Rob Reiner’s son, Nick, was arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of the Hollywood director and his wife, Michelle, and booked on $4 million bail.
The Gateway Pundit reported that actor/director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle, were found dead in their home with knife wounds on Sunday, as first reported by TMZ.
PEOPLE was first to report that Reiner’s son, Nick, stabbed his parents to death.
Reiner was open about his son Nick’s drug addiction and made a movie about the family’s experience with his drug problem.
According to The New York Post, Nick Reiner has been charged with murder.
The couple’s daughter, Romy, found the couple in their home with their throats slashed.
The New York Post reported:
Rob Reiner’s troubled son Nick has been charged with murder after allegedly fatally stabbing the famed director and his wife, Michele, at their Los Angeles home, law enforcement sources said Monday.
Nick Reiner, 32, who spent years in and out of rehab for drug addiction, is in custody on $4 million bail, Page Six confirmed.
He was detained Sunday night after police discovered the director of “The Princess Bride” and his longtime spouse had been hacked to death in their mansion, the sources said.
The couple’s daughter Romy, found Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Reiner, 68, with their throats slashed around 3:30 p.m. Sunday and told cops that she believed a family member “should be suspect,” TMZ reported.
Romy told cops she thought that the relative was “dangerous,” according to the report.
