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Nick Reiner Taken Off Suicide Watch Ahead of Arraignment in Parents’ Killings

Prosecutors have not decided whether to seek the death penalty under the special-circumstance charges.

Overview

  • Reiner, 32, remains in High Observation Housing at the Twin Towers jail without bail, housed alone and closely monitored after removal of a suicide-prevention smock.
  • He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court after a brief December appearance in which he waived a speedy arraignment.
  • Charges include two counts of first-degree murder with a special-circumstance allegation of multiple murders and a separate allegation of knife use, exposing him to life without parole or capital punishment.
  • The medical examiner determined Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, died of multiple sharp-force injuries, and police arrested their son without incident hours later near USC.
  • Law enforcement and media reports describe active review of his mental-health history, with a sheriff source saying doctors found a “mental disability,” as the defense evaluates competency and potential insanity issues.