Nick Reiner, charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, spent much of his life battling drug addiction, an affliction that millions of Americans face.
Nick Reiner, facing murder charges in the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, appeared at an arraignment that lasted just minutes before it was rescheduled for January. He has not entered a plea.
Alan Jackson, Nick Reiner’s lawyer, speaking to the media outside Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday. He asked the public not to “rush to judgment.”
Officials said that they were working with physical evidence, including DNA, and that they were seeking a second man who appeared to have crossed paths with the possible suspect.
After finding the slain couple, investigators focused on their younger son, Nick, as a suspect. He was formally charged with murder on Tuesday and appeared in court on Wednesday.
Mr. Reiner was filmed entering a gas station’s store in South Los Angeles to buy a sports drink roughly an hour before he was arrested by the police across the street.
A group of prominent figures issued a statement memorializing Mr. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner. “We were their friends, and we will miss them forever.”
A person close to the family provided a detailed account of what occurred in the Reiner house after a massage therapist received no response at the gate.
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A memorial in Sydney on Tuesday. The shooting, which left at least 15 dead and scores of others injured, has forced a hard look at gun control in Australia.
Michelle Obama said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that she and former President Barack Obama were longtime friends of the couple and called them “decent, courageous” people.
Mr. Reiner, who was arrested in connection with the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner, once estimated he had been in drug treatment 18 times as a teenager.
The president attributed the killing to “Trump derangement syndrome,” but his disparaging comments drew backlash even from conservative allies who said they were inappropriate.
Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, at the Kennedy Center in Washington in 2023. The Reiners’ 32-year-old son was “booked for murder,” according to the Los Angeles police chief, Jim McDonnell.
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