Overview
- Williams told NBC News he learned of Rob and Michele Reiner’s deaths on his state-issued tablet and immediately wrote Michele, “Please tell me the news is lying.”
- According to the reports, he received three emails from the couple in the days after the murders, including one Michele sent just hours before she was killed.
- Michele’s last note followed a re-viewing of “Lyrics From Lockdown” with Billy Crystal and said, “We all said that we can’t wait to watch it with you.”
- The Reiners developed a yearslong correspondence with Williams after seeing “Lyrics From Lockdown,” and their daughter Romy said the family offered him a place to live if he were released.
- Their son Nick Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and, if convicted, could face the death penalty.