Posted on 09/02/2024 7:25:50 AM PDT by jerod
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police used a tanklike vehicle with a battering ram to smash into a Southern California home and arrest the next-door neighbor of a couple living in a nudist community who were reported missing earlier this week, officials said Friday.
Officials believe the bodies of Stephanie Menard, 73, and her husband, Daniel, 79, are inside the residence, though they first have to shore up the home to make it safe to search, said Carl Baker, spokesperson for the Redlands Police Department.
Michael Royce Sparks, 62, was booked into jail for investigation of homicide Thursday night after being found underneath the house at Olive Dell Ranch, which is described as a residential RV park and family friendly nudist resort on its website. The rustic community is in hill country about 60 miles (96 kilometers) east of Los Angeles.
Baker did not know whether Sparks has a lawyer who can speak on his behalf. Online jail records showed he was ineligible for bail and was scheduled for a Tuesday court appearance.
“We are confident that they are deceased and that they are still here on the property,” Baker said. He did not release any information about a possible motive...
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They died without their boots on.
It appears to be a nudist operation for seniors. The mental images of them walking around is purely disgusting.
But then again this is Kalifornia where anything goes.
80 year old nudists?
Why are they starting to give distances in metric? This is America, and we ain't metric!
There is no escaping the relentless tug of gravity.
Evidently at least one other resident turned up missing some months back, still unaccounted for. This clothing-averse guy may turn out to have other victims.
“Police used a tanklike vehicle with a battering ram to smash into a Southern California home”
Should have gone in through the door.
I supposed we’ll see this on the Discovery ID series, “Fear Thy Neighbor” soon.
Can’t trust anyone these days....
“Neighbor held in disappearance of couple from California nudist resort. Both believed to be dead.”
So, BOTH the couple and the neighbor “believed to be dead.”
They are “holding” the dead neighbor?.
Urinalists!
That one got me too. Why not just go thru a door. The guy they arrested wasn’t barricaded in the house or, it seems, armed.
Thanks, no pictures necessary here.
IS THIS AN OUTRAGEOUS CASE OF PENIS ENVY????
Why do police need a tank to arrest an elderly nudist?
“a family-friendly nudist resort”
I’m thinking it’s unlikely 80 year old nudists have tattoos to positively identify the bodies.
“ Online jail records showed he was ineligible for bail…”
Must be a really bad dude to be ineligible for bail in California.
I find it is hard to properly conceal carry, when naked.
LOL! No kidding.
It reminds me of a very early tug. I went to a topless bar with some classmates and watched a stripper, probably in her 30’s.
Her breasts were so stringy the nipples were almost to her belly button. There was nothing sexy at all, we about died laughing.
Bras were invented for a very good reason.
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