According to reports, neighbors identified the body found at the Lookout Mountain Avenue property as belonging to William Rothschild.

Voter registration records show that William A. De Rothschild, listed as 87, has resided at the burned house. Another database shows a 77-year-old man with a similar name owning the property. The deceased man will be formally identified and his cause of death determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.

A reclusive member of the wealthy Rothschild family was killed on Wednesday in a fire that devastated his Hollywood Hills home. The Los Angeles Police Department responded to the fire Wednesday afternoon,