Overview
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, died of multiple sharp-force injuries and classified both deaths as homicides.
- Nick Reiner, 32, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and is being held without bail after a brief court appearance in a suicide-prevention vest in which he did not enter a plea.
- The case includes special-circumstance allegations of multiple murders and use of a knife, elevating the potential penalties to life without parole or capital punishment under California law.
- Their daughter, Romy Reiner, was reported to have discovered her parents at their Brentwood home as investigators continue work with no official motive released.
- Friends and colleagues held an impromptu memorial reportedly hosted by Albert Brooks, tributes poured in from figures including Billy Crystal and Stephen King, and the couple’s children Jake and Romy asked for privacy in a public statement.