When the police officers and their battering rams, the deputy coroners and their bags of body parts, and the swarms of media with their notebooks and cameras finally left the Olive Dell Nudist Ranch in Redlands following the slaying and dismemberment of an elderly couple and the arrest of their neighbor in August 2024, the 100-some residents hoped their peace would return.

Instead, as has been laid bare in a lawsuit against the owners and operators of the site, the problems that had festered before the slaying of Daniel and Stephanie Menard and their dog, Cuddles, only worsened, a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in San Bernardino alleges.

Olive Dell, nestled into a hilltop above Reche Canyon and its wild burros, is dotted with RVs, mobile homes and colorful “birdhouse” rental mini-cabi

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