Overview
- Official documents list the cause of death for both as multiple sharp-force injuries and classify the killings as homicide committed with a knife by another person.
- The records note Rob Reiner was found at 3:45 p.m. and Michele Reiner at 3:46 p.m., with the interval between the attack and death recorded as minutes.
- Their daughter Romy discovered the bodies after a massage therapist could not reach the couple, and a 911 call was logged at about 3:38 p.m.
- Nick Reiner is charged with two counts of first-degree murder with special-circumstance and weapon allegations, did not enter a plea at a Dec. 17 hearing, and is due back in court on Jan. 7.
- LAPD records reported by the Daily Mail describe multiple prior calls to the Brentwood home for welfare or mental-health checks and a family-violence battery investigation, and separate reporting details Nick’s long addiction history and that he had been prescribed schizophrenia medication.