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

[BUF]

Yesterday we watched “The Princess Bride,” which I’d never seen as it’s not my kind of movie. We had just rewatched “Spinal Tap” a day or two before the murders, and Harry and Sally I know by heart, but I’m trying now to see more of what he’d done in his career. And of course “Meathead.”

If you look at his Filmography, etc. on his Wikipedia page it is quite extensive….

Rob Reiner - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2003529214759199094

"Defense attorney, Alan Jackson,
asked the judge for a continuance,
saying that he 'needed more time' to prepare his case.

Jackson addressed the media after the hearing and asked people not to 'rush to judgment' about the case.

'This is a devastating tragedy that has befallen the Reiner family',
he said.

'There are very, very complex and serious issues
that are associated with this case.
These need to be thoroughly and very carefully dealt with.

We ask
that throughout this process you allow the system to move forward in the way that it was designed to move forward,
not with a rush to judgment'.

Shortly after the hearing,
the couple's other children,
Romy and Jake, released a heart-wrenching statement on their deaths.

'Words cannot even begin to describe the unimaginable pain we are experiencing every moment of the day',
the grieving siblings said."

 

[Little Jack]

Talk of mental health facility vs prison do bring to mind the unfortunate case of the slenderman stabber being allowed under very minimal supervision and escaping her care facility recently. I know that type of thing is rare but it certainly makes me leery.

 

[Ruby_PA]

Oh haha gotcha sorry about that. I was still floored when I found out it was still used though for some reason but you are right - definitely sounds more humane (not sure that's the right word but you know what I mean!)

It's used at a much, much lower intensity these days. I don't think sedation is even necessary. It's not at all like "One Flew Over the Coocoo's Nest" which is what I think of when I think of EST. I know someone who had severe depression for years and none of the meds worked for her, no therapy, nothing. So she wanted to try this and it worked magically for her. She is no longer depressed and is happy & enjoying life, it's actually pretty amazing.

 

[Arkay]

Another thing interesting about their autopsies... time of death. I'm guessing I was right about him being autopsied first (he's more famous).

Robs: View attachment 632637 I'm guessing FND was the date and time found. If anyone knows that FND means something different please correct me!

Michele's: View attachment 632638 Interesting in that they wouldn't include FND on hers as well. It should IMO and shouldn't be piggybacking off Rob's which is how this feels to me. Her time being 1 minute after Rob's makes me think he was first as I had surmised.

https://dam.tmz.com/document/b2/o/2025/12/23/b295ac1aeac24b40916a21d6fb71b093.pdf

Thinking of them dying a minute apart. It’s so gruesome because I imagine at least one saw the other being attacked.

Although if Michele was not found in the bed with Rob, I wonder if she’d tried to crawl away after being attacked, but how long can one live with a slit throat?

Or perhaps she attempted to flee before Nick killed her.

Is there some legal issue that requires Michele to be listed as “widowed” while Rob was “married?” If he technically died a minute before her, all his property would have reverted to her, but unfortunately due to this tragedy, now all will go to the kids, regardless.

Hopefully, none to Nick.

JMO

 

[MistyWaters]

Thinking of them dying a minute apart. It’s so gruesome because I imagine at least one saw the other being attacked.

Although if Michele was not found in the bed with Rob, I wonder if she’d tried to crawl away after being attacked, but how long can one live with a slit throat?

Or perhaps she attempted to flee before Nick killed her.

Is there some legal issue that requires Michele to be listed as “widowed” while Rob was “married?” If he technically died a minute before her, all his property would have reverted to her, but unfortunately due to this tragedy, now all will go to the kids, regardless.

Hopefully, none to Nick.

JMO

I think the time refers to their bodies were found a minute apart? Unless there was CCTV in the bedroom or their murders were witnessed, exact time of death would be unknown.

 

[Gemmie]

Thinking of them dying a minute apart. It’s so gruesome because I imagine at least one saw the other being attacked.

Although if Michele was not found in the bed with Rob, I wonder if she’d tried to crawl away after being attacked, but how long can one live with a slit throat?

Or perhaps she attempted to flee before Nick killed her.

