Slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were dead for at least several hours — with rigor mortis already appearing to have set in — before they were found, according to a report.
The couple was fatally stabbed at the hands of a seeming “madman’’ sometime between Saturday night and when they were discovered by their daughter, Romy, around 3:30 p.m. Sunday — with son Nick Reiner now in custody for the slayings, cops and TMZ said.
Rob and Michele Reiner’s daughter, Romy, discovered her parents’ bodies. Romy Reiner / InstagramWhen Romy found her parents’ bodies, their remains were in a state of rigor mortis, law enforcement sources told the outlet.
A state of decay generally begins two to six hours after death.
Nick, 32, was later taken into custody on suspicion he committed the double slaying and has since been detained in jail.
The drug addict was supposed to appear in court Tuesday but was not medically cleared to travel to the courthouse, his lawyer said.
