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Wicked Blue

(8,407 posts)
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 09:27 PM Yesterday

Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son (Exclusive Sources)

Last edited Sun Dec 14, 2025, 11:18 PM - Edit history (3)

Source: PEOPLE

Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.

On Sunday, Dec. 14, at about 3:30 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) was called to a home to provide medical aid, the LAFD told PEOPLE. Upon arrival, they found a man, 78, and a woman, 68, dead. Sources confirm the victims were Rob and Michele.

Rob is a director, producer and actor whose career includes some of Hollywood’s most beloved films — from his 1984 directorial debut, This Is Spinal Tap, to Stand by Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Misery (1990) and A Few Good Men (1992).

He first became famous for his role as Mike on the Norman Lear TV sitcom All in the Family.

Read more: https://people.com/rob-reiner-wife-michele-were-killed-by-son-sources-11868856



UPDATES

PEOPLE:

"Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.

On Sunday, Dec. 14, at about 3:30 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) was called to a home to provide medical aid, the LAFD told PEOPLE. Upon arrival, they found a man, 78, and a woman, 68, dead. Sources confirm the victims were Rob and Michele.

Rob is a director, producer and actor whose career includes some of Hollywood's most beloved films -- from his 1984 directorial debut, This Is Spinal Tap, to Stand by Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Misery (1990) and A Few Good Men (1992).

He first became famous for his role as Mike on the Norman Lear TV sitcom All in the Family."

https://people.com/rob-reiner-wife-michele-were-killed-by-son-sources-11868856

TMZ:

Rob Reiner -- the legendary director -- and his wife Michele Singer Reiner have died ... TMZ has learned.

As we told you ... two dead bodies were found in Rob and Michele's Brentwood home Sunday afternoon -- and law enforcement sources tell us it is the Reiners.

Our sources say the two suffered lacerations consistent with a knife. The LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division is still investigating."

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/

ABC:

"Senior law enforcement sources told ABC News that the victims were stabbed to death."

