Nick Reiner, the son of Rob and Michele, has reportedly been placed on suicide watch in his Downtown Los Angeles prison after being charged with the murders of his parents
Rob Reiner’s son has reportedly been placed on suicide watch. Nick Reiner, 32, is currently being held in Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Downtown Los Angeles after he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
On Tuesday night, it was announced by Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman that Nick was being charged after his parents were found dead at their home in Brentwood. They’d had their throats slit during the gruesome murder. He also faces an allegation of using dangerous and deadly weapon.
But according to reports, Nick, who wasn’t medically cleared to appear in court yesterday. The son of the murdered couple has been placed on suicide watch in prison. Sources claim he’s now under the “supervision of the jail mental evaluation team”.
The Daily Mail reported that he is now being housed in an area for prisoners who have “suicidal ideation.” Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Police Department are still gathering evidence for the case. Police have said that they believe Rob and his wife, Michele, died as a result of stab wounds.
However, they have yet to determine a motive for the double murder. Just hours before Rob and Michele were found, Nick allegedly became involved in an argument with his dad at a Christmas party hosted by Conan O’Brien. It’s claimed that Nick wandered around the party “interrupting” conversations to ask who the attendees were and if they were “famous”.
Local media reports that many in attendance had begun questioning whether the man, Nick, standing at 6 feet 3, had wandered in from the streets, unaware his parents had been invited. He hadn’t been invited but attended with his parents who were said to be concerned about his behaviour should he be left alone at home.
He is believed to have checked into the Pierside Santa Monica at 4am, and staff reportedly discovered the shower “full of blood,” as well as a trail leading from his bed and bedsheets. His parents were discovered less than 11 hours later by their daughter, Romy, at 3:30pm.
Nick was arrested on Sunday at 21:15 local time and booked on Monday morning. The Los Angeles Fire Department were called to the home in Brentwood to offer medical aid at 3:30pm local time on Sunday and found a man, 78, and a woman, 68.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Hochman said: “I’m here to announce that our office will be filing charges against Nick Reiner accused of killing his parents. These charges will be two counts of first degree murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders. 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. No decision at this point has been made with the respect to the death penalty. Nick Reiner is being held without bail. I want to announce these are just charges. Charges are not evidence. Evidence is something that will be presenting in a court of law.”
A spokesperson for the Reiner family said: “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.”
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Source: Mirror
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