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Autopsies shall be carried out later this week, with optimistic identification of the stays anticipated to observe, Redlands Police Department spokesperson Carl Baker stated. There has been no signal of the couple’s beloved white shih tzu, Cuddles, he stated.
Dan Menard, 79, and his spouse, Stephanie Menard, 73, who lived at Olive Dell Ranch for 15 years, had been final seen about 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, and reported lacking by a buddy the subsequent day.
The Menards’ automotive was discovered down the road from their cell residence, the place Stephanie Menard’s purse and her husband’s cellphone had been discovered, police stated.
Dan Menard was diabetic and suffered from dementia. His spouse required a cane to stroll, police stated.
Police arrested the Menards’ neighbor, Michael Royce Sparks, 62, Thursday, Aug. 29, on suspicion of homicide. Investigators discovered him hiding in a subterranean house at his residence, about 5 ft deep and lined by concrete that runs the size of the property, police stated.
Investigators eliminated baggage of human stays they discovered in the course of the course of the four-day search, which began Friday and was briefly interrupted when, as a result of menace of the construction’s doable collapse on account of in depth harm, it needed to be made secure earlier than the search may resume.
The search continued Saturday, Aug. 31, and was anticipated to wrap up Monday, police stated.
Sparks is being held with out bail on the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga. Online jail data point out he’s scheduled to look in San Bernardino Superior Court at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, for an arraignment. However, San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson stated Monday that Sparks has not been charged.
The Olive Dell Ranch nudist resort, situated in Reche Canyon on the southeastern outskirts of Colton, was established in 1952. It has undergone no less than three possession and administration adjustments in its 72-year existence, most notably within the final 20 years after the demise of prior proprietor Ralph C. Kilborn in 2004.
According to the San Bernardino County Assessor’s Office, the brand new proprietor, as of final yr, is listed as 26520 Keissel Rd. LLC., which relies in Calabasas.
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