Nudist Colony Murder: Police arrest suspect in underground bunker

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REDLANDS, Calif. - Officials have discovered human remains during the search for a missing California couple, last seen at a nudist ranch over the weekend, underneath the couple's neighbor's home in the Redlands-area. Now, authorities believe the said neighbor may be responsible for the murder of the couple.

The Redlands Police Department arrested 62-year-old Michael Royce Sparks on Thursday night. Friday afternoon, officials announced they'd discovered human remains in a "bunker" underneath Sparks' home, but did not explicitly say the remains were those of the couple, Stephanie and Daniel Menard.

Sparks' arrest came after a massive police presence at his home on the nudist ranch Thursday, with SWAT teams seen tearing down the front of the home. According to Redlands Public Information Officer Carl Baker, officers found Sparks underneath the home, in what he described as a bunker.

"We did attempt to contact the suspect for a great deal of time," Baker said, adding that officers even tried to send in a drone through a broken window to try and find Sparks. "We had reason to believe that the suspect was barricaded and armed, and we wanted to protect the safety of our officers. That's why the front of the house was removed. In fact, the suspect was barricaded, and he was armed."

In a press conference Friday afternoon, Baker said that investigators had removed multiple bags of evidence from that same bunker underneath Sparks' home which included the human remains. Coroners are still working to identify the remains.