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🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Romy Reiner, daughter of Hollywood legend Rob Reiner, is unable to reach her parents all day Sunday, so she decides to stop by their house since she lives just across the street. Around 3:30pm, Romy lets herself in to her parents Brentwood estate and discovers her mother and father Rob and Michele Singer Reiner dead.
Romy dials 911 in a panic, but EMTs can do nothing but call for LAPD backup. LAPD quickly respond to the residence of Rob and Michele located in West Los Angeles. Working with the coroner's office, detectives are able to identify the victims definitively as Rob and Michelle Reiner.
Rob Reiner is born into the business, father Carl Reiner is a legend behind the popular Dick Van Dyke show, and mother Estelle performing as a cabaret singer. Rob garners fame when he lands a role on the hit series, All in the Family.
Rob marries Penny Marshall of Laverne & Shirley, and though they separate after 10 years, Rob remains close with Marshall’s daughter, whom he adopted, Tracy Reiner.
A highly successful actor, Rob Reiner tries his hand behind the scenes, flourishing in a directing
role. Reiner’s directing debut rock band mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, becomes an instant
cult classic. His 1986 Stand By Me receives Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations.
Rob does it again with the film adaptation of The Princess Bride, and again with When Harry Met Sally, Misery, and A Few Good Men.
Less than 24 hours of attending a Hollywood star's annual holiday party Rob and Michelle are found dead in the bed with their throats slit. Rob and Michelle attend Conan O’Brien’s annual holiday party and ask for permission to bring their troubled addicted son, Nick Reiner, allegedly to keep an eye on him.
The night quickly turns sour when an argument breaks out between father and son. Party goers also allege Nick's behavior was odd and unnerving during the party.
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| 0:04.7 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:09.8 | A hotel full of blood discovered after the murders of a Hollywood legend. |
| 0:16.6 | The iconic Rob Reiner and his beautiful wife, Michelle Singer-Riner, both stabbed dead, multiple stab wounds, both their throats slit in their own home. |
| 0:31.8 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:35.7 | Bob Reiner, an accomplished Hollywood director has it all, a thriving career, a beautiful family, |
| 0:40.9 | and a picture-perfect life. But behind the scenes, deep family struggles begin to arise. |
| 0:47.3 | As information is now leaking out, we hear the original 911 to a fire department. Listen. |
| 0:57.0 | Closlady in a chair, I want to be now a fire department and requested a backup. |
| 1:02.0 | So at approximately 3.2586, NRD 825. |
| 1:05.0 | So at approximately 3.40 this afternoon, |
| 1:09.0 | Los Angeles Police officers, along with the Los Angeles |
| 1:11.9 | City Fire Department, responded to the 200 block of Chadbourne Avenue here in the city of Brentwood. |
| 1:18.4 | Upon arrival, they determined that there were two deceased individuals inside of the residence. |
| 1:23.3 | Joining us tonight, Jessica Finn, senior investigative reporter, U.S. Sun, whose latest article |
| 1:28.0 | deals with what led up that night to the murders of Rob Reiner and wife Michelle Singer-Riner. |
| 1:37.3 | Tell me about how the fire department ended up being the first responder. |
| 1:41.8 | Let's just start right there. |
| 1:44.4 | Yeah, Nancy, so apparently Rob and Michelle Reiner had a planned massage appointment that afternoon |
| 1:50.4 | on, during the afternoon on Sunday. And when they didn't answer the door, the masseuse kept |
| 1:56.7 | trying to call and knock and ring the bell. And eventually she decided that she was going to leave. |
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