The man accused of murdering his elderly neighbors at a California nudist resort was reportedly driven into a rage when he was offered a hot dog.
Michael Sparks, 62, is charged with the brutal August 2024 slayings of Daniel Menard, 79, and Stephanie Menard, 73, at the Olive Dell Ranch Nudist Resort in the Inland Empire. According to testimony at a court hearing this week, Sparks allegedly confessed to another inmate that he beat the couple to death with a rake, a hoe and a hammer — all over what he perceived as a slight, the Press-Enterprise reported.
Redlands Police Detective Thomas Williams testified that Sparks felt disrespected after Daniel Menard bought him a hot dog, interpreting the gesture as an indication that he was “only worth a dollar.”…