Nick Reiner seemed to be completely calm as he walked close to his father or mother’s Brentwood dwelling simply hours earlier than they had been butchered, sending shockwaves by way of Hollywood.
The 32-year-old — wearing blue denims, a long-sleeve shirt, baseball cap and carrying a backpack — strolled by a neighborhood fuel station simply earlier than midnight Saturday, as seen in footage obtained by The Submit.
Rob and Michele had been killed early Sunday morning, in response to the Los Angeles County District Legal professional. The brand new surveillance footage locations Nick near the household dwelling hours earlier than his mother and father’ slayings.
The fuel station is only some blocks from the Reiner’s Brentwood dwelling. Nick could be seen strolling in a path away from the property.
Reiner and his mother and father bought right into a “very loud argument” earlier within the night time at a vacation occasion hosted by Conan O’Brien, sources confirmed to The Submit. Nick additionally bought into it with comic Invoice Hader on the similar bash, storming off in a huff, in response to NBC Information.
It’s unclear when precisely the household left the occasion Saturday night time.
Rob and Michele Reiner had been found stabbed to dying round 3:30 p.m. Sunday by their daughter, Romy. The couple, who married in 1989, reportedly had their throats slashed — and Romy warned officers that Nick was “harmful,” TMZ reported.
Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Division descended on the fuel station close to the Reiner’s dwelling Monday morning — a day after Rob and Michele’s our bodies had been found — to seek out attainable surveillance footage of Nick within the space, a supply informed The Submit.
Investigators requested the footage be cued as much as present a sure timeframe, and when Reiner appeared, they exclaimed, “There he’s,” the supply mentioned. The timestamp displayed on the surveillance footage is inaccurate, and is definitely one hour forward of native time, the supply added.
Reiner checked into The Pierside Santa Monica Resort round 4 a.m. Sunday morning, in response to TMZ.
He seemed to be “tweaked out” at check-in, however didn’t have any blood or cuts seen, the outlet mentioned. When resort employees later entered Reiner’s room, they discovered a “bathe filled with blood” and blood on the mattress, TMZ reported.
Reiner was arrested by the LAPD Gang and Narcotics Unit round 9:15 p.m. Sunday night time. Dramatic footage confirmed officers in unmarked cruisers swoop in to take him down close to LA’s Exposition Park neighborhood.
Reiner was charged with two counts of homicide for the slayings of Rob and Michele.