https://abc7ny.com/post/2-found-dead-brentwood-home-owned-director-rob-reiner-lapd-launches-murder-investigation/18287399/
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Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son (Exclusive Sources) (Original Post) Wicked Blue Yesterday OP
Oh no dem4decades Yesterday #1
Interesting. And sad Srkdqltr Yesterday #2
Homicide Division detectives bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3
I did some looking up Wicked Blue Yesterday #4
Oh no! PatSeg Yesterday #5
Oh no. mzmolly Yesterday #6
Its hard to imagine how they would have known the ages without an identification. milestogo Yesterday #9
That's probably true PatSeg Yesterday #12
That bit of "coincidence" does not bode well... slightlv 23 hrs ago #20
I guess it could be routine when there is a fire. Bluetus Yesterday #7
No one is reporting that there was a fire sarisataka Yesterday #11
I don't think there was a fire Wicked Blue Yesterday #14
LAPD conducting murder investigation rollin74 Yesterday #8
What the fuck is this world coming to???? MizLibby Yesterday #10
Rob Reiner is liberal, Jewish, and outspoken. milestogo Yesterday #15
And he was about to conclude his investigation and documentary on JFK Polybius 23 hrs ago #26
Damn! oldtime dfl_er Yesterday #13
Oh no Figarosmom Yesterday #16
Spinal Tap 2 was streamed this week Roy Rolling Yesterday #17
What kind of work... 2naSalit 23 hrs ago #19
Noooo mahina 23 hrs ago #18
UPDATE Wicked Blue 23 hrs ago #21
.. MustLoveBeagles 11 hrs ago #61
Men's Journal reports Reiner and his wife are dead, with stab wounds: Liberty Belle 23 hrs ago #22
Oh no... Silver Gaia 23 hrs ago #23
People: Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son: Sources (Exclusive Sources) herding cats 23 hrs ago #24
OMG. How horrible. Silver Gaia 23 hrs ago #25
Same. herding cats 22 hrs ago #33
Their son Nick has struggled with drug abuse radical noodle 23 hrs ago #31
Yeah, I hope not also. herding cats 22 hrs ago #32
I have a brother like that. I am constantly helping him. But I also fear he might act out on me one day. SunSeeker 19 hrs ago #47
I'm so sorry... radical noodle 12 hrs ago #58
Wonder if because of this time of year. Plus like the Australia murders. chouchou 23 hrs ago #27
I'm so sorry to hear this, my wife and I have met with Buddyzbuddy 23 hrs ago #28
Impossibly horrible MFM008 23 hrs ago #29
So sad walkingman 23 hrs ago #30
😭 seta1950 22 hrs ago #34
So Tragic DET 22 hrs ago #35
This is horrifying. So very sad. 😢 1WorldHope 22 hrs ago #36
Tragic. So sad. mountain grammy 22 hrs ago #37
LAPD just said no one has been detained or arrested. Boomerproud 22 hrs ago #38
How tragic. iemanja 22 hrs ago #39
I'm physically ill to hear this terrible awful news and Billsdaughter 21 hrs ago #40
OMG SunSeeker 19 hrs ago #48
Jesus Christ LudwigPastorius 21 hrs ago #41
Jeezus. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #42
shock Lulu KC 21 hrs ago #43
Some of my favorite movies.... Bayard 21 hrs ago #44
Allegedly. Last I checked, a celebrity magazine does not count as niyad 21 hrs ago #45
What a sad day. NT I have nothing to add scipan 21 hrs ago #46
Exactly how in the fuck does People magazine know it was their son who murdered them? ZZenith 19 hrs ago #49
This is excellent journalism Trumpdumper 16 hrs ago #52
Did you forget the sarcasm thingy? niyad 13 hrs ago #54
Bullshit. ZZenith 13 hrs ago #56
setting aside this incident Dyedinthewoolliberal 12 hrs ago #60
Dammit BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #50
Firefighters reportedly found Rob, 78, and his wife Michele, 68, inside the home suffering from stab wounds. riversedge 17 hrs ago #51
Some article about the deceased over the past couple weeks bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #53
I saw him speak at Tornillo TX at migrant camp during Trump I duhneece 13 hrs ago #55
So sad. I really feel awful for the other two siblings. BlueKota 12 hrs ago #57
Rob had also adopted Penny's daughter radical noodle 12 hrs ago #59
They all have to be devastated. BlueKota 5 hrs ago #64
Allegedly. How about we wait for the trial verdict? n/t malthaussen 7 hrs ago #62
I see little harm in speculative discussion Torchlight 7 hrs ago #63
I agree. But I mislike it being phrased as a declaration. malthaussen 56 min ago #66
Trump's parents feared him Beck23 5 hrs ago #65

Wicked Blue

(8,407 posts)
4. I did some looking up
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 09:38 PM
Yesterday

Rob Reiner's age is 78 and his wife Michele Singer's is 68. Same ages as the deceased man and woman found in the home.

milestogo

(22,400 posts)
9. Its hard to imagine how they would have known the ages without an identification.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 09:55 PM
Yesterday

I think they know who it is but are notifying next of kin.

slightlv

(7,283 posts)
20. That bit of "coincidence" does not bode well...
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:32 PM
23 hrs ago

I don't know what happened, but I hope they're okay. I really like Rob Reiner; liked his father Carl, too.

Bluetus

(2,117 posts)
7. I guess it could be routine when there is a fire.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 09:53 PM
Yesterday

But there have been plenty of cases where a fire was set to cover up another crime.

Wicked Blue

(8,407 posts)
14. I don't think there was a fire
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:12 PM
Yesterday

Fire departments sometimes are combined with paramedics/ambulances and get sent out together.

rollin74

(2,259 posts)
8. LAPD conducting murder investigation
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 09:53 PM
Yesterday

according to ABC 7 Los Angeles
https://abc7.com/

Two people were found dead at the home of director Rob Reiner, prompting the Los Angeles Police Department to launch a murder investigation.

