Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner died on December 14 of “multiple sharp force injuries,” according to the LA County Medical Examiner.
The official report is Consistent with information from the day of the couple’s death and remarks from law enforcement and the LA County District Attorney’s office. Citing no other causes of death for the 78-year-old filmmaker and his 68-year-old spouse, the official report from the Medical Examiner comes on the same day that the Reiners’ youngest son made his first court appearance to face charges of two counts of first degree murder.
Noting that the deeply wounded bodies of the A Few Good Men director and his photographer wife are “ready for release,” the paperwork from investigator Jennifer Hertzog and two deputy medical examiners puts the manner of death as “homicide.”
(L-R) Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner attend Human Rights Campaign’s 2025 Los Angeles Dinner on March 22, 2025 (Photo: Getty)
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Nick Reiner is currently behind bars in downtown LA after being arrested and booked for murder by the LAPD. The capture of the younger Reiner occurred mere hours after his sister Romy first discovered their parents’ mutilated bodies in the master bedroom of their Brentwood home on the first night of Hanukkah. He faces life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or, due to “special circumstances,” even the death penalty if found guilty.
In a short hearing earlier Wednesday and with his lawyer Alan Jackson by his side, the 32-year-old Reiner did not enter a plea. The Being Charlie co-writer, who has long openly struggled with addiction issues, is expected back in court on January 6.
Also Wednesday, Romy Reiner and her and Nick’s older brother Jake put out a statement mourning the “horrific and devastating loss of our parents” and how such a tragedy “is something that no one should ever experience.” To a Hollywood full of grief and outpourings of shock, he siblings added of Rob and Michele: “They weren’t just our parents; they were our best friends.”
The LAPD have said their investigation into the Reiners’ deaths is still ongoing, even with Nick Reiner charged. Simultaniously, the Medical Examiner calls the Reiner matter still “open,” and will not have a final and more detailed report for at least 90 days.