Authorities work to identify human remains found in concrete ‘bunker’ under missing California couple’s neighbor’s home

Authorities are working to determine whether human remains found in a concrete “bunker” underneath a man’s California mobile home belonged to a missing couple who lived next door at a nudist resort, police said.

Authorities investigating the disappearance of a California couple are working to identify human remains found in bags in a concrete “bunker” underneath the mobile home of the couple’s neighbor at a nudist resort. Police have arrested the neighbor, Michael Royce Sparks, 62, on suspicion of killing the couple, Daniel and Stephanie Menard, who had not been seen since August 24, according to the Redlands police. The unidentified remains were found under the suspect’s home Friday by members of the Redlands Fire Department after cadaver dogs indicated “the presence of at least one body” at the property, Redlands Police Department spokesman Carl Baker said Friday. The coroner’s office is working to identify the remains, according to Baker. Police did not provide further details on the remains as work was set to continue Saturday to remove evidence from the space under the home. “We believe that Dan and Stephanie are deceased. I can’t confirm that,” Baker said at a news conference. “We’ve located human remains. I can’t verify that that’s Dan and Stephanie, and without verifying that we don’t have physical evidence that they’re deceased.” As police searched the home earlier Friday, Baker told reporters that police were “confident” that the couple had died and were “still here on the property.”