California

Neighbor Charged With Murder in Connection With Disappearance of Elderly Couple

Michael Royce Sparks was arrested Aug. 29 on suspicion of killing Daniel and Stephanie Menard.
Neighbor Charged With Murder in Connection With Disappearance of Elderly Couple
Daniel and Stephanie Menard, in their 70s, were last seen at a nudist RV camp near Redlands, Calif., on Aug. 24, 2024. Redlands Police Department
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Redlands police in Southern California are searching for the bodies of Daniel and Stephanie Menard at the home of their next-door neighbor at the Olive Dell Ranch nudist park on Aug. 30 after a suspect was arrested in connection with the disappearance.

“We’re confident that the Menards are deceased, and we believe they are on the property the suspect lived,” police spokesman Carl Baker told The Epoch Times Friday.

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