Hollywood director Rob and his photographer wife Michele were found stabbed to death in their home
Nick Reiner, the son of Hollywood director Rob and his photographer wife Michele, will be charged with two counts of first degree murder after his parents were found stabbed to death at their home on Sunday (December 14).
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said that the couple’s son Nick, 32, has previously been arrested and was being held in custody on a four-million-dollar (£2.9 million) bail.
It comes after detectives launched an investigation into an “apparent homicide” after two people were found stabbed to death at the director’s home on Sunday.
LAPD Chief of Police Jim McDonnell confirmed the identities of the two bodies as Rob and Michele during a press conference on Monday and revealed that their son Nick was a suspect.
Reiner was a prolific filmmaker and actor and created some of the most well-known movies of the 1980s and 1990s, including romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally in 1989 and legal thriller A Few Good Men in 1992.
Nick worked with his father on the 2016 film, Being Charlie, which was loosely inspired on Nick’s experience of addiction and attending rehab. The film, which he co-wrote, was directed by Rob and follows the son of a US governor, Charlie, played by Nick Robinson, as he battles with drug abuse.
Tributes have poured in for the Hollywood director and his wife including from former US president Barack Obama, former US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi, and singer Sir Elton John, who featured in the sequel to his 1984 mockumentary film Spinal Tap, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, released in September this year.
