Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride was discovered dead at LA home with wife
Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride was discovered dead at LA home with wife
Rob Reiner, the director of beloved films including When Harry Met Sally, Misery, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap, has died aged 78 in an apparent homicide, along with his 68-year-old wife Michele Singer Reiner.
Reports first began to emerge on Sunday afternoon that the bodies of a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman had been found by authorities inside a home owned by Reiner in Brentwood, Los Angeles, after a medical aid request was made to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Los Angeles Police Department later confirmed detectives from the robbery homicide division were investigating the deaths as an “apparent homicide”. Both TMZ and People reported that the two had suffered wounds consistent with a knife attack.
A spokesperson for the Reiner family confirmed their deaths on Sunday evening.
“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,” the family spokesperson said in a statement to media. “We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time.”
At a press conference on Sundat night, LAPD chief detective Alan Hamilton said the investigation was ongoing.
“At this time, the LAPD is not seeking anyone as a suspect or as a person of interest . and we will not be doing that until we conduct our investigation and we move forward,” Hamilton said.
The Reiners’ family members would be interviewed but that “no one has been detained. No one is being questioned as a suspect,” he added.
