The first hypothesis in the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife. Their son is being questioned by the police, according to US media
Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead / Credit line: APEX / MEGA / The Mega Agency / Profimedia
The well-known American director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son Nick, writes the American magazine People, citing several sources who spoke to family members. Los Angeles police have not yet confirmed this information.
The bodies of the two were found on Sunday, December 14, by a member of the Reiner family, according to CNN.
The alert was raised around 3:30 p.m. when the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) was called to the Reiner home to provide medical assistance.
Police did not immediately release details about the identities of the two dead people, but a spokesman for the Reiner family later confirmed that Rob and Michele Reiner were the two people found dead.
Well-known director Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead in their home in Los Angeles
In this case, according to People magazine, one of the couple's three children, 32-year-old Nick, is being questioned by the police.
Rob Reiner, the director of such famous films as “When Harry Met Sally” and “This is Spinal Tap”, was born in Bronx, New York in 1947. His father was the legendary comedian Carl Reiner and his mother was the actress and singer Estelle Lebost.
Their son, addicted to drugs
Rob and Michele met when Rob directed the movie When Harry Met Sally and the couple married in 1989 before having three children – Jake, Nick and Romy.
Rob was previously married to Penny Marshall, who died in 2018 aged 75 from complications from diabetes.
In an interview with People magazine in 2016, their son Nick opened up about his years-long battle with drug addiction, which began in his teens.
He said he checked into rehabs starting at age 15, but as his addiction worsened, he drifted further and further away from home and spent long periods of time homeless in several states.
Nick also told People that his chaotic period of addiction, including nights and sometimes weeks spent sleeping under the open sky, later became the basis for the semi-autobiographical film Being Charlie, which he co-wrote.
“I've been home for a very long time now and I've settled back into life in Los Angeles and my family,” Nick told People magazine at the time.
