Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, had a loud argument with their son at a Christmas Party hosted by Conan O'Brien, hours before the couple was murdered, according to a report.
The Daily Beast reported that the couple had a "very loud argument" with their son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner. Nick Reiner has been charged with killing his parents and is being held on $4 million bail, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The Daily Beast reported that the couple left the party after the argument with Nick. It was unclear if Nick also left. The website reported that the couple were at their "wits' end" regarding Nick, who had struggled with mental health and substance abuse.
TMZ reported that Michele, 68, had despairingly talked about the situation with her son, telling people, "We've tried everything."
According to PEOPLE, Nick Reiner had a long history of substance abuse and addiction. His first stint in rehab happened when he was 15. For a time, he ended up homeless before finding his way back to his family.
"Now, I've been home for a really long time, and I've sort of gotten acclimated back to being in L.A. and being around my family," Nick told PEOPLE in 2016.
Nick Reiner wrote a screenplay about his struggles with addiction, which was turned into the 2015 film Being Charlie, directed by his 78-year-old father.
At the premiere of the film, Rob and his wife told the times that they had previously wondered "if there was an end in sight, and whether it would be the tragic one that a voice in the back of their heads kept telling them was coming."
According to TMZ, the couple had their throats slit. Their bodies were found around 3:30 p.m. in their Brentwood home by one of their daughters, who called police. The website reported that the daughter told police that a family member "should be a suspect" and that the family member was "dangerous."
