On Friday, police used a tank-like vehicle with a battering ram to smash into a home where they believed the bodies of Stephanie Menard, 73, and her husband, Daniel, 79, would be found. We are confident that they are deceased and that they are still here on the property, Baker said. He did not release any information about a possible motive.
Later on Friday, officials said searchers had found human remains in bags in a concrete bunker underneath the home. The remains were not immediately identified. Michael Royce Sparks, 62, was booked into jail on suspicion of homicide on Thursday night after being found under the house at Olive Dell Ranch.
A dog trained to find cadavers indicated the presence of at least one body somewhere under the house on Friday morning, but officers were waiting to enter until a structural assessment determined whether the home was safe. We're not going to send people in if there's a danger of the structure collapsing on them, Baker said.
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