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Nick Reiner Arraigned for Parents' Murders

Published 7 January 2026

Los Angeles, California – Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of filmmaker Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, is scheduled to appear in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday for his arraignment on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents.

The bodies of Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, were discovered on December 14 in their home in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. A coroner ruled the deaths homicides caused by multiple sharp force injuries. Authorities arrested Nick Reiner hours later near the University of Southern California campus, about 15 miles from the family residence. He has been charged with the killings and held without bail at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility.

Reiner made his initial court appearance on December 17, where he did not enter a plea and was observed wearing a suicide prevention smock. Officials have since removed him from suicide watch after a two-week period without incident, according to law enforcement sources. He remains in solitary confinement within the facility's High Observation Housing unit for mental health monitoring, where he is checked every 15 minutes and escorted by...

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