Overview
- The Los Angeles Times, citing two people with knowledge of the case, reports Nick Reiner had been prescribed medication for schizophrenia before the deaths, a detail not reflected in public court filings.
- Prosecutors charged Reiner on Dec. 16 with two counts of first-degree murder, including a multiple-murder special circumstance and a knife enhancement, making him eligible for life without parole or the death penalty.
- District Attorney Nathan Hochman said a decision on whether to seek capital punishment has not been made and such reviews typically take months.
- The medical examiner ruled Rob and Michele Reiner’s deaths homicides caused by multiple sharp-force injuries, and their son’s arraignment was continued to Jan. 7.
- Reiner is held at Twin Towers in restricted custody on suicide watch, wore a suicide-prevention smock at his first court appearance, and has a documented history of substance-use treatment as media reports describe recent erratic behavior tied by unnamed sources to medication changes.