ICONIC filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner died of multiple sharp force injuries caused with “a knife, by another,” the couple’s death certificates have disclosed.
Reiner and Singer were found brutally stabbed to death in their home in the affluent neighborhood of Brentwood in Los Angeles on December 14.
The couple were both cremated at Mount Sinai Mortuary and their remains were given to their eldest son, Jake, according to TMZ.
Reiner and Singer died “minutes” after the brutal attack, the death certificates revealed.
The legendary director’s time of death was listed at 3:45 pm, while his wife’s was noted as 3:46 pm.
Reiner’s marital status was listed as “married,” and Michele’s was recorded as “widowed.”
Reiner and Singer‘s 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, has since been charged with his parents’ murders and could potentially face the death penalty.
After he allegedly stabbed his parents to death at their $13.5 million estate, Nick reportedly checked into a motel close to the Santa Monica pier.
GRUESOME SCENE
The horrific killings of Reiner, 78, and Singer, 68, were only uncovered after a massage therapist arrived at the couple’s gated home for a scheduled appointment on the afternoon of December 14, according to The New York Times.
The therapist received no answer at the front gate from either Reiner and Singer and decided to call the couple’s daughter, Romy, who reportedly lived in the area.
When Romy arrived and entered her parents’ home, she discovered her father’s body and the grisly scene.
Reiner and his wife were found in their bed with their throats slashed and could have been asleep when they were murdered, the Daily Mail reported.
Romy, 27, told authorities when they arrived at the scene at around 3:30 pm that her brother Nick lived in their parents’ home.
However, Los Angeles police were unable to locate Nick on the property.
Nick was eventually arrested at around 9:15 pm near Exposition Park, about 14 miles from where his parents were found dead, said Alan Hamilton, the deputy police chief at the LAPD.
About an hour before his arrest, Nick was captured on a gas station surveillance footage acting nervously while buying a Gatorade.
Moments later, after exiting the gas station, video captured three police cruisers swarm Nick on a nearby sidewalk.
Nick was seen raising his hands and surrendering to police as multiple officers approach him and take him into custody.
‘FACING DEATH’
It is believed Nick stabbed his parents to death after the trio got into a heated argument at a holiday party on the night of December 13 that several guests in attendance overheard.
A source previously disclosed to The U.S. Sun that attendees at the Hanukkah party were “shocked” when they learned about the murders, but “once they heard Nick was implicated, no one was surprised.”
Nick made his first appearance in court on December 17 as he was seen shackled and wearing a blue anti-suicide vest.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/15686984/rob-reiner-wife-michele-singer-death-certificates/
