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Death Certificates Confirm Rob and Michele Reiner Were Killed With a Knife Minutes Apart

The couple's son remains jailed without bail pending a January 7 arraignment.

Overview

  • Los Angeles County death certificates list “multiple sharp force injuries” inflicted with a knife and record the victims’ deaths at 3:45 p.m. and 3:46 p.m. on December 14.
  • The Reiners were cremated at Mount Sinai Mortuary on December 19, and the ashes were released to their eldest son, Jake Reiner, according to the documents.
  • Nick Reiner, 32, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder with special-circumstance and weapon allegations and has not entered a plea.
  • Prosecutors said the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole or the death penalty.
  • Martin Scorsese honored the couple in a New York Times guest essay, calling their deaths “an obscenity.”