Jake Reiner Breaks 9-Month Silence on Parents' Killings as Brother Faces 2 Murder Counts
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Updated · The A.V. Club · Aug 27
Jake Reiner Breaks 9-Month Silence on Parents' Killings as Brother Faces 2 Murder Counts
3 articles · Updated · The A.V. Club · Aug 27
Summary
Nine months after Rob and Michele Reiner were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home, son Jake Reiner gave his first public interview, describing the call from sister Romy that sent him into shock.
A three-minute excerpt released by ABC shows Jake recounting Romy saying their father was dead and she could not find their mother after discovering the bodies at the family home.
Nick Reiner, Jake and Romy's brother, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the December 2025 killings and has pleaded not guilty while awaiting trial.
Jake, a former reporter, said covering crime scenes for 10 years did not prepare him for seeing his own childhood home turned into a crime scene.