Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead from apparent stab wounds in their home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, on Sunday, and their son Nick has been charged with murder
Michelle Obama and her husband Barack were meant to see Rob and Michele Reiner the night they were killed.
The former US first lady paid tribute to the couple when she appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. She said she and Barack, whom she wed in 1992, had been friends with the Reiners for several years.
Speaking on the late-night ABC show, Ms Obama, 61, said: “We’ve known them for many, many years, and we were supposed to be seeing them that night. Let me just say this, unlike some people, Rob and Michele Reiner are some of the most decent, courageous people you ever want to know.”
It is unclear why the Obamas did not see the Reiners on the night of the tragedies. The couple were found dead from apparent stab wounds in their home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, and their son Nick, 32, has since been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Ms Obama paid a poignant tribute to the Reiners and appeared to take aim at Donald Trump on Jimmy Kimmel Live with the reference “unlike some people”. The US President had said the deaths were politically motivated.
In a post on Truth Social, Mr Trump suggested Rob and Michele Reiner 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”.
Nick Reiner was arrested 14 miles from the scene and charged last night. He is being held without bail. The son has not entered a plea and did not appear in court on Tuesday as expected because of unspecified health reasons, according to his lawyer Alan Jackson.
He is expected to appear before a judge on Wednesday. Mr Hochman said: “Their loss is beyond tragic and we will commit ourselves to bringing their murderer to justice.
“He also faces a special allegation that he personally used a dangerous and deadly weapon, that being a knife. These charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility parole or the death penalty.”
He added: “Prosecuting these cases involving family members are some of the most challenging and most heart-wrenching cases that this office faces because of the intimate and often brutal nature of the crimes involved.”
Reiner has long been one of the most prolific directors in Hollywood and his work includes some of the most memorable films of the 1980s and 1990s, including This Is Spinal Tap, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride.
Source: Mirror
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