Release Of Reiner Autopsy Reports Blocked By Court Order

LOS ANGELES, CA — A judge has granted the Los Angeles Police Department's request to block the release of autopsy reports for Rob and Michele Reiner, who prosecutors say were stabbed to death by their son earlier this month.

The LAPD filed the request to place a security hold on the Department of Medical Examiner's records on the case. A judge granted that request and the medical examiner received the order on Dec. 24, according to the medical examiner's office.

The office previously publicly released information on the Reiners' deaths, listing their primary cause of death as "multiple share force injuries" and the manner of death a homicide.

"While the cause and manner of death were previously released on these cases, due to the court order, the information is no longer available. No other case information or records, including the Medical Examiner report, can be released or posted on the website until further notice," reads a statement from the medical examiner's office.

The LAPD told the Los Angeles Times it sought to seal the records “to ensure detectives from Robbery-Homicide Division learned of important information surrounding their deaths before the media and the public."

The medical examiner's office statement says the office "understands the public’s interest in these cases and remains committed to transparency when possible. Information will be made available once the court order is lifted."

The LAPD told the Times "was not sought to undermine transparency."

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Security holds have been used in high-profile cases including the deaths of Whitney Houston, Paul Walker and the wife of actor Robert Blake, according to the Times.

More recently, the LAPD successfully won a security hold on documents related to the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 15-year-old girl who was found dead in the trunk singer's Tesla.