I don’t think I can stay here’: Neighbor of alleged killer in Southern California nudist resort
A neighbor of 62-year-old Michael Sparks, the man accused of killing an elderly couple and hiding their remains in a bunker beneath his Redlands home, told KTLA the trauma of the whole ordeal has left her shaken and unsure if she can remain in her own home.
A fenced in pile of rubble is now all that’s left of Sparks’ house, which sits directly next door to where the Menards, his presumed victims, lived.
“I look out my window or open my door, I can see it and it’s still traumatizing,” Tammie Wilkerson, who lives on the other side of Sparks and was a friend of the Menards, said. “I could see inside his house and to know that they had to have been there somewhere and not found was even worse.”
Investigators with the Redlands Police Department conducted an extensive search of the 62-year-old’s property over four days, finding
additional human remains on Sunday.
Carl Baker, Redlands PD Spokesperson, told KTLA’s Shelby Nelson they do not believe the additional remains are a new victim.
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As far as we know, the remains that we’ve recovered are those of Dan and Stephanie and there are no others,” he said.
The San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office is working to positively identify the remains recovered on Sparks’ property.
As for Wilkerson, who has been staying in a hotel for much of the investigation, the harrowing experience has taken a heavy emotional toll.
“I still get nauseous. My hands shake, my heart races,” she explained. “I don’t think I can stay here.”
