Rob Reiner’s eldest son, Jake Reiner, has spoken out for the first time about the murder of his parents, for which his younger brother Nick is set to stand trial.
On December 14, 2025, the 78-year-old filmmaker and his 68-year-old wife, photographer Michele Singer-Reiner, were found dead inside their home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles. The LAPD later confirmed that they were investigating the deaths as an “apparent homicide”, and multiple outlets including TMZ and People reported that the two had suffered wounds consistent with a knife attack.
The couple’s son Nick was arrested in connection with their deaths and was later charged with two counts of first-degree murder with “special circumstances”, pleading not guilty to the charges at a court appearance in February. His pre-trial hearing is set for September 15.
Now, their oldest son Jake has opened up to ABC7 Los Angeles about his experiences dealing with his father’s death. “Nobody really understands what it’s like to go through something like that until you’re living it,” he told the broadcaster. “It’s been eight months. It feels like eight years at the same time. And it also feels like eight minutes. Because every moment that I wake up, I’m reminded of my reality.”
His sister Romy discovered the body of her father on December 14 inside the Brentwood home where her parents lived, and Jake recalled her calling him after she had alerted 911. “Romy told me our dad was dead, and then she said, ‘I can’t find mom,’” he said. “I immediately went into shock.”
Jake opted not to discuss his brother’s court case specifically, rather the general difficulty of losing so many family members at once. “[Nick]’s in jail. It’s like, I physically lost my parents, and then Nick was arrested. Now it’s just me and Romy, and we have to navigate this by ourselves essentially,” he said.
“For me, it manifests into anger. It manifests into rage, into how unfair this was, how I didn’t get a say in what happened. I didn’t get to stop it from happening. I had no choice in the matter. I just have to accept the reality of it. And to me, that is just one of the most infuriating parts of all of this.”
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