Nick Reiner to Be Charged With First-Degree Murder in Deaths of Parents

Nick Reiner is set to be charged with two counts of first degree murder after the death of his parents in their Los Angeles home on Sunday.

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell during a press conference confirmed the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office “has formally filed charges against Mr Reiner for the murder of his parents.”

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman, also on hand at the update into the investigation into the killings of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner, said their son would face “first degree murder charges with special circumstances” of multiple murders that are believed to have been caused with a knife.

Nick Reiner has has hired criminal defense attorney Alan Jackson for legal representation. If convicted of the murder charges, he faces life in prison, or the death penalty.

The 32-year-old son of the Hollywood director and his wife was taken into custody on Sunday at Exposition Park in Los Angeles, and he was apprehended without incident, LA Police Chief McDonnell told the media. Nick Reiner is being held without bail. 

Iconic filmmaker Rob Reiner, 78, and wife Michele, 70, were found dead in their L.A. home on Chadbourne Avenue. The couple suffered “lacerations consistent with a knife,” law enforcement sources told TMZ. There reportedly was no sign of forced entry.

Nick Reiner was early on reported as a suspect. He battled drug addiction and homelessness, had more than a dozen stints in rehab and co-wrote a film loosely based on his life, Being Charlie (2015), that was directed by his father.