Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Rainer

Siblings: Quinn Rainer

Appearances: Seasons 5 & 6

Who’d Play Him: Dustin Milligan

The Boy Who Was Never Missing: Magnum was the younger brother of Quinn Rainer, an old high-school flame of Eddie Distefano. After their parents separated, Quinn and Magnum’s mother was left with mounting debt and little financial security. Rather than accept their circumstances, the siblings devised an elaborate scheme designed to connect Quinn with a wealthy man who could solve their financial problems.

Magnum worked as a counselor at Storm Lake, a summer camp in the mountains. Quinn approached Eddie claiming that her brother had mysteriously disappeared from the camp and pleaded with him to help locate him. Concerned for Magnum’s safety, Eddie agreed to join the search. Miranda immediately became suspicious of Quinn’s intentions and insisted on accompanying them.

While Eddie, Quinn, and Miranda searched the wilderness, Magnum was safely back in Los Angeles. Stormy encountered him drunk at a party hosted by Jeff Branigan, where Magnum revealed the truth: his disappearance had been staged to give Quinn time alone with Eddie. Quinn knew Victor Distefano had left Eddie a substantial fortune and believed marrying him would rescue the Rainers from their debts.

Miranda eventually discovered the deception after reaching the remote cabin where Quinn claimed Magnum had last been seen. She arrived just as Quinn was attempting to seduce Eddie, but Eddie rejected her and reaffirmed his commitment to Miranda. With the scheme exposed, Quinn was sent away and Magnum’s supposed disappearance was revealed as little more than a calculated con.

Magnum remained part of Los Angeles’s reckless younger social circle and later celebrated his twentieth birthday with a large party attended by Benji, Blake, Sierra, Summer, and Duke. The celebration became another night of manipulation and violence when Summer falsely accused Benji of attacking her, prompting Blake to strike him. Sierra was later drugged and ran screaming into the street, while Benji’s confrontation with Jeff Branigan ended with Jeff being struck and killed by a car.