MizLibby

(388 posts)
10. What the fuck is this world coming to????
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:01 PM
Yesterday

I pray it's not a hate crime or ANY kind of crime but geez!! This is sick .

milestogo

(22,400 posts)
15. Rob Reiner is liberal, Jewish, and outspoken.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:14 PM
Yesterday

So he could have been a target for some hater.

Polybius

(21,329 posts)
26. And he was about to conclude his investigation and documentary on JFK
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 11:03 PM
23 hrs ago

Such horrible news.

Roy Rolling

(7,382 posts)
17. Spinal Tap 2 was streamed this week
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:20 PM
Yesterday

Sad if Rob was involved in the story. I’ve worked two movies with him and I’m thoroughly sick of recent events.

2naSalit

(99,526 posts)
19. What kind of work...
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:28 PM
23 hrs ago

Do you do?

I have a friend who is a retired worker from movie-land, we just talked about this, he's not aware of anything at the moment. He seems to have a lot of inside info at times.

Wicked Blue

(8,407 posts)
21. UPDATE
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:36 PM
23 hrs ago

TMZ is confirming that Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner have died.


"As we told you ... two dead bodies were found in Rob and Michele's Brentwood home Sunday afternoon -- and law enforcement sources tell us it is the Reiners.

Our sources say the two suffered lacerations consistent with a knife. The LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division is still investigating."

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/



Liberty Belle

(9,699 posts)
22. Men's Journal reports Reiner and his wife are dead, with stab wounds:
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:39 PM
23 hrs ago
https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/rob-reiner-wife-michele-singer-reiner-michelle-is-a-photographer-and-actress

Tragic. Sounds like they were murdered by someone else, not a murder-suicide given that knives were involved, not guns.

Silver Gaia

(5,220 posts)
23. Oh no...
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:59 PM
23 hrs ago

I pray they find who did this. Quickly. I hope it was not politically motivated, but I would not be surprised in the least. I am already sad, and now I am even more sad. How horrible.

herding cats

(19,967 posts)
24. People: Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son: Sources (Exclusive Sources)
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:59 PM
23 hrs ago
Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.

On Sunday, Dec. 14, at about 3:30 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) was called to a home to provide medical aid, the LAFD told PEOPLE. Upon arrival, they found a man, 78, and a woman, 68, dead. Sources confirm the victims were Rob and Michele


https://people.com/rob-reiner-wife-michele-were-killed-by-son-sources-11868856

Of this is the true cause of their death it just makes it all the more tragic for their family and loved ones.

herding cats

(19,967 posts)
33. Same.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 11:28 PM
22 hrs ago

Which doesn't mean I doubt it out of hand. But, I so desperately hope it's not correct for their family's sake.

radical noodle

(10,459 posts)
31. Their son Nick has struggled with drug abuse
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 11:18 PM
23 hrs ago

but I really hope they were not murdered by their own son.

What a tragedy.

herding cats

(19,967 posts)
32. Yeah, I hope not also.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 11:26 PM
22 hrs ago

This is so very tragic as it is without that added layer of heartbreak.

SunSeeker

(57,413 posts)
47. I have a brother like that. I am constantly helping him. But I also fear he might act out on me one day.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 02:49 AM
19 hrs ago

It makes me not want to be around him, but I am all he's got. Today, I brought him $200 worth of groceries. I feared what kind of brother I would see when he opened the door. Fortunately it was the one I remembered as a kid...kind, thankful, and wrecked with anxiety. But alcohol or drugs can turn that anxiety very quickly into something very dark.

If it can happen to the Reiners, it can happen to anyone. They were such good people.

radical noodle

(10,459 posts)
58. I'm so sorry...
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:07 AM
12 hrs ago

Apparently the family did all they knew how to do to help Nick, but sometimes no matter what you do it isn't right or enough. Take care of your brother as best you can but take care of yourself too.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,019 posts)
28. I'm so sorry to hear this, my wife and I have met with
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 11:09 PM
23 hrs ago

both of them on numerous occasions and we know them both to have been very kind, intelligent, actively progressive and genuinely good people. True lights in this world. They financed the reversal of prop 8 in California and supported marriage equality amongst other righteous liberal struggles.

