Medical examiner releases causes of death for Rob and Michele Reiner

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Filmmaker Rob Reiner and his woman Michele died of "multiple crisp unit injuries," the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office reported Wednesday. This comes aft authorities had antecedently confirmed that the mates were fatally stabbed.

Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were recovered dormant Sunday day astatine their location successful the upscale L.A. vicinity of Brentwood, constabulary said.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Tuesday that their son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner, is being charged with two counts of first-degree execution with peculiar circumstances successful their slayings. The charges see "a peculiar allegation that helium personally utilized a unsafe and deadly weapon, a knife," according to the DA's office.

Investigators judge Nick Reiner fatally stabbed his parents aboriginal Sunday greeting earlier fleeing, prosecutors said.

The bodies of Rob and Michele Reiner were recovered astatine astir 3:40 p.m. Sunday, constabulary said, and Nick was recovered and arrested successful the Exposition Park vicinity of South L.A. astatine astir 9:15 p.m. Sunday. Authorities person yet to supply a imaginable motive successful the killings oregon what led them to apprehension Nick Reiner.

Two sources who attended a enactment Saturday nighttime astatine Conan O'Brien's wherever Rob and Nick Reiner were besides contiguous told CBS News connected Monday that a little but large statement betwixt the 2 took place.

Nick Reiner's movements pursuing the murders are nether investigation. CBS News learned Wednesday that helium checked into a edifice successful Santa Monica aboriginal Sunday morning, which is astir 4 miles distant from his parents' Brentwood home. Security video obtained Tuesday besides showed him wrong a state presumption convenience store conscionable earlier his arrest.

His first tribunal hearing was Wednesday, and his arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 7.

Hochman said the charges transportation a maximum condemnation of beingness successful situation without parole oregon the decease penalty, but that his bureau hasn't decided which to pursue.

Rob and Michele Reiner joined successful 1989 and had 3 children together. Their 2 different children, Jake and Romy Reiner, released a statement Wednesday calling the nonaccomplishment of their parents "horrific and devastating."

"They weren't conscionable our parents; they were our champion friends," the connection reads.

Kiki Intarasuwan, Cara Tabachnick, Dean Fioresi and Alex Sundby contributed to this report.