Overview
- A Los Angeles Superior Court clerk confirmed Nick Reiner was under a mental health conservatorship from 2020 to 2021, according to The New York Times reporting cited by The Independent.
- Multiple outlets report he had been treated for schizophrenia, and the Times says his psychiatric medication was changed roughly a month before the Dec. 14 killings, with experts noting such transitions require close monitoring.
- Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder with special-circumstance and knife-use allegations, making the case death-penalty eligible under California law.
- Former defense attorney Alan Jackson withdrew on Jan. 7; public defender Kimberly Greene now represents Reiner, who is scheduled for arraignment on Feb. 23.
- Investigators reported no sign of forced entry, the medical examiner has publicly confirmed multiple sharp-force injuries as the cause of death, certain records remain sealed under a court security hold, and Reiner has been held in a high-observation jail unit with suicide-watch measures.