BREAKING; Rob Reiner and wife stabbed to death at Brentwood home LAPD investigating, reminds me of Sharon Tate - Labianca murders in '69

Sunday December 14, 2025, 9:50pm; LAPD Robbery-Homicide investigating the murder of two people found dead inside the Brentwood Calif home of actor/director Rob Reiner. BREAKING; Two people have been found dead at the Brentwood home of director and actor Rob Reiner who was 78 years old. The LA Fire Department said the ages of the two murder victims are 78 and 68 respectively which exactly matches the ages of actor/director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. The Reiner property is less than two miles from where Nicole Brown Simpson was stabbed to death in 1994 by OJ. The Reiner property is also just 7 miles from Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles CA where actress Sharon Tate and others were stabbed to death in 1969.

PEOPLE magazine writes; actor/director Rob Reiner dead. Reiner's classic films include 'The Is Spinal Tap', 'The Princess Bride' and 'Stand by Me', Rob Reiner the director dies at 78, along with wife in apparent homicide, LAPD Robbery-Homicide investigating at the home in Brentwood Hills CA. By Victoria Edel Published on December 14, 2025 10:24PM EST.  Brentwood, California (in Los Angeles) is very near Beverly Hills, just a few miles west, separated by Westwood and Century City, making them neighboring affluent Westside LA areas. Actor/director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE. Nick Reiner previously spoke publicly about his long battle with drug addiction, violence, and periods of homelessness, just like the Charles Manson cult acolytes in '69. Nick Reiner recalls spending a lot of time homeless, sleeping on the streets. Being Charlie is a film Nick Reiner wrote based on his experience with drugs, the streets, and being in rehab. Troubled' Nick Reiner had reputation for violence before he allegedly slaughtered his parents.

Sources say the two murder victims actor/director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele suffered lacerations consistent with a knife, stabbed and throats were cut. Preliminary forensic reports indicate that Reiner and his wife Michele suffered fatal "knife wounds consistent with a large blade" could very well be a KA-BAR fighting knife as used by USMC. Nick Reiner revealed that he once “destroyed” parents Rob and Michele Reiner’s home during a drug-fueled rage. In a 2018 appearance on the “Dopey” podcast, Nick recalled a time when he became violent while being “sequestered” in the famed director and actress’ guest house while he was high “on meth.” “I went 10 rounds in my guest house,” he shared. The LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division is the lead investigation agency of the Reiner's double murder. “I got totally spun out on uppers — I think it was coke and something else — and I was up for days on end,” Nick, 32, added while reflecting on the incident. 

This all brings back memories of actress Sharon Tate and the Labianca murders in 1969, where the Charlie Manson cult wackos went on murder spree, their choice of weapons included knives. Nick Reiner fits the profile of one of the Manson tribe members, drugs, alienated from his parents, homeless on and of, and violent. Nick Reiner is even a look-a-like for Charlie Manson's enforcer and 2nd in command Bruce Davis. 

Actress Sharon Tate was living in Beverly Hills CA when the Manson gang attacked, she was stabbed 16 times and her throat cut, she was 8 1/2 months pregnant with director Roman Polanski's son. At the LaBianca residence, Susan Atkins (a Charles Manson acolyte) used a steak knife from the victims' own kitchen, leaving it in Leno LaBianca's throat. Nick Reiner stabbed and slit the throats of his parents Rob and Michele Reiner, Nick Reiner would have fit right in with the Manson tribe.

The Los Angeles Police Department robbery homicide unit is investigating the Reiner double homicide. KABC reported the LAPD opened a murder investigation. NBC LA reported Robbery Homicide Division detectives were assigned to the case. TMZ said firefighters were called to the home around 3:30 p.m. local time to provide medical aid. TMZ reported police were on scene 10 minutes later.


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