Jake and Romy Reiner spoke publicly on Wednesday for the first time since their parents’ killing, calling their deaths “horrific and devastating” — and also requesting that speculation be “tempered with compassion and humanity” as the investigation proceeds.
Jake and Romy’s brother, Nick Reiner, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, the actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Romy Reiner, 27, and Jake, 34, described what they said had been “unimaginable pain we are experiencing every moment of the day,” since their parents were found dead on Sunday afternoon inside their Los Angeles home.
“The horrific and devastating loss of our parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is something that no one should ever experience,” Romy and Jake Reiner said. “They weren’t just our parents; they were our best friends.”
“We are grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness, and support we have received not only from family and friends but people from all walks of life,” they said, adding that they were asking now for respect, privacy “and for our parents to be remembered for the incredible lives they lived and the love they gave.”
Susan C. Beachy contributed research.
Matt Stevens is a Times reporter who writes about arts and culture from Los Angeles.
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