Rob Reiner and Wife Michele Were Reportedly ‘in Bed’ When Fatal Stabbings Occurred

The murders of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner could have taken place when they were sleeping, a new report suggests.

According to a Daily Mail article published Tuesday, December 16, a source close to the investigation claimed that the prolific Hollywood director, 78, and his wife, 70, were found in bed with their throats slit.

As the National Enquirer previously reported, the couple’s son Nick Reiner is being held without bail in connection to the murders. On Monday, December 15, the LAPD’s Robbery Homicide Division announced the arrest of the 32-year-old, who they said is “responsible for their deaths.”

The homicide was reported the day after Rob and Michele attended Conan O’Brien’s holiday party on Saturday night with son Nick. While there, Rob and Nick reportedly got into a heated argument, and other people in attendance heard the commotion.

“He could have done it not long after they all went home, meaning he went there and slit their throats in the middle of the night,” the Mail’s source claimed. “They were in bed when that happened.”

According to NBC News, Nick also allegedly interrupted a conversation between actor Bill Hader and another guest at the party. When the Saturday Night Live alum, 47, told Nick the conversation was private, Nick stood and stared at them before “storming off,” a source claimed.

Nick then checked into The Pierside Santa Monica hotel around 4 a.m. Sunday, per TMZ. According to sources with direct knowledge, when staff entered the room later Sunday morning, they found the shower “full of blood” and blood on the bed.

The late couple’s youngest child, 28-year-old daughter Romy, found them, and paramedics rushed to the Reiners’ Brentwood home around 3:30 p.m. local time, according to People.

Nick was located and arrested later that night at approximately 9:15 p.m., according to the LAPD. He was reportedly found near the University of Southern California campus.

The LAPD’s press release says Nick was “booked for murder and remains in custody with no bail.”

On Tuesday, Nick was scheduled to make his first court appearance. However, his defense attorney Alan Jackson — who represented Karen Read in her murder trial — told reporters outside of court (via video footage) that Nick “has not been medically cleared,” adding that it’s just a “procedural issue.”

Rob and Michele — who met working together on When Harry Met Sally… before they tied the knot in 1989 — also share 34-year-old son Jake.

The National Enquirer reported that the Reiners had a guest staying at their home who left just prior to the heinous crime “because of how insane [Nick] was acting,” according to a source.