Almost two days after finding Rob Reiner and his wife Michele stabbed in their Los Angeles home, the prosecution and the authorities provided an update on Tuesday on the murder case of the director and photographer. Los Angeles District Attorney General Nathan Hochman said prosecutors will charge Nick Reiner, the couple’s second child, with two counts of aggravated first-degree murder, since they are multiple slayings. “In addition, he is the subject of a specific charge for using a dangerous and deadly weapon, a knife,” said the prosecutor. The charges carry the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
During this busy press conference, the prosecutor was accompanied by Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell, as well as various investigators assigned to the case. He explained that one of the questions he has been asked is whether Nick suffers from a mental illness or whether it can be proven. “Evidence, if there is any, of mental illness, will come with time,” Hochman said. “We will follow the usual procedure. If there is evidence of mental illness, it will be presented to the court.”
“You will hear rumors and speculation, but I ask you to trust reliable sources,” pleaded the prosecutor. Hochman said the prosecution has not made a decision on whether to seek the death penalty in the case.
McDonnell said investigators responded to a call in Brentwood and discovered the bodies of the Reiner couple and immediately began an investigation. Their son Nick was quickly arrested and taken into custody. “This is not only a difficult day for the Reiners and their loved ones, but for the entire city,” the California city’s police chief said during his brief appearance. They barely answered the questions.
The bodies of famous filmmaker Rob Reiner, director of The Princess Bride And When Harry Met Sallyamong thirty other titles, and his wife, photographer and producer Michele Reiner, 68, were found dead in their home last Sunday around four in the afternoon. It was his granddaughter, Romy, who alerted the police.
From the start, the main suspect was his second son, Nick, and police arrested him after 9 p.m. that Sunday without incident, authorities said Tuesday. Nick, 32, has struggled with addiction his entire life and has spoken publicly about it over the years. He moved away from his parents and came to live on the streets, but for more than a decade he reconnected with his family.
This double murder has shocked the world of American culture and politics since the discovery of the bodies on Sunday.
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