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Grim new particulars about Michele and Rob Reiner’s murders is coming to gentle.
Their son, Nick Reiner, is the first suspect. Police have already taken him into custody.
The couple’s daughter, Romy, is the one who discovered her dad and mom, their dwelling was against the law scene.
New particulars are coming to gentle concerning the state of the Reiners and the primary statements to police after they arrived on the scene.
Daughter Romy first found dad and mom Rob and Michele Reiner lifeless of their dwelling
TMZ studies that Rob and Michele Reiner had been lifeless for hours earlier than their daughter, Romy, found them of their dwelling on Sunday.
In response to the tabloid’s legislation enforcement sources, police arrived on the Brentwood, Los Angeles residence round 3:40 PM.
Presently, each Rob and Michele’s our bodies have been in a state of rigor mortis.
Rigor mortis is, because the title suggests, is a state of rigidity that follows demise. It’s the fourth stage of demise, led to by chemical modifications within the muscle tissues.
Barring uncommon circumstances, this stage helps investigators to find out a timeline of a sufferer’s demise.
On this case, the Reiners being in a state of rigor mortis helped authorites to conclude that the couple had been murdered hours earlier than Romy’s arrival.
The height of rigor mortis takes place roughly 13 hours after demise, however TMZ‘s report didn’t specify.
Rigor mortis itself usually lasts about 8 hours or much less at room temperature.
Possible, we should watch for the medical expert’s full report back to know a extra exact time of demise.
Nevertheless, we all know a number of issues concerning the horrifying discovery that Romy made.
Right here is the timeline, beginning simply earlier than the 9-1-1 name
On Sunday, December 14, Romy Reiner arrived at her dad and mom’ home to seek out each Rob and Michele lifeless.
Given the state of their our bodies, the knife wounds have been apparent and clearly deadly. She instantly referred to as police.
Romy’s subsequent name was to longtime household good friend Billy Crystal. A good friend of hers additionally joined her, seemingly for emotional help.
Authorities arrived and interviewed Romy on the scene.
That is when Romy first indicated that her older brother, Nick Reiner, was seemingly an individual of curiosity within the case.
In response to TMZ‘s report, Romy informed officers that Nick was “harmful.”
She additionally informed them that he was dwelling on the home, however was not there when she arrived.
The obvious implication was that she believed that Nick had fled the scene, although it appears unlikely that she used these precise phrases.
TMZ‘s report on the state of the scene describes “our bodies butchered” with the homicide wanting just like the deed of a “mad man.”
As we noticed clearly simply three months in the past, neck accidents could cause an incredible quantity of speedy blood loss. The horror could be tough to think about for many, and far tougher for Romy to witness.
Nick is in custody
About six hours after Romy’s grim discovery, authorities positioned Nick Reiner and arrested him on suspicion of homicide.
Given the state of the late Rob and Michele Reiner’s stays and Romy’s statements to police, they’re remanding Nick — holding him with out bail.
He’s additionally on suicide watch, out of obvious concern that he could also be unstable or in an altered state of consciousness.
Tens of millions are grieving the late director for his indelible influence upon widespread tradition in addition to his activism that improved numerous lives in his dwelling state of California and past.
However this horrible act has destroyed a household. In additional methods than one.
