Redlands police smash means into nudist resort house looking for suspect in couple’s disappearance

Redlands police used a battering ram to smash their means into a house at a nudist resort on Thursday, Aug. 29, in an try and discover a man they consider had a task within the disappearance of a neighbor couple who’ve been lacking since Saturday.

Police despatched a robotic with a digicam into the house however didn’t see him.

The man was nonetheless at giant Thursday night time, mentioned Carl Baker, a Redlands Police Department spokesman. They haven’t publicly recognized him.

Police had been going door to door Thursday morning after they obtained a name that the tipster believed this man was accountable for no matter occurred to Dan Menard, 78, and his spouse, Stephanie Menard, 73. Police consider they had been in a position to seal off the Olive Dell Ranch earlier than the person may escape, Baker mentioned.

Officers searched the property utilizing Okay-9s and obtained a search warrant for the residence they broke into, Baker mentioned.

“We suspect that there could have been foul play,” Baker instructed reporters.

The couple had been final seen at their cellular house on the 26000 block of Keissel Road round 10 a.m. Saturday. The subsequent day, a buddy who usually went to church with them reported them lacking, Brian Cleland, a co-owner of Olive Dell Ranch has mentioned.

The husband is diabetic and suffers from dementia, police mentioned, whereas his spouse requires a cane to stroll round, the co-owner mentioned.

Also lacking was Cuddles, their small canine. The Menards’ automotive was discovered down the road. Stephanie Menard’s purse was of their cellular house together with her husband’s cellular phone.

Olive Dell Ranch is in a canyon whose tackle is listed as being in Colton. Baker mentioned the resort is accessed via a street that travels via Riverside County after which Colton, which is in San Bernardino County.

“I simply need them again,” Sandy Marinelli, a neighbor who has been associates with the couple for greater than a decade, instructed CBS LA.  “They don’t deserve this. … They’re simply good folks. They go to church. They don’t deserve any of this.”

She mentioned one other neighbor went to the couple’s house on Sunday after they weren’t prepared for church and noticed Stephanie Menard’s purse and cane inside. She additionally mentioned the TV and laptop had been left on, the station reported.

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