Is there some legal issue that requires Michele to be listed as “widowed” while Rob was “married?” If he technically died a minute before her, all his property would have reverted to her, but unfortunately due to this tragedy, now all will go to the kids, regardless.

Hopefully, none to Nick.

JMO

We still don't know for sure if their throats were slit. The DA has asked the public not to believe what you're reading and hearing UNLESS it from them, LE, or the ME.

 

[SaraSmile]

Thank you @BUF for this article.

I recognize completely that the siblings who’ve lost their parents so horrifically are within their rights to state their wishes.

I don’t agree with them, but obviously I have no stakes nor standing in the case.

I do fear that he may someday be allowed out of a psychiatric facility if he is deemed “cured,” or out of prison should he be found guilty and eventually also considered to have done his time.

Clearly Rob and Michele did not expect this outcome at all. It’s extremely difficult to look at your child and comprehend that one night, he will slit your throats in some kind of frenzy.

I keep waiting to hear more about Tracy Reiner and her input into this. I know Penny Marshall was her mother, not Michele, but as Rob had adopted Tracy well before his other three children were born, he was her father, too.

Perhaps she’d rather be private about this. I don’t know how close she was to her half-siblings, but that’s her father dead, as well.

Yesterday we watched “The Princess Bride,” which I’d never seen as it’s not my kind of movie. We had just rewatched “Spinal Tap” a day or two before the murders, and Harry and Sally I know by heart, but I’m trying now to see more of what he’d done in his career. And of course “Meathead.”

JMO

Thinking of them dying a minute apart. It’s so gruesome because I imagine at least one saw the other being attacked.

Although if Michele was not found in the bed with Rob, I wonder if she’d tried to crawl away after being attacked, but how long can one live with a slit throat?

Or perhaps she attempted to flee before Nick killed her.

Is there some legal issue that requires Michele to be listed as “widowed” while Rob was “married?” If he technically died a minute before her, all his property would have reverted to her, but unfortunately due to this tragedy, now all will go to the kids, regardless.

Hopefully, none to Nick.

JMO

I love your “ boring day” quote! Yes, sometimes that’s so welcome!

 

[SaraSmile]

It's used at a much, much lower intensity these days. I don't think sedation is even necessary. It's not at all like "One Flew Over the Coocoo's Nest" which is what I think of when I think of EST. I know someone who had severe depression for years and none of the meds worked for her, no therapy, nothing. So she wanted to try this and it worked magically for her. She is no longer depressed and is happy & enjoying life, it's actually pretty amazing.

Yes, I know people that had shock treatment. My cousin, schizophrenic in hospitals whole adult life, died at 50( shock didn’t help him). A friend, rager for 20 years, shock treatment, complete transformation, peaceful.
Also, there’s TMS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. It’s done in a pscych office, patient wears kind of like headphones, low level current stimulates the amygdala. Supposed to help with depression. I’ve had TMS, did not last for me( worked for a few hours or up to 2 days). I’m better now.

 

[BUF]

LAPD records obtained by the Daily Mail show officers were called to the family's $13.5 million Brentwood property at least six times: in 2013, 2014, 2017, twice in 2019, and on December 14, the day the Reiners were killed..

The 'calls for service' were for incidents ranging from alleged family violence to welfare and mental health checks.

Police were called repeatedly to Rob Reiner's home before killings

 

[Gemmie]

LAPD records obtained by the Daily Mail show officers were called to the family's $13.5 million Brentwood property at least six times: in 2013, 2014, 2017, twice in 2019, and on December 14, the day the Reiners were killed..

The 'calls for service' were for incidents ranging from alleged family violence to welfare and mental health checks.

Police were called repeatedly to Rob Reiner's home before killings

So one of the times was the day they were killed. Was he seething all day? Or did the call happen in the evening before the party or after they returned home?

Also from your article:

Among the list of incidents is a call on May 5, 2017 at 4.04pm with the code 'BFV INVEST', meaning a battery of family violence investigation.
...
'Brentwood is a fairly quiet neighborhood. You don't generally get a lot of calls for service at a home,' the source close to the LAPD said.

