Los Angeles authorities have released death certificates for director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele. The documents confirm they died from \u201cmultiple sharp force injuries\u201d caused by a knife within minutes of each other on December 14th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their adult son, Nick Reiner, has been arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. He remains in custody awaiting a court hearing scheduled for early January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rob Reiner, 78, was famed for his role in \u201cAll in the Family\u201d and directing classics like \u201cThe Princess Bride.\u201d Michele Reiner, 70, was a photographer and producer active in philanthropic causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accounts from investigators and the family indicate Nick Reiner, 32, has schizophrenia. Reports suggest a change in his medication about a month prior coincided with increasingly erratic and dangerous behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The night before the killings, the couple attended a gathering but were reportedly reluctant to leave him alone. The investigation is examining his mental state and actions in the final 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prosecutors are proceeding with murder charges. The defense is expected to pursue a plea of not criminally responsible due to mental illness, which will involve psychiatric evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The case has shocked the entertainment community. The family has requested privacy as they grieve and the legal process continues into the new year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Los Angeles authorities have released death certificates for director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele. The documents confirm they died from \u201cmultiple sharp force injuries\u201d caused by a knife within minutes of each other on December 14th. Their adult son, Nick Reiner, has been arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. He remains…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6826,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6824\/revisions\/6826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}