CA - Murder victims Identified as Rob Reiner and wife Michele - LA Dec 14 2025

[JDG]

Personality disorder psychiatry definition "a deeply ingrained pattern of behaviour of a specified kind that deviates markedly from the norms of generally accepted behaviour, causing long-term difficulties in personal relationships or in functioning in society."

The more I read about NR, the more convinced I am that he has a personality disorder, rather than a long term mental illness. However, due to his addiction issues, it's certainly possible there was also some drug induced psychosis at play.

MOO

Even in childhood pictures he has those ‘dead eyes’ that peeps are commenting on.

He’s been a very sick person for all of his life I’d bet.

Yoga teacher said he screamed like the world was on fire.

 

[tlcya]

Rob Reiner and wife Michele had throats slit in their bed

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found in bed with their throats cut and may have been asleep when they were murdered, a source close to the investigation claimed to the Daily Mail.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found in bed with their throats cut and may have been asleep when they were murdered, a source close to the investigation claimed to the Daily Mail.

The gruesome detail could help establish a timeline of the killings, for which the couple's 32-year-old troubled son Nick has been arrested.

Sounds like they were ambushed.

I hope they never saw it coming. There is a comfort I would think, to be found in that if so.

 

[Wishbone]

Rob Reiner and wife Michele had throats slit in their bed

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found in bed with their throats cut and may have been asleep when they were murdered, a source close to the investigation claimed to the Daily Mail.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found in bed with their throats cut and may have been asleep when they were murdered, a source close to the investigation claimed to the Daily Mail.

The gruesome detail could help establish a timeline of the killings, for which the couple's 32-year-old troubled son Nick has been arrested.

Sounds like they were ambushed.

Since they were asleep he was able to slit their throats. Then he may have continued to stab them. What rage!

 

[Inthedetails]

I think many people are eternal material optimists, believing there's no problem that can't be fixed if we throw enough money and science at it. Or enough love.

For myself, I believe there is a tragic side to life, and human nature. And no one ever is or ever will be, guaranteed a happily ever after.

What I think about is, who were the monsters who introduced young Nick to drugs, and sold them to him over and over again, profiting from this misery.

From the little I know, I think Nick was troubled even as a youngster. He started drugs in his early/mid teens and it's my guess it was self-medication and provided a relief from whatever already ailed him.

But, yes, the people who supply drugs to teens are a menace. I also have a hunch drugs of all types were easily available among his peers.

jmopinion

 

[Inthedetails]

I hope they never saw it coming. There is a comfort I would think, to be found in that if so.

Yes, that actually is a comfort. I envisioned a knock-down fight for their lives.

Small comfort, though.

jmopinion

 

[Megnut]

If he murdered them in their bed, it wasn't even in the context of an escalation. They had fully retreated, no threat of any kind in that moment.

Woeful premeditation. Consciousness of thought. A thousand off ramps.

Just what he thought that would accomplish, I can't even guess.

Such a tragic end.

JMO

 

[tlcya]

Inside Rob Reiner’s son Nick’s ‘hostile’ dynamic with siblings Romy and Jake

 

[Inthedetails]

I suspect he never even tried to hold one. After all, he was from a "good" family

Not lost on me that he seemed to resent his father's success and yet also seemed to think that success should afford him a life of ease and a nonstop party.

And it seems Rob was sensitive to how Nick felt as a son of a highly successful person. Rob's own father was Carl Reiner, who was a HUGE name in the entertainment world. Rob knew first-hand what it is like to be the child of a star.

I'm willing to bet Rob didn't care if Nick went into show biz or not, but Nick didn't seem to find a path toward anything else.

jmopinion

 

[arielilane]

Los Angeles, California | True story, in 1995, I was seated at a Los Angeles deli not too far from where Rob Reiner happened to be having lunch. I spotted him during a chance study hour with books strewn about. When the time came for my check, the waiter said “Not to worry … “Rob” took care of it”. I was shocked to say the least because in those days I didn’t have a pot or a window, let alone get treated to lunch by a celebrity. Upon getting up, I saw that he had quietly left, leaving me no opportunity to thank him. I’ll never forget his generosity & comedic style & pray that he went to the other side with the same mark of gentility that he showed me.Ironically, 2 weeks later the same thing happened a table away but the person who treated me was Rip Taylor. Life… the game of life. Sleep peacefully gentlemen.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2000964019520462932

