The hotel where Nick Reiner had a room, it was bloody and had a sheet covering the window. Is that true?
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Executive summary
Multiple news outlets report that hotel staff found a Santa Monica room linked to Nick Reiner with extensive blood: sources say the shower was "full of blood," there was blood on the bed, and windows were covered with bedsheets (reports trace to TMZ and were repeated across Parade, New York Daily News and others) [1] [2] [3]. All published accounts attribute the scene description to TMZ or unnamed sources; available sources do not include an official LAPD description of the hotel room’s condition nor public police confirmation of the sheet-covered windows beyond those media reports [1] [2].
1. What the reporting says — grisly details repeated
Multiple outlets cite the same initial account that hotel staff discovered a room with a shower “full of blood,” blood on the bed and bedsheets covering the windows after Nick Reiner checked in early the morning of Dec. 14 (TMZ originally) [1] [2] [3]. Parade summarizes the account: shower “full of blood,” bedsheets covering the windows and blood on the bed [2]. New York Daily News and The Daily Beast repeat TMZ’s reporting that the room was “full of blood” or “covered in blood” [3] [4].
2. Source chain — most outlets trace back to TMZ
Nearly all stories citing the hotel-room condition explicitly trace the detail to TMZ’s reporting or to outlets that republished TMZ’s account (TMZ → Parade → NY Daily News → Daily Beast → many others) [1] [2] [3] [4]. That means the gruesome specifics (including sheets on the windows) are circulating widely but originate from a single published source and its secondary pick‑ups [1] [2].
3. What official sources have said — limits in public reporting
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Nick Reiner’s arrest and booking information in a public release, but the available sources in this collection do not show an LAPD statement that independently corroborates the blood-filled shower or sheets on the windows in the hotel room [1] [2]. In short, the graphic scene description appears in media reports that cite unnamed or “sources with direct knowledge,” not a publicly posted police scene report in these items [1] [2].
4. Consistency and variations across outlets
Accounts are consistent on the headline claim — hotel room had substantial blood and the son had checked in early and not formally checked out — but wording varies: some outlets say the room was “full of blood” or “covered in blood,” others specify the shower was “full of blood” and the windows were covered with bedsheets [3] [2] [5]. Several outlets also add observer details (Nick appearing “tweaked out” at check-in), which are also sourced to eyewitnesses quoted by the original reporting [6] [7].
5. How to read the reporting — a caution on sourcing and confirmation
When many outlets repeat the same dramatic detail from a single original report, that amplifies the claim but does not independently verify it. These stories repeatedly attribute the scene description to TMZ or unnamed sources, which is legitimate journalism when clearly labeled — but it leaves an evidentiary gap: no independent forensic report or public LAPD confirmation of the specific hotel-room details appears in the provided reporting [1] [2].
6. Competing or absent viewpoints
Available sources do not include a hotel spokesperson’s statement, a public LAPD summary confirming the sheets-on-the-window detail, nor forensic test results tying the blood in the room to the victims in the materials provided here (available sources do not mention a hotel statement; available sources do not mention forensic confirmation) [1] [2]. That absence matters: repeated media citation is not the same as corroboration by investigators or court filings.
7. What remains to be clarified by authorities
Investigative steps that would resolve remaining uncertainty — police confirmation of the hotel-room findings, toxicology or DNA linking blood in the room to the victims, and official hotel or law-enforcement witness statements — are not present in these reports (available sources do not mention those official confirmations) [1] [2]. Expect follow-up reporting from outlets that obtain LAPD affidavits, booking reports or hotel statements.
Bottom line: Multiple reputable outlets are repeating a graphic description of the hotel room — shower “full of blood,” blood on the bed, windows covered with sheets — but those details in the supplied reporting originate with TMZ or unnamed sources and lack an independent, on‑the‑record police or hotel confirmation in the current collection [1] [2] [3].