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Nick Reiner Taken Off Suicide Watch Ahead of Arraignment in Parents’ Double-Murder Case

Prosecutors have filed special-circumstance murder charges that could bring life without parole or the death penalty.

Overview

  • Reiner, 32, remains in High Observation Housing at Twin Towers, housed alone, monitored frequently, escorted outside his cell and recorded on movement.
  • He no longer wears a suicide-prevention smock after jail staff removed the garment, though he continues under close mental-health observation.
  • He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, with a multiple-murder special circumstance and a knife-use enhancement.
  • The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, died from multiple sharp-force injuries and classified the manner as homicide.
  • After a brief Dec. 17 court appearance in which he waived a speedy arraignment, Reiner is due to be arraigned Jan. 7; reports from media and jail sources say he had prior schizophrenia treatment, which has not been entered into court records.