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Man allegedly admits to killing neighbors at Inland Empire nudist resort over a hot dog
KTLA ^ | 06/17/2025 | Cameron Kiszla

Posted on 06/17/2025 12:01:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The man who allegedly killed his neighbors at an Inland Empire nudist resort last August reportedly did so over a hot dog.

Michael Sparks, 62, allegedly killed Daniel Menard, 79, and Stephanie Menard, 73, in August 2024, and human remains were found under Sparks’ home at the Olive Dell Ranch Nudist Resort, according to investigators.

Sparks and the Menards did not get along, but as detailed in a court hearing Monday, the final straw was a hot dog, the Press-Enterprise reports.

A fellow inmate at the West Valley Detention Center reported to authorities that Sparks admitted to the killings and disclosed that he brutally beat the couple with a rake, a hoe and a hammer, Redlands police Detective Thomas Williams testified.

“[The other inmate] said Mr. Sparks told him the incident started over a hot dog that Daniel Menard had purchased for him,” Williams said. “He said Mr. Sparks felt that the hot dog was a jab at him, making him feel like he was worth only a dollar hot dog, and that’s what set him off that day.

He also admitted to drowning the Menard’s dog, Cuddles, in a sink, Williams testified.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: california; crime; danielmenard; michaelsparks; nudist; sensuoushotdog
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To: BenLurkin
the incident started over a hot dog that Daniel Menard had purchased for him

Don't go pushing your Weiner where it's not wanted.

61 posted on 06/17/2025 1:46:14 PM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: BenLurkin

In a nudist resort, a hot dog is never just a hot dog.


62 posted on 06/17/2025 1:52:24 PM PDT by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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To: BenLurkin

Sparks sounds like a Democrat.


63 posted on 06/17/2025 1:52:51 PM PDT by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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To: dfwgator

Burly Detective: What do ya think, a gang hit, screwed-up drug score, unlucky John, or an unhappy love affair? Huh? Don’t tell me this sh*t’s gettin’ to ya. Not Harry Callahan. Say it ain’t so.

Harry Callahan: No, this stuff isn’t gettin’ to me. The knifings, the beatings, old ladies being bashed in the head for their Social Security checks, teachers being thrown out of a fourth-floor window because they don’t give As, that doesn’t bother me a bit.

Burly Detective: Come on, Harry. Take it easy.

Harry Callahan: Or this job, either. Having to wade through the scum of this city, being swept away by bigger and bigger waves of corruption, apathy and red tape. Nah, that doesn’t bother me. But you know what does bother me?

Burly Detective: What?

Harry Callahan: You know what makes me really sick to my stomach?

Burly Detective: What?

Harry Callahan: Is watching you stuff your face with those hot dogs. Nobody, I mean NOBODY puts ketchup on a hot dog.


64 posted on 06/17/2025 1:55:44 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: PGR88

It’s a long way from Havana but I’m sure that schnitzengruben is popular there too.


65 posted on 06/17/2025 2:09:23 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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To: BenLurkin

This thread will be a sure Weiner


66 posted on 06/17/2025 2:30:43 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: fidelis

That’s the general rule. People you don’t want to see nude flaunt it


67 posted on 06/17/2025 2:32:33 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: BenLurkin

This thread may simply write itself.


68 posted on 06/17/2025 2:37:34 PM PDT by rlmorel (To Leftists, Conservative Speech is Violence, while they view their Violence as Speech.)
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To: crusty old prospector
Yes. Things are not what they appear, and with Hot Dogs, we won't take chances!

So, when someone hands you that roll with mustard on it...

69 posted on 06/17/2025 2:41:08 PM PDT by rlmorel (To Leftists, Conservative Speech is Violence, while they view their Violence as Speech.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

“ I would venture that 80% or more of people at a nudist resort you don’t want to see naked.”

According to one of my coworkers who worked a county ambulance whose territory included several nudist colonies, that number is actually 100%.


70 posted on 06/17/2025 2:47:02 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: rlmorel

If I was a Brit, I would have to say Bloody something.


71 posted on 06/17/2025 2:48:06 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: TigersEye

72 posted on 06/17/2025 2:48:52 PM PDT by rlmorel (To Leftists, Conservative Speech is Violence, while they view their Violence as Speech.)
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To: Clay Moore

I once went to a “nude” beach called Black’s Beach north of San Diego. It was all faygs and leftover chicks from the Manson days.


73 posted on 06/17/2025 2:50:19 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: BenLurkin
When a former coworker checked in on him amid the search at Olive Dell, he confirmed to her that he was the subject of the search and that he planned on killing himself that day. Prosecutors say Sparks tried, but his gun jammed.

“Chopped up my neighbors,” he allegedly wrote. “Didn’t know I had it in me. SNAPPED.

74 posted on 06/17/2025 2:55:29 PM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: rlmorel

Thanks, but fifteen is my limit! :D


75 posted on 06/17/2025 3:02:14 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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To: BenLurkin
Oh no, I just hope they aren't a member of AANR (American Association of Nude Recreation).

I grew up as a naturist(nudist). Raising our kids as naturists.

76 posted on 06/17/2025 3:14:03 PM PDT by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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To: TigersEye

Hahahahahaha


77 posted on 06/17/2025 3:23:15 PM PDT by rlmorel (To Leftists, Conservative Speech is Violence, while they view their Violence as Speech.)
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To: crusty old prospector
Paging John Ball (an author who wrote 'In the Heat of the Night' and also wrote 'The Cool Cottontail', a book about a dead body in a nudist resort. He was a nudist.).

I know most nudist resorts are very friendly to families and first timers. Never been to that one. I wonder if it is an Adult Only resort.

78 posted on 06/17/2025 3:41:44 PM PDT by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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To: EvilCapitalist
Not nudist colony, Nudist Resorts...

For info on nudist resorts visit: www.aanr.com

79 posted on 06/17/2025 3:45:29 PM PDT by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Nudist Resorts are for relaxing without your clothes. Dad said he met Big Bird (Carroll Spivey) at a nudist resort. People at nudist resorts are not models, but average people. Most are Republicans, too.


80 posted on 06/17/2025 4:06:49 PM PDT by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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