Rob Reiner, actor, director, writer, producer and actor, and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found murdered in their home on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. The This Is Spinal Tap creator was 78. Singer Reiner was 68. Their son, Nick Reiner, was questioned and later arrested and charged with their slayings.
Here's everything we know so far about the tragic loss of one of America's most beloved filmmakers.
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Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their mansion in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles on Dec. 14, 2025.
The family said in a statement shortly after the news broke, “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.”
TMZ reported that their bodies were "butchered" and that sources described the scene as being the crimes of a "mad man."
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Who found Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer?
According to PEOPLE, Rob and Michele's daughter Romy Reiner found her parents after they were murdered.
TMZ reported that when Romy found her parents' bodies, rigor mortis had already set in, which usually begins between two and six hours after death. She called police, then family friend Billy Crystal, who lived close by and came over to say a final farewell to his longtime collaborator and Michele.
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Multiple reports state that paramedics and police were called to the Reiners' home between 3:30 p.m. and 3:40 p.m. PT on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.
Where did Rob Reiner and Michele Singer live?
A security guard stands outside Rob Reiner's mansion in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Dec. 15, 2025.Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN on Getty Images
The Reiners lived in the wealthy enclave of Brentwood, located in the west side of Los Angeles county.
News media gather near Rob Reiner's mansion in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 14, 2025.Photo by Ethan Swope - PA Images on Getty Images
About 42,000 people reside in the neighborhood, including LeBron James, Gwyneth Paltrow, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dr. Dre and Disney CEO Bob Iger, as well as former vice president Kamala Harris and former second gentleman Doug Emhoff. Other stars who've lived in Brentwood include Marilyn Monroe, Bea Arthur, Betty White and O.J. Simpson.
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Both Rob and Michele Singer Reiner's causes of deaths appear to be homicide: They reportedly died after an assailant slit their throats. TMZ reported that the slayings took place after a "heated argument" with their son Nick and that the bodies showed signs of "lacerations consistent with a knife."
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Who killed Rob Reiner and his wife?
Nick Reiner, son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, was arrested in connection with their deaths, but is innocent until proven guilty.
Rob Reiner poses with wife Michele Singer Reiner, daughter Romy Reiner, son Nick Reiner, Maria Gilfillan and their son Jake Reiner at Los Angeles premiere of "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" on Sept. 9, 2025.Photo by Michael Buckner on Getty Images
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While we don't know the specific last person who spoke to Rob Reiner before his death, we do know that earlier that day and week, he was with friends and family who loved him.
Monty Python star Eric Idle said he spoke to Rob the day before the director was murdered.
"Rob Reiner was a lovely man. I spoke to him last night for over an hour," Idle wrote on X (formerly Twitter) just after 1 a.m. PT on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. "I always enjoyed his company. I met him at his Dad's in 1975. He was telling me about fiming [sic] at Stonehenge and his thoughts for the future. This is so awful. I shall miss him. A clever, talented and very thoughtful man. So awful."
Rob, Michele and Nick Reiner all attended pal Conan O'Brien's holiday party the afternoon of the slaying, TMZ reported. The three of them reportedly had a "very loud argument" at the soiree, after which Rob and Michele went home. Sources claimed that Michele was lamenting to friends that she and Rob were struggling for several months to get Nick treatment for his addiction and mental health problems.
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Who is Nick Reiner?
Nick Reiner in September 2025Photo by Michael Buckner on Getty Images
Nick Reiner is the son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. He was a screenwriter and worked with his father on the 2015 film Being Charlie, which was loosely autobiographical.
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What did Nick Reiner suffer from?
Rob Reiner and Nick Reiner speak at Build Studios in New York City to promote their film "Being Charlie" on May 4, 2016.Photo by Laura Cavanaugh on Getty Images
Nick struggled with addiction for much of his life, which at times left him homeless and often in and out of various rehabilitation centers and programs; his count as of 2016 was reportedly 17 stints. His substance abuse, and his family's responses to it, deteriorated his relationship with his parents.
“I was homeless in Maine. I was homeless in New Jersey. I was homeless in Texas,” Nick told PEOPLE in 2016. “I spent nights on the street. I spent weeks on the street. It was not fun ... If I wanted to do it my way and not go to the programs they were suggesting, then I had to be homeless.”
