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Man Allegedly Admits to Killing Neighbors at California Nudist Resort over a Hot Dog
- Michael Royce Sparks pleaded not guilty to two counts of murdering his elderly neighbors, Daniel and Stephanie Menard, in August 2024 at their shared residence in a nudist community located in Redlands.
- The killings followed a long-standing feud that culminated when Sparks felt insulted by a hot dog Daniel Menard gave him, which he perceived as a jab.
- Authorities found the Menards’ dismembered remains hidden in bags inside a concrete bunker beneath Sparks' home and also recovered the couple's abandoned car and belongings.
- Detective Thomas Williams testified Sparks admitted to dismembering the victims and drowning their dog Cuddles, describing the neighbors as being in pieces and beneath the trailer.
- Sparks is held for trial on two murder charges and one animal cruelty count, while victims’ neighbors testified about longstanding tensions and trauma caused by the case.
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Hot Dog Allegedly Sparked Double-Murder at Nudist Colony
The purchase of a hot dog is allegedly at the center of a double murder case out of Redlands, California, where prosecutors say Michael Sparks killed his elderly neighbors at the Olive Dell Ranch nudist resort last summer. The couple, Daniel and Stephanie Menard, had lived next door to Sparks...
'Chopped up my neighbors': Nudist accused of murdering couple over $1 hot dog
A Redlands, California, man who lived in a reputed nudist resort has been accused of killing and dismembering two of his neighbors because he felt they mocked him with a $1 hot dog, according to Fox News.Michael Sparks, 62, was arrested five days after an elderly couple were reported missing in August. "They found the suspect at his home in Olive Dell Ranch, billed as a 'family friendly' RV park and a reputed Southern California nudist resort," …
California nudist accused of killing neighbors and drowning their dog over hot dog 'jab'
California nudist Michael Sparks arrested for allegedly killing neighbors and their dog after feeling insulted by a $1 hot dog, hiding dismembered the bodies in underground bunker.
Nudist resort resident accused of beating couple to death had ‘snapped’ over hot dog, court is told
A man accused of brutally killing his elderly neighbours at a California nudist resort last summer allegedly snapped over an argument about a hot dog, according to testimony revealed in court this week.
Man allegedly admits to killing neighbors at California nudist resort over a hot dog
REDLANDS, Calif. (KTLA) — The man who allegedly killed his neighbors at a California 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. Human remains were found under Sparks’ home at the Olive Dell Ranch Nudist Resort, according to investigators. Those remains were later determined to belong to Daniel and Stephanie Menard, and Sparks was ch…
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