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

[Fabled Automatic]

And he apparently made no attempt in the hotel to clean up or wash and conceal the blood. As he hadn't checked out, I wonder if he was planning on returning?

Could you please link to where you got this info, or is it up-thread? Just wanting to read it for myself.

 

[Gemmie]

It was linked further back that years ago, when living in his parent's guest house (presumably the same one as recently), he went ballistic and destroyed a tv and other things in the room when told he'd need to leave due to not staying sober. Definitely a warning sign of violent tendencies.

And the feeling of entitlement and immaturity IMO.

 

[Love Never Fails]

[Why is this article text crossed out? If it was just by accident, edit it by hitting the strike icon again and that should cancel it.]

I guess the poor parents had no idea how far he could really go with his anger.

I read the violence was meth induced, as many drug violence-related crimes are. Yes it happens a lot.

 

[Love Never Fails]

The hotel room Nick Reiner left 'covered in blood'

Rob Reiner's son checked into room 207 at The Pierside Santa Monica around 4am on Sunday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[SMK777]

Could you please link to where you got this info, or is it up-thread? Just wanting to read it for myself.

There are posted articles upthread (sorry that time does not allow me to search for them at the moment) which give this information.

I believe this from the New York Post has most of the info:

Hotel room Nick Reiner fled to after allegedly murdering parents was covered in blood: report

Nick Reiner, who is in custody for allegedly murdering parents Rob and Michele Reiner, checked into a Santa Monica hotel early Sunday morning, but left the room covered in blood, according to a rep…

nypost.com

 

[Fabled Automatic]

I guess it isn't possible at this time to know what the truth is regarding the conflicting reports of an argument at the party:

The 32-year-old suspected killer checked into The Pierside Santa Monica hotel with a credit card around 4 a.m. on Sunday — just hours after he got into a bitter yelling match with his legendary Hollywood director father at Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party, sources told TMZ.

Source

And this version...

The person close to the family was not in a position to dispute that account, but said that Rob and Nick Reiner did not have a heated argument and that the episode was being overblown. The intensity of any conversation that might have taken place between father and son may have been misinterpreted, the person said.

Source

These same sources also show discrepancies between whether or not Romy suggested to LE that she suspected her brother:

Source 1:

When the paramedics arrived, the person said, Romy Reiner told them that her brother lived on the property also, but she did not suggest to the authorities that her brother might be a suspect, as some news outlets have reported.

And source 2:

They were found by their daughter Romy Reiner, 28, who told investigators that he “should be a suspect” because he’s “dangerous,” sources said.

 

[Fabled Automatic]

There are posted articles upthread (sorry that time does not allow me to search for them at the moment) which give this information.

I believe this from the New York Post has most of the info:

Hotel room Nick Reiner fled to after allegedly murdering parents was covered in blood: report

Nick Reiner, who is in custody for allegedly murdering parents Rob and Michele Reiner, checked into a Santa Monica hotel early Sunday morning, but left the room covered in blood, according to a rep…

nypost.com

Just trying to piece things together here... I was wondering where a 1st degree charge came from. Am I correct to think that Nick checked in to a hotel (not covered in blood, because that wouldn't happen) and then went and murdered his parents, returning to the hotel afterwards? Thus, he planned to have the hotel room to flee to?

 

[303gmf]

From his age of 15 to 32, it sounds like his incredible and generous loving parents spent untold amounts of money, time and untold mental anguish and deep family pain attempting to fix their son!
If you’ve never had an addict as a family member, alcohol in my sisters case, watching the damage, the effects on siblings, the community, the huge dollar amounts, the promises of professionals, the certainty of the latest rehab or expensive sober living homes.
One more try??? Pffft

Thank you for the advice, that worked, must’ve hit the strike icon by mistake.

I was recalling another article where the parents disputed professional advice that N was manipulative and lies. If ‘self-medicating’ is a means of dealing with pain, then is the burden of removing that pain placed on the shoulders of the parents? I can see how manipulation would be a huge risk. To an addict there’s always something that can be blamed, shifting responsibility for their bad choices.

It’s truly unfortunate the family didn’t give professional intervention another chance.
JMO

 

[Gators North]

Reposting again— the NYT article I posted above (and reposting here) is a GIFT link. NOT paywalled. New Details Emerge About How Rob and Michele Reiner Were Found

Thank you for the gift link, @no nonsense!

