Those in the crowd showed their solidarity in their attire. "OK, just try not to think the worst," said an Alachua County Sheriff's Office Dispatcher on the other side of the call. The fire chief, Darian Brown, said the fire was mostly extinguished within about five minutes. Update or Upgrade Your Sustaining Gift Today! Authorities had said only that Reinhart - who had separated from his wife, Minde Reinhart, and lost his high-paying executive job - was suspected of killing his sons and setting fire to the. and The legal battle, just underway in federal court, is the latest twist in the crime earlier this year. Im going to have a deputy come out and make contact with you, okay.. The family was friends with. Stop calling me." Or to keep it anonymous, click here. Elite Baseball posted about their deaths on Facebook on May 4, claiming the organization was 'heartbroken.'. They warned Brodys elementary school to be on the lookout, checked a local gym, advised nearby hotels to report any sightings, checked the familys local Catholic church. Founder and coach Stephen Barton said Brodys energy and drive on the field was unparalleled, and he never backed down from any challenge. But knowing they loved every second of life and baseball will keep their memories alive.. The men have at least three other brothers. The probate case was reassigned last week to Circuit Judge Gloria R. Walker. Fidelity wrote back to Reinhart in aletterdated April 30 saying it was unable to update his policies as requested because he failed to specify the city and state where he had signed the document, which was notarized in Gainesville. Minde Reinhart was listed on corporation records as vice president for the company. The mother of two boys killed by her estranged husband is asking a Florida judge to block handing over $75,000 of his wealth to his sister and brothers including one who is serving a 40-year prison sentence for an unrelated murder. The dispatcher continued to ask questions to find out more about the situation, does he take any mental health medication?. The university has yet to comment on the tragedy. Details emerging from that courtroom fight already are changing what is known about events in the days leading to the crime: Reinhart updated his will on April 19, just 15 days before he killed his sons and himself, according to court records. It was not clear whether any profits from that sale will be disputed in the court fight with Reinharts siblings. The doors and windows were too hot to use to enter, he said. RELATED STORY: Memorial painted on 34th Street wall for brothers killed in suspected murder-suicide. Court records show Reinhart updated his will to remove Mrs. Reinhart from receiving any of his assets after 19 years of marriage: I have intentionally made no provision in this will for my wife, he wrote. Paul Reinharts final text to his wife came at 5:39 a.m. This is part of the initial call Minde Reinhart made to dispatchers at around 5:30 in the morning. Reinhart was a former medical device sales executive who investigators said was so upset over the loss of his job and pending divorce that he fatally shot the couples sons on May 4 before setting fire to the familys vacation home near Suwannee in western Florida and fatally shooting himself. One of her lawyers, Jeff Aaron, also declined to discuss the matter. 2023 www.gainesville.com. Erick Reinhart is serving a 40-year murder sentence in a Florida prison and could be released as early as July 2053. It was unclear whether Reinhart received Fidelitys letter mailed from the companys life insurance offices in Atlanta before he fatally shot his sons and himself four days later. A sale on the $1.8 million home, where property records cite her as the sole legal owner, was listed as pending. Alachua County deputies began scouring the area for the father and children, and alerting local institutions and businesses. A final report covering the criminal investigation by two sheriffs offices and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in the case is expected to be made public next week. If you call this number again its going to be a big problem, he said. He did not list any bank accounts, investments or other assets. A firefighter in protective gear wrote in his official report that the smoke was so thick inside he couldnt see. . 'My heart is broken, aches all the time,' she wrote in a letter to the judge in August 2014. Stop calling me.". Copyright 2021 WCJB. A sale on the $1.8 million home, where property records cite her as the sole legal owner, was listed as pending. Now it's too late. This story was produced by Fresh Take Florida, a news service of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. Tears swelled in Tracy Diggs eyes as she held her baby close in her arms. The younger boy regularly served as the batboy during Florida Gators college home games ,and the family was reportedly friends with the programs coach, Kevin Sully OSullivan. On Wednesday evening, a mural was painted in Gainesville to honor the two boys. Rex was an eighth-grader at Kanapaha Middle School and pitcher for the Florida Heat team, based in Tampa. "I'm so happy that I put my phone down all the time and didn't return texts and. . The probate case was reassigned last week to Circuit JudgeGloria R. Walker. (Grethel Aguila/WUFT News), Florida Heat coach and former MLB player Gary Sheffield talks about Rex and Brody. They urgently tracked Paul Reinharts cell phone to nearby Dixie County, about 50 miles west of Gainesville, after a neighbor near the familys vacation home told Minde Reinharts friend that her husbands van was parked outside. View their profile including current address, phone number 352-332-XXXX, background check reports, and property record on Whitepages, the most trusted online directory. 15:32 GMT 10 May 2021 . Click here to subscribe to our newsletter. Brody had the heart of a lion, and Rexs determination to be the best on the field was unrivaled. Gainesville, FL. The tragedy comes 29 months after Paul's older brother, Erick Von Reinhart, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after stabbing his ex-wife's boyfriend, Alex Illiff, 33, in Pasco County in 2014. Such photographs were apparently a sore and painful reminder of what would have been his upcoming 20th anniversary with his wife, Minde Prince Reinhart, 42, who lives in Gainesville. According to independent local news station WJXT, Alachua County Sheriff's Office deputies attempted to perform a wellness chec k on Paul Otto Reinhart . The reporters can be reached atawilder@freshtakeflorida.comandevelazquez@freshtakeflorida.com. She has since shared a moving Facebook tribute to her sons as 'Angels among us.'