“When Nick would tell us that it wasn’t working for him, we wouldn’t listen,” Rob recalled to the Los Angeles Times in September 2015. “We were desperate, and because the people had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them when we should have been listening to our son.”
“We were so influenced by these people," Michele added at the time. "They would tell us he’s a liar, that he was trying to manipulate us. And we believed them.”
For his part, Nick said in a 2016 interview with Build Studios that he "didn't really bond a lot" with his father when he was young.
In 2018, Nick revealed that on the Dopey podcast that he'd once gotten so high that he completely trashed his parents' guest house.
“I got totally spun out on uppers," he said. "I think it was coke and something else—and I was up for days on end. I started punching out different things in my guest house … started with the TV and then I went over to the lamp … everything in the guest house got wrecked.”
In September 2025, Rob told NPR that Nick was doing well and had been sober for about six years at that point in time.
Sources told PEOPLE that at O'Brien's holiday party, "Nick was freaking everyone out, acting crazy, kept asking people if they were famous." According to TMZ, Nick arrived underdressed for the "ritzy" event (he wore a sweatshirt while everyone else wore suits and fancy dresses). Insiders alleged that he was behaving erratically, roaming around the property aimlessly and barely interacting with other guests. According to NBC News, one of those guests was Barry star and Saturday Night Live alum Bill Hader: Nick reportedly interrupted Hader during what Hader told him was a "private conversation," then stoood still, stared blankly and finally stormed off.
Sources alleged that Rob and Michele were embarrassed at Nick's behavior at the party and that they'd "tried everything" to get their son to be healthy.
"They had had an argument at Conan’s holiday party, and Rob had been telling people that they’re scared for Nick and scared that his mental state was deteriorating," a source told the New York Post. A friend of the Reiner family claimed that Rob and Michele were urging Nick to get treatment at a facility for a drug relapse, but that he refused.
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Is Being Charlie about Rob Reiner's son?
Nick Reiner poses at the Toronto FIlm Festival to promote his and father Rob Reiner's semi-autobiographical movie "Being Charlie" on Sept. 14, 2015.Photo by George Pimentel on Getty Images
When Nick got sober (at least at the time), he and Rob collaborated on the 2015 film Being Charlie. The movie was a semi-autobiographical look at a successful filmmaker eyeing a run for political office (played by Cary Elwes, who also starred in Reiner's classic The Princess Bride) and his strained relationship with his son Charlie (Nick Robinson), who suffers from addiction.
Rob and Nick said that one particular line in the movie, when the father character tells his son, "I'd rather you hate me and be alive," came directly from their real-life conversations.
Nick Robinson as Charlie in Being Charlie, a semi-autobiographical film from Rob Reiner and son Nick Reiner about Nick's struggle with addiction.Jorva Entertainment Productions
“I mean, we did get into fights over things, but ultimately it forced us to make the film better,” Rob Reiner said in 2016. “The whole process for me—I can just speak for myself—it did make me understand him a lot more, and it did make me a better father. Hopefully it did.”
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Born Sept. 14, 1993, Nick Reiner is 32 years old as of this writing.
Has Nick Reiner been arrested?
Nick Reiner's booking detailsLos Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.
Nick Reiner was arrested at about 9:15 p.m. PT on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, hours after his parents were found dead.
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Police arrested Nick Reiner close to Exposition Park and near the University of Southern California campus, PEOPLE reported.
TMZ reported that Nick had checked into the Pierside Santa Monica hotel, 20 miles from where he was arrested, at about 4 a.m. on Dec. 14, 2025, using his credit card. Spies alleged that Nick was "tweaked out" when he checked in, but that he didn't have any blood visible on his person. His room after he left, however, was a horrifyingly different story: Police who went to the room to investigate reportedly found blood in the shower and on the bed and bedsheets covering the windows.
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What is Nick Reiner charged with?
Nick Reiner was charged with murder in connection with the deaths of his parents. Once more, he is still innocent until proven (or pleaded) guilty.
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Nick's bail was set at $4 million. As of this writing, he's still being held in Men's Central Jail.
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When is Nick Reiner's court appearance?
PEOPLE reported that Nick Reiner's attorney, Alan Jackson, told press that Nick Reiner hadn't been medically cleared to appear in court and that it was a "procedural issue."
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