(Web Desk) - Nick Reiner, the son of legendary actor and director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer, has been arrested after allegedly killing his parents in their Los Angeles home.
Nick, 32, was arrested on Sunday and booked early Monday morning, Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery Homicide Division confirmed.
“It was determined that the Reiners were the victims of homicide. The investigation further revealed that Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of Robert and Michele Reiner, was responsible for their deaths.” According to police, Nick was booked for murder and “remains in custody with no bail.”
Reiner and Singer were found dead Sunday afternoon. A source later confirmed to Rolling Stone that the couple’s youngest child, Romy, had found her parents’ bodies. Paramedics, firefighters, and police officers were dispatched to the Reiners’ home in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood. Detectives at the scene Sunday night were waiting for a warrant to properly search the house.
At the time, LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said police were “not seeking anyone as a suspect or as a person of interest.” A source told Rolling Stone on Sunday night that Nick was believed to have been involved in the homicides.
While the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Reiner and Singer remain murky, Nick previously discussed his battles with drug addiction, specifically heroin. He first went to rehab when he was 15, and was in and out of rehab facilities for years.
He told People in 2016 that he experienced homelessness in Maine, New Jersey, and Texas. When he was 22, he drew on his experience for the semi-autobiographical film Being Charlie, which he co-wrote and his father directed.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times regarding the film, Reiner and Singer spoke about the challenges Nick faced in rehab and acknowledged their own regrets with the way they responded.
“The program works for some people, but it can’t work for everybody,” Reiner said. “When Nick would tell us that it wasn’t working for him, we wouldn’t listen. We were desperate, and because the people had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them when we should have been listening to our son.”