Rob Reiner and his wife Michele’s official death certificates have revealed new details about their deaths.
Obtained by PEOPLE on Tuesday, December 23, the documents confirmed that Rob, 78, and Michele, 70, died of “multiple sharp force injuries” inside their Los Angeles home on Sunday, Dec. 14, caused “with [a] knife, by another.” The time between the onset of injuries and death is listed as “minutes.”
The death certificates show Rob was found first, at around 3:45 p.m., and Michele, who is listed as “widowed,” was discovered at 3:46 p.m.
They have since been cremated, according to the death certificates. PEOPLE previously reported that their bodies were repatriated to the family on December 19.
Rob and Michele’s 32-year-old son Nick has been arrested in connection with their killings and is facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of his parents.
Nick is being held without bail. He briefly appeared in court on December 17 but has not yet entered a plea.
According to multiple reports, Nick was being treated for schizophrenia prior to the killings.
Who found Rob Reiner’s body?
The couple were found murdered in their Los Angeles home on Sunday with sources previously telling TMZ that the couple was discovered by their daughter, Romy.
The source added that Romy told the police that her “dangerous” brother Nick had been living there and was “possibly behind the murders and should be considered a suspect.”
Romy told police Nick was not there when she arrived, however, he was finally located and arrested at approximately 9:15 PM Sunday.
What happened the night before the murder?
It has now been revealed that Rob and his son got into a “heated argument” on Saturday night at Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party.
Sources told PEOPLE: “Nick was freaking everyone out, acting crazy, kept asking people if they were famous.” Rob and Michele, then reportedly left the party after the argument, according to TMZ.
Who is Nick Reiner?
Nick is the middle child of Rob and Michele and often spoke about his long battle with drug addiction that started in his early teens and eventually left him homeless.
In a 2016 interview with PEOPLE, Nick told the outlet that his stints in and out of rehab began around age 15, however, as his addiction worsened, he moved further away from home and spent large stretches of time homeless in other US states.
Nick told the outlet that the nights and sometimes weeks he spent sleeping outside later became the inspiration for the semi-autobiographical film Being Charlie, which he co-wrote.
“Now, I’ve been home for a really long time, and I’ve sort of gotten acclimated back to being in L.A. and being around my family,” Nick told the outlet at the time.
Across two marriages Rob was the father of four children, including one adopted daughter from his first marriage to Penny Marshall and three children he shared with Michele.
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