Law enforcement records reveal a disturbing pattern of emergency calls to a luxury Los Angeles residence years before a prominent Hollywood director and his wife were found dead in their $13.5 million home.
Police had responded to disturbances at the Brentwood mansion belonging to Rob and Michele Reiner at least six times over more than a decade, according to LAPD records obtained by the Daily Mail.
The calls spanned from 2013 through Dec. 14, when the couple was discovered deceased inside their residence.
The emergency responses covered a range of serious incidents, including alleged family violence, welfare checks and mental health evaluations.
Records show police were summoned to the property in 2013, 2014, 2017, and twice in 2019, in addition to the fatal incident in December.
A law enforcement source familiar with the situation confirmed the frequency of police involvement at the address.
“There’s been quite a few calls for service at the Reiner house,” the source told the Daily Mail.
“The West LA division of LAPD was summoned to that home on many occasions.”
According to family sources, Nick Reiner, age 32, had been residing in the guest house on the property intermittently for several years.
He now faces murder charges in connection with his parents’ deaths.
The historical record of police callouts indicates ongoing difficulties at the residence well before the 78-year-old director and his 70-year-old wife were discovered with what authorities describe as fatal knife wounds on a Sunday afternoon.
Documentation shows a May 5, 2017 incident at 4:04 p.m. classified with the code for battery of family violence investigation.
Officers filed a formal police report following that response.
The Daily Mail reported that on September 27, 2019, authorities were dispatched at 4:24 p.m. for a mental health evaluation involving a male subject.
After officers arrived and assessed the situation, they determined no additional police intervention was necessary.
Earlier in 2019, on February 25, police conducted a welfare check at 9:51 p.m. Officers responded to the call and subsequently reported their findings to a supervisor.
Records also document an August 4, 2013 welfare check at 3:31 a.m., which resulted in officers preparing a formal report.
The incident was simply noted as involving a “door” in the police logs.
Not all responses involved serious incidents, the Daily Mail explained. One call on February 2, 2014 at 12:30 p.m. concerned a noise complaint related to a “party.”
Officers marked that case as resolved, noting “gone on arrival” in their records.
The law enforcement source emphasized the unusual nature of such frequent police visits to a single residence in the affluent neighborhood.
“Brentwood is a fairly quiet neighborhood. You don’t generally get a lot of calls for service at a home,” the source said.
“In this case, the officers had a recollection that they responded to the home on numerous occasions.”
The source added that the volume of police responses was notable. “It was significant, the number of times they visited that home,” they said.
The LA County Medical Examiner’s office released death certificates for Rob and Michele Reiner on Tuesday, confirming their bodies were cremated following the violent deaths.
The certificates specify the couple died from “multiple sharp force injuries” inflicted “with a knife, by another.”
Their remains were entrusted to their oldest son Jake and cremated at Mount Sinai Mortuary, according to the New York Post.
Both deaths have been officially classified as homicides, with the couple’s residence listed as the location where they died.
Nick Reiner was taken into custody on Dec. 14 and charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Prosecutors included special circumstances of multiple murders and use of a deadly weapon, which could result in life imprisonment without parole or the death penalty upon conviction.
The suspect appeared in court on Wednesday wearing protective anti-suicide clothing.
He did not enter a plea during the brief proceeding.
Defense attorney Alan Jackson requested additional time to prepare his case.
When the judge inquired whether Nick agreed to postpone his arraignment, he responded affirmatively, saying, “Yes, your honor.”
The arraignment has been rescheduled for Jan. 7. Nick remains in custody without bail, per the Daily Mail. Following the hearing, Jackson spoke to reporters and urged the public not to “rush to judgment” regarding the case.
