-matthew-flores-part-1-mystery-killing-leaves-scars-from-ri-to-silicon-valley The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	March 24th
0:02.0	1994
0:04.0	Silicon Valley California
0:07.0	26 year old Matt Flores
0:10.0	arrives at a training session for his new job.
0:18.2	After parking his car in the building's lot, an unknown assailant shoots mad in the back of the head.
0:24.7	Even though there were more than 20 people in the lot, and it was covered by security cameras. The killer manages to flee the scene without being seen and the only clue turns out to be
0:29.3	surveillance footage of a suspicious looking Ford Explorer.
0:33.0	The investigation fails to uncover any discernible motive for Matt's murder,
0:38.0	leading to suspicion that he was a victim of mistaken identity.
0:42.0	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, I'm not.
0:53.0	Oh, uh, on the uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to the latest Minnesota of the Trail went cold.
1:10.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and today I will be profiling another case which was featured on Unsolved mysteries
1:17.3	The 1994 Murder of Matt Flores and I got to tell you this case has to rank as one of the top 10 most baffling and frustrating mysteries ever featured on the show.
1:28.0	This is the terrifying story of a good man who seemed to have an ideal life and a great future before it was
1:34.2	instantly taken away from him as he showed up for work one morning and no one has
1:38.7	any idea why. You would not expect a person to be murdered in their workplace parking lot in broad daylight when there were over 20 potential witnesses in the vicinity, but that's exactly what happened here.
1:51.0	And 23 years later, we still don't have the faintest clue who the killer was or what their possible motive could have been.
1:58.0	I've wanted to cover this case on this podcast since day one, since it is about as close to a perfect crime as you can get, and I'd really love to see it solved.
2:07.0	But before we get started, just a brief reminder that the trail went cold as a weekly podcast, which alternates between our regular full-length
2:14.2	episodes and 15-to-20-minute minisodes like this one. We deliver either a new full-length
2:19.5	episode or a new minisode every Wednesday. We're currently available for download on several
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