On Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home, having both suffered apparent stab wounds. Within a matter of hours, their 33-year-old son, Nick, was arrested on suspicion of double murder.
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Nick, the middle of Rob and Michele's three children, is currently being held in a high-security unit at the Los Angeles County Twin Towers Correctional Facility. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, with special circumstance allegations of lying in wait and the use of a knife. In February, he pleaded not guilty to the killings.
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The loss of two such beloved Hollywood locals came as an immense shock last year, particularly as Rob and Michele had attended a holiday party at Conan O'Brien's house hours before they died.
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Nick also attended the party with them, and reports suggest that the Reiners' night took a turn after Nick and Rob engaged in a "very loud argument." Last year, a source told People that Nick — who has talked openly in the past about his struggles with addiction — was "freaking everyone out" and kept asking people at the party, like Jane Fonda and Bill Hader, "if they were famous."
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Rob and Michele apparently left the party early, "mortified" by their son's behavior. Prosecutors believe that Nick then fatally stabbed Rob and Michele in the early hours of the morning. Their bodies were discovered at around 3:40 p.m. the next day, by which point Nick had fled the scene.
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With this timeline in mind, Conan was likely one of the last people to see Rob and Michele alive. Discussing the murders for the first time during an interview with the New Yorker in February this year, Conan said: "To have that experience of saying good night to somebody and having them leave and then find out the next day that they're gone…I think I was in shock for quite a while afterward."
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Now, nearly a year on, Conan has discussed the tragedy once again while honoring Rob and Michele at the 2026 Children’s Institute’s annual Cape & Gown Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Nov. 8.
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"It’s so devastating and surreal that Rob and Michele are not with us anymore," Conan said. "I think multiple times a week, it will hit me that they’re not here. It leaves you feeling very hollow."
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Conan — who had been a very close friend of the couple — also spoke about the importance of continuing the charity work that had been such a huge part of their lives. "This event, something that they cared about so much, the Children’s Institute, is just a way to imagine and realize that they’re here and they’re working," he continued. "They started something, and we keep them with us. We keep them close if we join in and do the work because that’s what they were all about."
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In September, it was announced that prosecutors in the murder case would not seek the death penalty against Nick. Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said that prosecutors made the decision after "a rigorous review," which involved speaking with Rob's siblings, Romy and Jake Reiner, who apparently "made their views very clear." This means that, if convicted, the maximum punishment Nick will face is life in prison without the possibility of parole.