Overview
- Official records state both victims died from multiple sharp‑force injuries inflicted with a knife inside their Brentwood home, with the manner ruled homicide.
- The documents list Rob Reiner pronounced at 3:45 p.m. and Michele Singer Reiner at 3:46 p.m., noting the interval from injury to death was only minutes.
- The couple were cremated at Mount Sinai Mortuary, and Jake Reiner is recorded as the informant on the certificates.
- Prosecutors charged Nick Reiner with two counts of first‑degree murder, including special‑circumstance and weapon‑use allegations that make the case eligible for life without parole or the death penalty; he appeared once in court without entering a plea and is held without bail.
- Press reports cite multiple prior LAPD calls to the residence for alleged family violence and welfare or mental‑health checks, as well as Nick’s history of addiction treatment and reported schizophrenia care, while the family plans a memorial and tributes include a New York Times essay by Martin Scorsese.