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A 62-year-old man has been arrested for the homicide of an aged couple who disappeared from a California nudist group final weekend.

Michael Sparks was arrested late Thursday after 73-year-old Stephanie Menard and Daniel Menard, 79, had been reported lacking on Sunday, in line with the Redlands Police Department. The aged couple had been final seen at their dwelling on Olive Dell Ranch, a self-described “family-friendly” nudist resort in southern California.

Sparks is in custody on the West Valley Detention Center and can seem in court docket on Tuesday, in line with public data. He has been charged with homicide.

The couple was final seen on Saturday morning. Later that day, their unlocked automotive was discovered down the highway from their dwelling. The couple’s cell telephones, together with Stephanie’s purse, had been discovered of their home.

Their white shih tzu, Cuddles, can be lacking.

After the Menards had been reported lacking, the Redlands Police Department mentioned they had been tipped off that foul play may have been concerned of their disappearance.

This led them to research Sparks, who lives close by, as a possible suspect. In an try and find Sparks on Thursday, police breached his dwelling with a Tac Cat, a car utilized by SWAT groups to navigate hazardous environments, the Redlands Police Department mentioned.

Officers finally discovered the 63-year-old beneath his dwelling, and he surrendered after negotiating with officers, ABC News reviews.

Officers are looking for the Menards’ our bodies on Sparks’s property utilizing cadaver canines, the Redlands Police Department mentioned. Cuddles continues to be lacking.

The cadaver canines have already alerted police to at the least one physique on the property, however officers are nonetheless evaluating whether or not it’s protected to enter as a result of “extensive damage,” the division mentioned.

The Independent has contacted the Redlands Police Department for remark.