Murdered as they slept. Rob Reiner and his spouse had been killed of their BED after leaving Conan O’Brien celebration the place they argued with son
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.
The Reiners died some time between Saturday evening — when Nick was seen acting erratically and arguing loudly with his parents at Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party — and around 3.30pm on Sunday, when their daughter Romy reportedly called 911 after having discovered their bodies at the family’s Los Angeles mansion.
‘He could have done it not long after they all went home, meaning he went there and slit their throats in the middle of the night,’ the source claimed. ‘They were in bed when that happened.’
The Los Angeles Police Department has not officially confirmed any details of where in the house the Reiners’ bodies were found.
But the claim that his parents were found dead in their bed could suggest a small mercy in the tragic incident: that they may have been killed in their sleep.
TMZ first reported that Reiner, 78, had a ‘very loud argument’ with his son at O’Brien’s holiday bash on Saturday night, after which the legendary movie director and his wife left.
One partygoer told People magazine that ‘Nick was freaking everyone out, acting crazy, kept asking people if they were famous’.
Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele were allegedly found in their beds with their throats slit by police after their daughter Romy called 911, sources exclusively told the Daily Mail
The couple’s troubled son Nick Reiner, 32, has been arrested for their murders which allegedly occurred after a turbulent night of fighting at Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party on Saturday night
The front of late-night host Conan O’Brien’s mansion, the scene where Nick was reportedly acting erratically and locked in an intense argument with Rob and Michele during the party
Fears for the Reiners’ safety were only raised when a masseuse arrived at their $13.5million mansion in the Brentwood district of LA at 2pm the next day and got no answer at the door, the Daily Mail previously revealed.
Their 27-year-old daughter Romy, who lives across the street, then reportedly investigated and called emergency services when she discovered the horrific scene.
The LA Fire Department says first responders were called to the Reiner home around 3.30pm on Sunday and tried to render aid to the stabbed couple, to no avail.
Nick, one of the Reiners’ three children, had been living in the mansion’s guest house, a source close to him told the Daily Mail.
‘Nick had been living in their guesthouse, the same one he destroyed more than once, but it had been like a revolving door all his adult life,’ the source said.
‘He would do meth and not sleep for days and then have outbursts, breaking things, punching walls.
‘He was a ticking time bomb. His drug use was getting worse and his parents wanted him out,’ claimed the friend.
Nick had been living in his parents’ guesthouse for the past five years as he battled drug addiction, sources told the Daily Mail. Though he has spoken of living on the streets, he posted this image on social media in 2015 with the caveat: ‘This is a set’
Nick’s sister Romy, who lived across the street from their parents, was the one who went to check on the house after no one had heard from Rob or Michele
Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead at their $13.5million six-bed Brentwood home (pictured)
The screenwriter’s son was arrested at 9.15pm on Sunday night, booking records show. Bail on the murder charges was initially set at $4million but was later revoked
Nick was arrested at 9.15pm on Sunday night, according to his booking record, after he had checked into a motel close to Santa Monica’s famous pier.
Police reportedly raided the hotel room and found a shower ‘full of blood’, blood all over the bed and the windows blacked out with the bedsheets.
Nick’s bail for the murder charges was initially set at $4million but later revoked.
He is currently in the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown LA.
His first court hearing, according to his Sheriff’s Department booking record, is set for 8.30am local time on Tuesday at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.
It is customary for a defendant to be arraigned at their first court appearance, where they are advised of the charges against them, they are given the opportunity to enter a plea, and bail can be discussed.