. All rights reserved. Adjacent to Dizney Stadium and Katie Seashole Pressly . Youre so selfish. Find Minde Reinhart's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. The event is open to the public, and will feature guest speakers who knew the boys, including Florida baseball coach, Kevin OSullivan, former Gator football coach Will Muschamp, MLB great Gary Sheffield, and Gatorballs Stephen Barton. At the time, the family was already fighting behind the scenes over the $4 million and related matters, but the life insurance dispute and size of the payout didnt become part of any public record until now. Her estranged husband, Paul Reinhart, fatally shot them in May at the family's vacation home in Dixie County before setting fire to the home and killing himself. That case in Alachua County Circuit Court is pending. That case in Alachua County Circuit Court is pending. If youre interested in contributing to the charitable fund set up in their names, click here. Reinhart has no desire to see the autopsy reports, Downs wrote. Citing no specific evidence except her information and belief, Mrs. Reinharts lawyers told the judge that Konrad Reinhart began receiving unspecified assets from his brother shortly before the killings or as a result of Reinharts suicide. By Last Tuesday, the boys mother, Minde Reinhart, called 911 early in the morning, concerned about her sons. WUSF 89.7 depends on donors for the funding it takes to provide you the most trusted source of news and information here in town, across our state, and around the world. Minde Reinhart, age 40s, lives in Gainesville, FL. RELATED STORY: Charitable fund set up in honor of Reinhart brothers. In that case, Konrad Reinhart was fighting efforts by Minde Reinhart to obtain confidential files from Withers Harvey, the Gainesville law firm that handled the updated will that excluded her. WUFT 89.1 / 90.1 Featured Thank you Gifts. Mrs. Reinhart declined to discuss the new lawsuit through one of her attorneys, Jeff Aaron of Gray Robinson in Orlando. Erick left his own children, then 5 and 6, home alone during the attack, authorities said. The reporters can be reached atawilder@freshtakeflorida.comandevelazquez@freshtakeflorida.com, What we know (and don't know) about apparent murder-suicide of two Florida boys and their dad, autopsy reports for Reinhart and his sons, Erick Reinhart is serving a 40-year murder sentence, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Erick is expected to be released from prison in September 2053. She had became alarmed when at 5am on May 5, she learned that her husband had published on his Facebook account 64 of their old wedding photos from their big day in 2001. Its probably one of the most tragic events that any community can ever encounter, Dixie County Sheriff Darby Butler told reporters. He always answers the phone, and hes not, she said, her voice breaking. Thats all he said, in his mind. The house was on fire when authorities arrived; it is not clear exactly when, or how, the deaths occurred. He did not own a gun, she said, and sheriffs records added: Could not locate any recent firearm transactions.. Minde Reinhart, mother of murdered boys, sued over $4 million insurance payout Anna Wilder and Elisabell Velazquez Fresh Take Florida 0:00 0:39 GAINESVILLE An insurance company is suing. Records in a related probate court case showed that Reinhart hadupdated his willon April 19, just 15 days before he killed his sons and himself, to prevent his wife from receiving any of his assets after 19 years of marriage. Less than an hour into the search, a deputy got a call from a neighbor living near the Reinharts' vacation home outside Suwannee, Dixie County, saying that Paul's van was parked outside. Paul Reinhart submitted a signed, notarized document with the requested changes to Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Co. Reinharts actions add to evidence suggesting he plotted the deadly violence days in advance. He did not list any bank accounts, investments or other assets. The family still owns the waterfront home in Dixie County where the murders and fire occurred, according to property records. But knowing they loved every second of life and baseball will keep their memories alive.. If they had died, Reinhart identified one of his brothers, Konrad Reinhart, 45, of Gainesville, as a secondary beneficiary. The suspected murder suicide has chilling echoes of the case of Paul's brother Erick Von Reinhart. I have this in here for you, stated the dispatcher. His brother Paul financed Ericks legal defense, said Regine Iliff, Alex's mother. The boys freely stumbled into former Gators football coach Will Muschamps home in his three years as their neighbor. Im so happy that I put my phone down all the time and didnt return texts and emails, she said. Rex and Brody were keen baseball players. Erick Reinhart is serving a 40-year murder sentence in a Florida prison and could be released as early as July 2053. He forced open the door and felt his way upstairs, where he searched one empty bedroom in vain before he found a pile of debris in front of a second bedroom door. One day after the letter from Downs, Mrs. Reinharts lawyers filed a formal objection in Alachua County Circuit Court to a pending request by one of Reinharts brothers, Konrad Reinhart, that the estate be divided among Reinharts five siblings and Mrs. Reinhart. (Grethel Aguila/WUFT News), Rexs Florida Heat jersey was on display in a glass case. Credentialed press will be provided a dedicated reporting area. In court papers, the insurance company described itself as merely a disinterested stakeholder and said it was in danger of being exposed to multiple liability unless a judge rules in the case. In a related dispute over that change to the will, Mrs. Reinharts lawyers said in court records that based on Reinharts actions in the days before he died, Konrad Reinhart knew or should have known that her husband was plotting violence. GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - North Central Florida is coming together to honor two boys killed in what law enforcement is investigating as a murder-suicide. 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