Overview
- LAPD booked the couple’s 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, on suspicion of murder and said he is now being held without bail as the Robbery–Homicide Division leads the case.
- First responders arrived around 3:30 p.m. Sunday and found a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman dead inside the Brentwood home later identified by the family as Rob and Michele Reiner.
- Authorities have not released an official cause of death, though multiple outlets reported stab-like wounds, and detectives said they found no obvious sign of forced entry.
- Multiple reports say daughter Romy discovered the bodies, while investigators pursue search warrants and await coroner and autopsy findings.
- President Trump posted a political attack about the deaths that drew swift criticism from across the spectrum as tributes to Rob Reiner’s career and the couple’s advocacy continued.