 

[detective.moon]

i always wonder when i read something like this, how does a fifteen year old get addicted to heroine? how and where does a fifteen year old get heroine in the first place? the wildest thing i did at fifteen was have half a beer, and only once because i didn’t really like the taste! i wouldn’t have had a clue how to get heroine.

i do understand that bored teens in los angeles with lots of money might be the perfect targets for drug dealers who only care about making money. i’m probably lucky and privileged to not really “get it” and to have had a childhood where this just wasn’t a thing my peers were doing.

 

[Inthedetails]

Los Angeles, California | True story, in 1995, I was seated at a Los Angeles deli not too far from where Rob Reiner happened to be having lunch. I spotted him during a chance study hour with books strewn about. When the time came for my check, the waiter said “Not to worry … “Rob” took care of it”. I was shocked to say the least because in those days I didn’t have a pot or a window, let alone get treated to lunch by a celebrity. Upon getting up, I saw that he had quietly left, leaving me no opportunity to thank him. I’ll never forget his generosity & comedic style & pray that he went to the other side with the same mark of gentility that he showed me.Ironically, 2 weeks later the same thing happened a table away but the person who treated me was Rip Taylor. Life… the game of life. Sleep peacefully gentlemen.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2000964019520462932

I am full of admiration for people who are quietly generous.

jmo

 

[tlcya]

If he murdered them in their bed, it wasn't even in the context of an escalation. They had fully retreated, no threat of any kind in that moment.

Woeful premeditation. Consciousness of thought. A thousand off ramps.

Just what he thought that would accomplish, I can't even guess.

Such a tragic end.

JMO

I doubt there was much coherent thought involved. He probably in his drug or psychosis fueled mind saw killing them as a means to remove their continued impeding him living the way he wanted. He may even have thought with them dead he would inherit their wealth and the party would never have to stop.

I am pretty confident their estate plan will end up containing a trust to hold and oversee any funds he might inherit from their estates so he basically killed them for nothing. IMO

 

[JDG]

I doubt there was much coherent thought involved. He probably in his drug or psychosis fueled mind saw killing them as a means to remove their continued impeding him living the way he wanted. He may even have thought with them dead he would inherit their wealth and the party would never have to stop.

I am pretty confident their estate plan will end up containing a trust to hold and oversee any funds he might inherit from their estates so he basically killed them for nothing. IMO

If found guilty, he won’t be getting a dime.

California has the slayers law.

Cannot get money from killing someone, there goes the inheritance.

 

[MistyWaters]

Even in childhood pictures he has those ‘dead eyes’ that peeps are commenting on.

He’s been a very sick person for all of his life I’d bet.

Yoga teacher said he screamed like the world was on fire.

My heart goes out to the other children who are rarely mentioned. The daughter stated Nick was ‘dangerous’ so that suggests family dynamics were unhealthy whenever he was around. Did his offside behaviour typically deem him to be the centre of attention?

Not only did Nick erase the remaining years from his parents lives, but he stole the right to a happy and fulfilling relationship between his siblings and their parents in their senior years. Their entire family has suddenly been violently destructed. I feel a great deal of empathy for them.

 

[Seattle1]

Page Six similarly reported Monday that Nick, who has battled drug addiction for more than half his life, was “egocentric” with “serious behavioral issues” from a young age.

Yoga instructor Alanna Zabel told us that when she worked with Rob and Michelle in the early 2000s, Nick “interrupted pretty much all of [their] yoga sessions” for “20 minutes or so” with “intense … screaming.”

This egocentric, middle child, had serious behavioral issues, lacked impulse control, and resented his siblings for being born! Sadly, I think this seems to paint what we know to be consistent about NR's life.

