Nick Reiner gave the impression to be completely calm as he walked away from his mother or father’s Brentwood residence simply hours earlier than their butchered our bodies had been discovered, 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 an area fuel station simply earlier than midnight Saturday, as seen in footage obtained by The Put up.
Rob and Michele had been killed early Sunday morning, in accordance with the Los Angeles County District Legal professional. The brand new surveillance footage locations Nick near the household residence hours earlier than his dad and mom’ slayings.
The fuel station is only some blocks from the Reiner’s Brentwood residence. Nick may be seen strolling in a route away from the property.
Reiner and his dad and mom bought right into a “very loud argument” earlier within the night time at a vacation social gathering hosted by Conan O’Brien, sources confirmed to The Put up. Nick additionally bought into it with comic Invoice Hader on the identical bash, storming off in a huff, in accordance with NBC Information.
It’s unclear when precisely the household left the social gathering Saturday night time.
Rob and Michele Reiner had been found stabbed to demise 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 residence 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 advised The Put up.
Investigators requested the footage be cued as much as present a sure timeframe, and when Reiner appeared, they exclaimed, “There he’s,” the supply stated. The timestamp displayed on the surveillance footage is wrong, and is definitely one hour forward of native time, the supply added.
Reiner checked into The Pierside Santa Monica Lodge round 4 a.m. Sunday morning, in accordance with TMZ.
He gave the impression to be “tweaked out” at check-in, however didn’t have any blood or cuts seen, the outlet stated. When lodge workers later entered Reiner’s room, they discovered a “bathe stuffed 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.