'In this case, the officers had a recollection that they responded to the home on numerous occasions.'

'It was significant, the number of times they visited that home.'

Police were called repeatedly to Rob Reiner's home before killings

 

[SMK777]

What erratic/potentially dangerous behaviour occurred at the party, if I’m understanding your post correctly? Maybe I missed it but beyond starring, acting odd and rude, stomping off, asking people if they were famous and arguing with his father that’s all I recall that’s been reported. But not that anybody was physically threatened or that any violence occurred. I doubt RR would’ve considered the argument dangerous and I’d be very surprised if someone acting weird would be taken very seriously let alone as an urgent matter regardless of rich or poor complainant. Most police departments would be hesitant to act on the basis of anonymous calls, if someone isn’t willing to put their name to a complaint how can they know it’s not vindictive or frivolous?

Only in hindsight do we wish for a different ending of that night at the Xmas party but I don’t think NR was out of control enough to warrant for a mental health report, otherwise I suspect the Reiners would’ve taken him immediately back home.
JMO

It does make you wonder what occurred after they left the party and arrived home, to end in a violent double homicide of father and mother.

It seems a real leap from the party to what was found the next day.

 

[MistyWaters]

So one of the times was the day they were killed. Was he seething all day? Or did the call happen in the evening before the party or after they returned home?

Also from your article:

Among the list of incidents is a call on May 5, 2017 at 4.04pm with the code 'BFV INVEST', meaning a battery of family violence investigation.
...
'Brentwood is a fairly quiet neighborhood. You don't generally get a lot of calls for service at a home,' the source close to the LAPD said.

'In this case, the officers had a recollection that they responded to the home on numerous occasions.'

'It was significant, the number of times they visited that home.'

Police were called repeatedly to Rob Reiner's home before killings

I don’t think the Dec 14th call involved a domestic dispute. That was the date the daughter discovered her father’s death, after being alerted by a massage therapist who was unable to reach the couple.

 

[Cedars]

It does make you wonder what occurred after they left the party and arrived home, to end in a violent double homicide of father and mother.

It seems a real leap from the party to what was found the next day.

Especially as it was evidently not an argument that lead to a fight that lead to assault. It appears the victims were sleeping.

JMO

 

[MistyWaters]

It does make you wonder what occurred after they left the party and arrived home, to end in a violent double homicide of father and mother.

It seems a real leap from the party to what was found the next day.

We may never know, as I doubt NR would say. But reportedly if the Reiners left soon after the ‘heated argument’ between NR and RR, I’d speculate whatever the topic was, it continued when the three arrived home. NR stormed off, the Reiners went to bed, NR was still fuming. His words, a premonition “don’t set me off”.
JMO

 

[Gemmie]

I don’t think the Dec 14th call involved a domestic dispute. That was the date the daughter discovered her father’s death body, after being alerted by a massage therapist who was unable to reach the couple.

Perhaps.

 

[Stunned]

I saw mentions of them hiring 'sober companions' and 'recovery specialists' who were supposed to help keep him clean. But he would go to his parents and demand to get rid of them, or he'd run them off himself.

I was wondering if he had ever had sober companions. To bad his parents let them go.

 

[everlearning]

On RR death certificate, Michelle is listed as surviving spouse. He is not listed as surviving spouse on hers. Hmmm

 

[Sundog]

On RR death certificate, Michelle is listed as surviving spouse. He is not listed as surviving spouse on hers. Hmmm

I don't know if it's the case here, but I know in the Idaho murders case that there was lots of speculation about which of the four victims was killed first. Some of the posters talked about the possible ability of the coroner to make that determination by the DNA and/or blood found on the knife or on their bodies, IIRC. I may not have this right, but there was some discussion of the forensic evidence in the stabbings and the possible ability to determine who was attacked first and if that would indicate who died first. But perhaps it is something similar that was determined with the Singer-Reiner case.

 

[Cedars]

On RR death certificate, Michelle is listed as surviving spouse. He is not listed as surviving spouse on hers. Hmmm

IMO, depending on how wills or other legal docs are written, it could make a difference who died first.

JMO