Zabel, a wellness and child development expert, was engaged early in NR's life to help teach him how to manage his big emotions (via private yoga sessions), which they did. This experience inspired Zabel to write "A Chair in the Air" (some excerpts in Zabel's LinkedIn), a little tale where Little Nicky meets Mahini Yogini, who teaches him how to use his intense energy for good. Book excerpts

In 2015, while NR was living in a sober house, Rob Reiner engaged his son to create "Being Charlie," hoping he'd find a sense of purpose and experience pride in his personal accomplishment, but I think for NR, the reward here did not match the work the project required of him.

IMO, sobriety wasn't a long-term option for NR because he didn't like the physical feeling of being clean. He never gave treatment a fighting chance because NR simply liked getting stoned, taking some pills, and doing whatever he wanted.

After the hospital in Boston, Reiner said he ended up in a sober living home in Maine. But the goal of recovery was in vain because he said he just wanted to go home.

“Wanted to go back to my old life of smoking weed, kind of taking some pills, like doing whatever I wanted,” he said.

The insider claimed Nick “would fight with his parents because they would give him the ultimatum, take medication and stop using, or move out.”

The 32-year-old allegedly once threatened his sister, Romy Reiner, for confronting him, and “all hell broke loose.”

“His parents threatened to call authorities multiple times, but in the end didn’t,” the source alleged.

“Nick would reportedly find the aftermath of his rages funny and “brag [about] how he could get away with anything.”

NR is a savage. He cut short the lives of the individuals who provided him with the only real love he'll ever know, and deprived his siblings of their parents. He's wicked, a bad seed. MOO

‘Ticking time bomb’ Nick Reiner went on meth-fueled outbursts as Rob, Michele threatened to kick him out: report

Nick Reiner went on aggressive drug-fueled “outbursts” and was allegedly threatened to be kicked out of parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s home prior to their deaths.

pagesix.com

 

[MassGuy]

Nick Reiner is calling in the heavies after being arrested for allegedly murdering his famous parents ... because Alan Jackson tells us Nick hired him as his defense attorney.

Alan is one of the best criminal defense attorneys out there, and he's no stranger to high-profile cases like this one ... he recently got Karen Read acquitted of murder in Massachusetts.

Nick Reiner Hires Defense Attorney Alan Jackson in Parents' Murder Case

Nick Reiner is calling in the heavies after being arrested for allegedly murdering his famous parents ... because Alan Jackson tells us Nick hired him as his defense attorney.

www.tmz.com

 

[iamthewalrus]

Yes, of course, I can't imagine how you feel.

If I may make a humble comment: not being religious at all, but just because I think well-known symbols tell an us important and universal stories - Perhaps rather than seeing yourself as Pontius Pilate condeming your child to death (ie washing your hands), you could identify with the images of Mary, the mother (or father), who simply mourns what she cannot control.

JMO

Self preservation is key. They will take you with them if allowed to. Its up to you...

 

[Gemmie]

Cannot get money from killing someone, there goes the inheritance.

If he even was slated to get an inheritance. Parents don't always divvy their fortune up evenly among their children, especially if you have a problem child who you know is more than likely going to spend it on drugs and hasn't proven to be responsible. If he was my child and I had millions, he would get zero. I'd rather give it to non-profits who are trying to make the world a better place cuz boy could our planet use it.

Obvs JMO.

 

[tlcya]

If he even was slated to get an inheritance. Parents don't always divvy their fortune up evenly among their children, especially if you have a problem child who you know is more than likely going to spend it on drugs and hasn't proven to be responsible. If he was my child and I had millions, he would get zero. I'd rather give it to non-profits who are trying to make the world a better place cuz boy could our planet use it.

Obvs JMO.

Generally in this circumstance, if clients don't want to write their child out entirely, we assist them in setting up a trust that can be used to benefit them but is controlled by a trustee of the client's choosing. Meaning their physical medical and educations needs can be met but they don't get a cent. Given how very many chances the couple seems to have given their son, I am pretty confident Nick was a beneficiary of such a trust under their estate plan.

And yes, the slayer laws will prevent him from even getting that. But IMO methed up people have methed up thought processes that are NOT based in reality.

 

[Justice101]

If found guilty, he won’t be getting a dime.

California has the slayers law.

Cannot get money from killing someone, there goes the inheritance.

I think that is pretty much every state. Can't be a beneficiary if you unlawfully take the life of the person you were either inheriting from or from a life insurance policy