Rob Reiner's son Nick Reiner arrested in connection with deaths

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Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Police arrested Nick Reiner for the stabbing deaths of his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and producer Michele Reiner, the Los Angeles Police Department said Monday.

Law enforcement arrested Nick Reiner, 32, on Sunday evening, hours after an ambulance was called to his parents' house in Brentwood. Both Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner were found dead from multiple stab wounds.

The LASD initially said Nick Reiner was being held on $4 million bail, but that was later changed to say he was being held without bail.

The LAPD said Nick Reiner was "was responsible for their deaths."

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"He was booked for murder and remains in custody with no bail," the LAPD said in a news release Monday afternoon.

Two unnamed law enforcement sources confirmed to NBC News that Nick Reiner was being held in connection to the deaths. Multiple unnamed sources who spoke to surviving family members told People magazine that Nick Reiner killed his parents.

CNN reported that the case was expected to be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday.

The Los Angeles Fire Department was called to the Reiner home around 3:30 p.m. PST Sunday after the couple's youngest daughter, Romy Reiner, discovered the bodies, an unnamed source told CNN.

A source also told CNN that Nick Reiner was seen arguing with his father during a holiday party at Conan O'Brien's home in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Rob Reiner, who died at age 78, directed This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, Stand by Me, Misery, A Few Good Men and Sleepless in Seattle. He met his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, while working on his film When Harry Met Sally in 1989.

The two married and had three children together -- actor Jake Reiner in 1991, Nick Reiner in 1993 and Romy Reiner in 1997. Rob Reiner also had an adopted daughter from his marriage to the late filmmaker Penny Marshall -- actor Tracy Reiner, born in 1964.

Nick Reiner has previously been open about his struggle with drug addiction, his many stints in rehab and bouts of homelessness since the age of 15. He wrote the screenplay for 2015's Being Charlie loosely based on his life. Rob Reiner directed the film, which stared Nick Robinson, Common and Cary Elwes.

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Rob Reiner and Michele Singer
Actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner (L) and his wife Michele Singer pose for photographers as they arrive for the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on December 3, 2023. Reiner and Singer were found stabbed to death at their home in Los Angeles on December 14. Reiner was 78 and singer was 68. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo