NEED TO KNOW
- Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer were found dead in their Los Angeles home.
- Their youngest daughter found them at home with their throats slit.
- Their son, Nick Reiner, has now been arrested on suspicion of their murder.
- Rob and Nick got in a heated argument at Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party the night before.
- Nick is being held in a Los Angeles jail on a $US4 million bond.
In a case that shook Hollywood and the world it was announced that the iconic director Rob Reiner, 78 and his talented photographer wife Michele Singer, 68, were found dead in their Los Angeles home on December 14, 2025.
Emergency services were called to the couple’s property in the 250 block of Chadbourne Avenue in Brentwood around 3:38pm following reports of a medical incident and upon arrival, first responders discovered their bodies.
What happened to Rob Reiner?
LAPD sources told ABC News that police initially began a death investigation that later developed into a murder case. A source told TMZ that Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found with their throats slit inside their Brentwood home.
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.
Why was Rob Reiner’s son arrested?
People reported that sources said the couple’s son was the perpetrator, and he has now been arrested on suspicion of homicide. The LA Sheriff’s Department confirmed on Monday that the director’s youngest son, Nick, was in custody and being held on a $US4 million ($6m AUD) bail agreement.
“We have our robbery homicide division handling the investigation,” LA police chief Jim McDonnell told reporters. “They worked throughout the night on this case and were able to take into custody Nick Reiner, a suspect in this case. He was subsequently booked for murder.”
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.
What did Rob Reiner and Michele think of Nick?
In the months leading up to their murder, Michele and Rob are said to have been distraught over their son’s spiralling mental illness and drug issues, with Michele reportedly telling friends, ‘we’ve tried everything,’ according to TMZ.
In a 2015 interview with the LA Times, the parents expressed regret at how they had dealt with their Nick’s addiction.
“When Nick would tell us that it wasn’t working for him, we wouldn’t listen. We were desperate and because the people had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them when we should have been listening to our son,” Rob said of his son.
Michele added: “‘We were so influenced by these people. They would tell us he’s a liar, that he was trying to manipulate us. And we believed them.”
Referring to how he recovered from his drug addiction at the time, Nick added: “I got sick of it. I got sick of doing that shit. I come from a nice family. I’m not supposed to be out there on the streets and in homeless shelters doing all these f*****-up things.”
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