Nick Reiner, son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, has been arrested and booked into jail in Los Angeles County after his parents were found dead at their home in Los Angeles.

Nick, 32, was arrested late Sunday evening and booked into jail on Monday, according to online jail records.

The Los Angeles Police Department has not formally announced Nick’s arrest but online jail records show he is being held on US$4-million bail.

Nick is booked on suspicion of murder, according to the Los Angeles Times.

 

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Law enforcement sources told the Times that there was no sign of forced entry into the Reiners’ home and that the Reiners had injuries consistent with being stabbed.

The source said that after the incident, one of the couple’s children found them and contacted police.

A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press that investigators were questioning a family member of Reiner and his wife, Michele.

Investigators believe they suffered stab wounds, said the official, who could not publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Los Angeles police had not identified a suspect, Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton, the chief of detectives, said at a briefing on Sunday night.

“We are going to try to speak to every family member that we can to get to the facts of this investigation,” Hamilton said.

The Los Angeles Fire Department said it responded to a medical aid request shortly after 3:30 p.m. and found a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman dead inside. Reiner turned 78 in March.

Detectives with the robbery homicide division were investigating an “apparent homicide” at Reiner’s home, Capt. Mike Bland with the Los Angeles Police Department said.

Reiner and Singer’s family confirmed their deaths in a statement, writing, “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner. We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time.”

PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES STATEMENT

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called it a devastating loss for the city.

“Rob Reiner’s contributions reverberate throughout American culture and society, and he has improved countless lives through his creative work and advocacy fighting for social and economic justice,” Bass said in a statement. “An acclaimed actor, director, producer, writer, and engaged political activist, he always used his gifts in service of others.”

U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social about the “very sad” incident in Hollywood while referring to Reiner as “a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star.”

Trump said that Reiner and his wife died “reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS.”

“He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace,” Trump wrote.

Many celebrities took to social media to pay tribute to Reiner after news of his death spread.