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An investigation has been launched into the mysterious death of a billionaire investor whose body was found in a secluded lake on his $2.4 million Washington mansion.
Daniel Reiner, 72, was discovered dead in Trout Lake near Fertile Valley Road in Pend Oreille County around 3:00 p.m. on August 31 after an extensive search that included divers and search dogs.
The Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing person on private property the previous night.
Police who responded to the scene before the body was discovered the following day were forced to abandon the search as night fell.
“(Reiner) went for a swim and never came back,” Sheriff Glenn Blakeslee told The Miner Newspapers.
Blakeslee said there is currently no evidence to suggest his death was suspicious, according to the Spokesman-Review.
“Obviously, we’re going to look for obvious signs of trauma or anything that would lead us to say there was foul play,” he said, “and in this case we didn’t see any, so we’re relying on the medical examiner at the medical examiner’s office to tell us the cause and manner of death.”
POC coroner Dorie Hunt told The Independent that the autopsy was completed on September 5 but the report was still pending.
“We don’t have any further information,” Hunt said.
A Spokane native and Pepperdine University graduate, Reiner boasted an extensive business portfolio in both the public and private sectors.
His business success led him to build a vast real estate empire that included a luxury lakefront home on Trout Lake that he purchased in 1998, according to Pend Oreille County property records.
At the time of his death, he owned about 30 properties covering about 1,837 acres, as well as golf courses and resorts across the United States, including Granite Bay Golf Club in Sacramento, Pebble Beach Golf Links in San Jose, Cabo del Sol near Cabo San Lucas and Club Corp, according to The Spokesman-Review.
Business colleague and friend Tom Simpson told the Spokesman-Review that Reiner was “a fantastic guy,” “one of the best dealmakers I’ve ever met” and a “mentor” to many.
He added: “This is a great loss for many of us who knew him well and for the local community.”