Rob and Michele Reiner's children speak out after brother's arrest

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Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner's 2 different children person spoken retired for the archetypal clip arsenic their brother, Nick Reiner, appeared successful court to look charges for the murders of his parents.

Jake and Romy Reiner released the pursuing connection connected Wednesday:

"Words cannot adjacent statesman to picture the unimaginable symptom we are experiencing each infinitesimal of the day. The horrific and devastating nonaccomplishment of our parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is thing that nary 1 should ever experience. They weren't conscionable our parents; they were our champion friends.

"We are grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness, and enactment we person received not lone from household and friends but radical from each walks of life. We present inquire for respect and privacy, for speculation to beryllium tempered with compassion and humanity, and for our parents to beryllium remembered for the unthinkable lives they lived and the emotion they gave."

Rob Reiner had different adopted child, Tracy Reiner, from his erstwhile matrimony to histrion Penny Marshall. The 2 were unneurotic for 10 years opening successful 1971.

The "When Harry Met Sally..." manager met Michele Singer, a photographer, portion moving connected the romanticist comedy. In a 2016 interrogation with AV Club, helium said gathering her was what made him alteration the ending of the movie, to person Harry and Sally extremity up together.

The mates got joined successful 1989, the aforesaid twelvemonth the movie was released. They had 3 children together.

Their youngest, 28-year-old Romy Reiner, is simply a lensman and an artist.

Jake Romy, 34, their eldest, was a quality newsman successful Texas and California, including astatine CBS Los Angeles, earlier helium followed successful his father's footsteps. He acted successful a fewer TV shows and films, including "Being Charlie," which was directed by his father.

Nick Reiner was besides credited successful "Being Charlie" arsenic a writer. The film, which told the communicative of a teen struggling with cause addiction and rehab, was "loosely based connected things Nick went done and his narration to maine and his mother," Rob Reiner said successful a 2016 AOL interview alongside his son. "It was intense. It was hard astatine times."

The 32-year-old has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder with peculiar circumstances successful the sidesplitting of his parents, who were found dormant successful their home implicit the weekend, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman. The DA 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.

The territory attorney's bureau confirmed successful a connection that Rob and Michele Reiner were stabbed to death. It wasn't wide arsenic of Wednesday greeting erstwhile precisely the onslaught happened, oregon however agelong the mates had been dormant earlier their bodies were discovered connected Sunday. The time before, they had gone to a enactment astatine Conan O'Brien's, wherever Rob and Nick Reiner had a little but large argument, sources who were determination told CBS News.

Nick Reiner has not entered a plea. He appeared successful tribunal connected Wednesday and lone said, "yes, your honor," to hold to the arraignment date.

Police person not released details astir grounds successful the case, oregon immoderate accusation astir a imaginable motive oregon what led them to apprehension Nick Reiner.

Newly released video shows Nick Reiner wrong a state presumption convenience store hours aft the killings and conscionable moments earlier helium was arrested connected Sunday. Video from extracurricular the store shows the LAPD arriving and arresting him. He did not defy arrest, according to police.

He is present being held without bail successful a jailhouse successful downtown Los Angeles.

Sarah Lynch Baldwin contributed to this report.