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On the right, Paul O. Reinhart, 46, of Gainesville, is seen in this selfie he posted to his Facebook account on Sept. 13, 2019. Reinhart is suspected of killing his two young sons and himself on May 4, 2021, in his family s burning vacation home near Suwannee. On the left is Reinhart s older brother, Erick Von Reinhart, 49, as seen in this undated prison photograph from the Florida Department of Corrections after he was sent to prison in December 2018. Erick Reinhart pleaded guilty in November 2018 to second-degree murder in Pasco County, in the stabbing of his ex-wife s new boyfriend.
Paul Otto Reinhart, 46, was a successful executive of a medical device sales firm and living in a $900,000 home in Gainesville until his world began unraveling.
Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of suicide. If you or someone you know is considering suicide, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
TAMPA The father suspected of killing his two young sons and himself this week inside a burning luxury vacation home in western Florida is the younger brother of a convicted murderer who also tried to take his own life in a similarly violent household attack seven years ago.
Paul Otto Reinhart, 46, was a successful executive of a medical device sales firm and living in a $900,000 home in Gainesville until his world began unraveling: He lost his job as president of his namesake company, Reinhart Medical LLC, and he was recently separated from his wife of nearly 20 years, Minde Reinhart, 42.
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“You’re going to live with this the rest of your life.”
The text message from her estranged husband arrived at 5:39 a.m., even as Minde Reinhart was already on the phone with a sheriff’s dispatcher pleading for help and searching for answers. Paul Reinhart, 46, had disappeared into the night with the couple’s two young sons.
She replied by text: “Please don’t hurt yourself or the boys. Please come home.”
No answer. He had stopped texting, she told a 911 dispatcher.
Above: A 2:38 excerpt of a nearly 12-minute 911 call on Tuesday, May 4, from Minde Reinhart, 42, of Gainesville who was reporting her estranged husband and sons missing after what she characterized as suspicious text messages and Facebook posts from him. Paul Reinhart, 46, is suspected of killing his sons, Rex, 14, and Brody, 11, setting fire to the family’s waterfront vacation home in western Florida then killing himself.