Overview
- Los Angeles Fire Department crews responding around 3:30–3:40 p.m. to the 200 block of South Chadbourne Avenue found a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman deceased inside the Brentwood home.
- A family spokesperson confirmed the victims as filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner and asked for privacy.
- Police say the deaths are being investigated as an apparent homicide, with the Robbery-Homicide Division in charge and investigators obtaining a search warrant before conducting a full crime scene examination.
- TMZ and other outlets report stab-type lacerations, but authorities have not confirmed a cause of death or specific injuries.
- Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times there were no signs of forced entry and a family member was interviewed, while multiple media reports name son Nick Reiner as involved, which police have not corroborated and no arrests have been announced.