It was presupposed to be a weekend of celebration for Rob and Michele Reiner.
They attended Conan O’Brien’s Christmas occasion Saturday and deliberate to fulfill Barack and Michelle Obama Sunday night time.
However that gathering with the primary woman and forty fourth president by no means occurred.
The couple have been discovered useless of their Brentwood residence Sunday afternoon, and their son Nick Reiner was arrested on suspicion of homicide.
Extra particulars are rising about that fateful weekend, however a full accounting of what transpired has but to be revealed.
Nick Reiner had a protracted historical past of substance abuse issues and gave quite a few interviews about his makes an attempt at rehab and stints of homelessness. He stated he was in restoration at age 22, when he and his father produced a movie based mostly on his struggles, however at age 24 stated in a podcast interview that he had since relapsed on methamphetamine.
Reiner was dwelling within the guesthouse on his dad and mom’ property, based on household mates. The household had turn into more and more involved about his psychological well being and had expressed these issues in latest weeks.
On Saturday night time, Nick and his dad and mom have been on the identical vacation occasion.
That night time, the 32-year-old bought right into a combat together with his dad and mom on the occasion at O’Brien’s home, the Reiners’ mates instructed The Instances. Folks on the occasion remarked that Nick was appearing surprisingly on the occasion, they stated.
On Sunday night time, legislation enforcement officers examine close to the Reiners’ residence.
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It stays unclear when the Reiners have been killed. Michelle Obama revealed that she and Barack Obama deliberate to fulfill with Reiners that Sunday night.
“We have been presupposed to be seeing them that night time,” she instructed Jimmy Kimmel on his present Monday. “Rob and Michele Reiner are a few of the most first rate, brave folks you ever wish to know.”
L.A. Police Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton stated that the preliminary 911 name got here at round 3:40 p.m. Sunday from inside the house, which is within the 200 block of Chadbourne Avenue. There have been no indicators of pressured entry, and Nick Reiner was not on the property when officers arrived, based on legislation enforcement sources not licensed to talk publicly about particulars of the case.
The couple had wounds according to being stabbed, the sources stated.
The health worker is figuring out the time of demise for Rob and Michel Reiner, however investigators are pursuing Nick Reiner’s whereabouts within the hours after the confrontation on the O’Brien occasion.
The Reiners’ youngest little one, 28-year-old Romy, discovered her dad and mom useless inside the house on Sunday afternoon, based on the household mates, who didn’t wish to be recognized due to the character of the crime.
Nick was not residence when the our bodies have been found, sources stated.
Nick Reiner attends the Sept. 9 premiere of “Spinal Faucet II” in Los Angeles.
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Actor Billy Crystal, Rob’s longtime buddy and collaborator, was one of many first folks household reached out to after studying of the couple’s demise and visited the home on Sunday.
By that night, the deaths on the Hollywood legend’s residence have been getting international consideration.
It stays unclear when police started to concentrate on Nick Reiner and the way they have been in a position to decide his location.
Officers with the L.A. Police Division’s Gang and Narcotics Division together with a U.S. Marshals job power that usually searches for fugitives tracked Nick down in South L.A. on Sunday night, based on a legislation enforcement supply and Reiner’s reserving file.
He was discovered close to USC, round 15 miles from the scene of the stabbing, the supply stated.
Nick Reiner was taken into custody round 9:15 p.m. Sunday and booked on suspicion of homicide at 5:04 a.m. Monday, the supply stated.
He’s being held in L.A. County jail with out bail, based on the LAPD and jail data.