I really, really hope this was random and not politically connected.

The Reiners will be deeply missed.

DET

(2,339 posts)
35. So Tragic
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 11:34 PM
22 hrs ago

Apparently the son in question is a long time drug addict who often lived on the streets. I would bet that he had some kind of serious mental illness as well. Pure speculation, but his parents probably went through hell trying to help their son. I can’t imagine anything more awful than being assaulted by your own child.

Boomerproud

(9,095 posts)
38. LAPD just said no one has been detained or arrested.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 12:06 AM
22 hrs ago

They aren't really releasing any info until a warrent is issued.

Billsdaughter

(116 posts)
40. I'm physically ill to hear this terrible awful news and
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 12:23 AM
21 hrs ago

heartbroken. It's reported their 32 year old daughter found her parents.

niyad

(129,204 posts)
45. Allegedly. Last I checked, a celebrity magazine does not count as
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 01:00 AM
21 hrs ago

a court of law, no matter how many sources "confirmed" to it.

ZZenith

(4,446 posts)
49. Exactly how in the fuck does People magazine know it was their son who murdered them?
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 03:13 AM
19 hrs ago

I don’t care how likely the scenario, this is unconscionably bad journalism.

Who owns People magazine?!

Trumpdumper

(210 posts)
52. This is excellent journalism
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 06:20 AM
16 hrs ago

I couldn’t disagree with you more. People spoke to sources it believes to be highly reliable and made that clear in its reporting. This is journalism at its finest.

BumRushDaShow

(164,777 posts)
50. Dammit
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 03:42 AM
18 hrs ago

not something I wanted to wake up to this morning.

What a huge loss. Have seen most of his films and he had a rare gift and skill presenting complex storylines, that will be difficult to replace.

Condolences to his family.

riversedge

(79,073 posts)
51. Firefighters reportedly found Rob, 78, and his wife Michele, 68, inside the home suffering from stab wounds.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:52 AM
17 hrs ago

Such a horrible way to have one's life end.

Firefighters reportedly found Rob, 78, and his wife Michele, 68, inside the home suffering from stab wounds.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-woman-found-dead-inside-director-rob-reiners-brentwood-home-tmz-reporting/

bucolic_frolic

(53,678 posts)
53. Some article about the deceased over the past couple weeks
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 07:28 AM
14 hrs ago

made me question if he was in danger. Can't put my finger on the article, but it did cross my mind, "him too?"

duhneece

(4,465 posts)
55. I saw him speak at Tornillo TX at migrant camp during Trump I
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 08:59 AM
13 hrs ago

He was a good man, a good person.
He and Dolores Huerta came to the camp to speak.
Can anything be sadder than being killed by one’s child? (If that’s what happened).

BlueKota

(5,002 posts)
57. So sad. I really feel awful for the other two siblings.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 09:54 AM
12 hrs ago

Especially the daughter that found them. Not only do they have to grieve the loss of their parents, but also having to cope with the fact that their brother is the one who killed them, has to be unbearable. 😥

radical noodle

(10,459 posts)
59. Rob had also adopted Penny's daughter
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:11 AM
12 hrs ago

so there's another child/step-child that's grieving today.

Torchlight

(6,261 posts)
63. I see little harm in speculative discussion
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 03:11 PM
7 hrs ago

as it lack the weight of judicial consequence, and is little more than an inconsequential exchange of various, informal opinions.

malthaussen

(18,364 posts)
66. I agree. But I mislike it being phrased as a declaration.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 09:25 PM
56 min ago

"x probably did it, and here's why" is different from "x did it."

-- Mal

Beck23

(406 posts)
65. Trump's parents feared him
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:54 PM
5 hrs ago

Ore thing to note about Mary Trump's book about the Trump family is that Trump"s parents sent him to military school (.i. e. reform school) because he was collecting knives and they were afraid of him.

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