Police had been responding to disturbances at Rob and Michele Reiner’s Los Angeles mansion for over a decade – long before the Hollywood legend and his wife were found dead inside their home, the Daily Mail can reveal.
LAPD records obtained by the Daily Mail show officers were called to the family’s $13.5 million Brentwood property at least six times: in 2013, 2014, 2017, twice in 2019, and on December 14, the day the Reiners were killed..
The ‘calls for service’ were for incidents ranging from alleged family violence to welfare and mental health checks.
‘There’s been quite a few calls for service at the Reiner house,’ a source close to the LAPD told the Daily Mail.
‘The West LA division of LAPD was summoned to that home on many occasions.’
Nick Reiner, 32, charged with murdering his parents Rob and Michele with a knife, had been living in the guest house at the property on and off for years, sources close to the family say.
The revelation about police callouts suggests there had been trouble at the home well before the legendary movie director and his wife were found with their throats reportedly cut on Sunday afternoon.
Among the list of incidents is a call on May 5, 2017 at 4.04pm with the code ‘BFV INVEST’, meaning a battery of family violence investigation.
The LA County Medical Examiner has ruled Rob and Michele Reiner’s deaths a homicide, caused by ‘multiple sharp force injuries with a knife by another’
Now, LAPD call records obtained by the Daily Mail reveal police had been called to the couple’s Brentwood mansion at least six times since 2013, for incidents ranging from alleged battery or family violence, welfare and mental health checks
The logs say that a police report was written up about the incident.
A September 27, 2019 call received at 4.24pm was given the category ‘918M’, for mental health-related check on a male subject.
After attending, officers marked the case as not requiring any further police action.
Earlier that year on February 25 officers were called to perform a welfare check at 9.51pm.
Police responded, and reported the incident to a supervisor.
Another welfare check was called in on August 4, 2013 at 3.31am. An officer wrote up a police report about the incident, which was simply labeled ‘door’ in the logs obtained by the Daily Mail.
One apparently innocuous callout was a noise complaint labeled ‘party’, at 12.30pm on February 2, 2014, and was resolved with the officer’s comment ‘gone on arrival’ in the logs.
‘Brentwood is a fairly quiet neighborhood. You don’t generally get a lot of calls for service at a home,’ the source close to the LAPD said.
The police call logs also include the final, fatal call on December 14, when the bodies of Reiner and his wife Michele were discovered at their home
Holiday decorations are visible at the Reiners’ home two days after they were found dead inside
‘In this case, the officers had a recollection that they responded to the home on numerous occasions.’
‘It was significant, the number of times they visited that home.’
Earlier on Tuesday, the LA County Medical Examiner’s office released Rob and Michele Reiner’s death certificates, revealing their bodies were cremated after their brutal murders.
Authorities previously said that the couple passed away after suffering ‘multiple sharp force injuries‘, and newly-released death certificates add that this was caused ‘with a knife, by another’.
Their remains were given to their oldest son Jake, and they were cremated at Mount Sinai Mortuary, according to the New York Post.
Both of their deaths have been ruled homicides, with the place of death listed as their residence.
Nick was arrested on December 14 and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of his 78-year-old father and 70-year-old mother.
The couple’s younger son, Nick Reiner, 32, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and made his first court appearance on December 17
Nick is one of three siblings (pictured far right with parents, older brother Jake, center and younger Romy, right in 2014)
Prosecutors added special circumstances of multiple murders and use of a dangerous weapon, a knife, meaning, if he is convicted, Nick could face life in prison without the possibility of parole or even the death penalty.
He made a brief court appearance on Wednesday, wearing an anti-suicide vest. He did not enter a plea.
Nick’s defense attorney, Alan Jackson, asked the judge for a continuance, saying that he ‘needed more time’ to prepare his case.
When the judge asked a blank-faced Nick ‘if he agreed that his arraignment should be continued’, he answered, ‘Yes, your honor.’
His arraignment was pushed to January 7 and he was ordered to be held in jail without bail.
Jackson addressed the media after the hearing and asked people not to ‘rush to judgment’ about the case.
