Nick Reiner Was Allegedly Diagnosed With Schizophrenia Before Murders of Rob Reiner and Mom Michele

Nick Reiner, who has been charged in the murders of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, was reportedly diagnosed with schizophrenia before the deaths of his parents.

The 32-year-old was allegedly taking medication that made him “erratic and dangerous,” two sources with direct knowledge told TMZ on Friday, December 19.

The outlet reported that Nick — who has previously been open about his issues with substance abuse and homelessness — was seeing a psychiatrist for mental illness and that his behavior had allegedly become “alarming.”

The TMZ sources claimed that Nick’s medication was changed roughly a month before the murders of Rob, 78, and Michele, 70, and that his behavior worsened.

“Nick was out of his head,” a source said, with both sources adding that his alleged substance abuse was making his schizophrenic condition worse.

As National Enquirer previously reported, Nick has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders and a special allegation that he used a knife.

The charges, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty if convicted. No decision has currently been made with respect to the death penalty.

He has not yet entered a plea.

Nick was located and arrested on Sunday, December 14, at approximately 9:15 p.m. local time — hours after the iconic Hollywood director and his wife were murdered and found with knife wounds — according to the LAPD. He was found near the University of Southern California campus.

Rob and Michele — who also share children Jake, 34, and Romy, 28 — met working together on When Harry Met Sally… before they tied the knot in 1989.