 

[SMK777]

Not sure if this venue will be approved, but I found this article by a man who reported on the addiction movie made by Reiner and his son a decade ago beautifully written, and absolutely chilling:

I Sat Down to Dinner With Rob, Michele and Nick Reiner. It Was Heartwarming and Jarring.

With a son suspected of murder, recalling a Toronto restaurant session from 10 years ago — and the light it sheds on a dark dynamic.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Sunshynn]

Just trying to piece things together here... I was wondering where a 1st degree charge came from. Am I correct to think that Nick checked in to a hotel (not covered in blood, because that wouldn't happen) and then went and murdered his parents, returning to the hotel afterwards? Thus, he planned to have the hotel room to flee to?

I never thought of that angle, but that could definitely be the case.
According to the article, he appeared to be on something but did not show any indication of a struggle much less a murder.

"..The troubled drug addict seemed “tweaked out” when he checked in, eyewitnesses told the outlet — but there were no visible signs he’d been in a violent confrontation.."​

Have they mentioned the time of check in versus the projected time of death?

 

[Auntie Cipation]

But why stick around to torment your parents? If you want to prove you’re “better” than them, leave and make your own way in the world. If you resent being dependent on them, go out and prove you can do it.

That's the attitude an adult might take, especially one with a decent amount of self-confidence. But someone who is psychologically still a teen, and/or has a lack of self-esteem, might not have the ability to take that approach. MOO

 

[SMK777]

That's the attitude an adult might take, especially one with a decent amount of self-confidence. But someone who is psychologically still a teen, and/or has a lack of self-esteem, might not have the ability to take that approach. MOO

Agreed. He was from all I've read extremely stunted.

Whether it was from the addiction itself, or from having perhaps some kind of developmental issues that were not diagnosed, he appears to have interacted with his father at an almost junior high school level.

 

[Arkay]

Rob Reiner’s son Nick issued an eerie warning years before his parents’ brutal murders.

The 32-year-old told “Access Hollywood” viewers in a 2016 sitdown that he “get crazy,” adding, “You don’t want to set me off.”

I saw that interview too, and it may just be in hindsight now, but his eyes did not look like he was joking. And it seemed he had a flat affect when he said that, not being humorous at all.

Again I’m aware this is in hindsight so I may be reading into it too much.

IMO

 

[MistyWaters]

Not sure if this venue will be approved, but I found this article by a man who reported on the addiction movie made by Reiner and his son a decade ago beautifully written, and absolutely chilling:

I Sat Down to Dinner With Rob, Michele and Nick Reiner. It Was Heartwarming and Jarring.

With a son suspected of murder, recalling a Toronto restaurant session from 10 years ago — and the light it sheds on a dark dynamic.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Thanks for the link! So N admits he was not entirely clean even when he was paraded around 10 years ago for his successful Being Charlie involvement. Proves he does have a conscience, not a true psychopath, he knew full well he was faking his sobriety. That also explains his weird behavior during videos of various interviews.
JMO

“While he’d managed to get off meth and heroin, he was still drinking and smoking pot. “I said to [the film’s publicists], ‘Listen, I’m not in a position to do this. I’m not a quote unquote sober guy.’ I’m going to have to go on these talk shows. They said you have to do this. They want the whole father-son angle. It just goes to show you how disgusting it is.” But he finally relented. “It was uncomfortable, but I felt like it was part of the job.”)”

 

[BUF]

Broadcast not permitted in Nick Reiner arraignment

Per CourtTV

 

[JoeFromLB]

The governor there has issued a moratorium on the death penalty, but even without that, only a handful of condemned inmates have been executed in the last four decades.
There are men on death row that were sentenced in the early 1980's and are still there, no closer to their execution dates than when they arrived. It's a major scandal yet nothing is done.
So effectively, there is no death penalty.

But California does not carry out the death penalty.

 

[tricia]

Hey Everyone. Look at the top of this thread, you'll see the livestream for the hearing. It's about to get underway.

 

[JoeFromLB]

Broadcast not permitted in Nick Reiner arraignment

Per CourtTV

I would be fine without any television coverage going forward. The last thing we need is for these proceedings including a trial to be turned into a circus, ala O.J., where the country was transfixed by all-day live coverage.

 

[anonypotomous]

Their job? I don’t think so, news stories do not come with accuracy guarantees. LAPD already forewarned the public about unofficial sources of information.

Sorry, I guess you didn’t catch the sarcasm.. should have been more clear