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The Reiner Murders | The Trial Of Nick Reiner

The Reiner Murders | The Trial Of Nick Reiner

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Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved films in American history. On December 14, 2024, he and his wife Michele were stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Their daughter found the bodies. Their son Nick was arrested that night.

This podcast covers the case from arrest through trial — but the real story starts seventeen years earlier.

Nick Reiner went to rehab at fifteen. By nineteen, he'd been through seventeen programs. Homeless in three states. Heroin. Meth. His parents had every resource imaginable — money, connections, access to the best treatment in the country. They followed the protocols. They trusted the experts. They did everything right by the system's standards.

And the system gave them nothing.

Because here's what nobody wants to say out loud: in America, if your adult child is addicted, mentally ill, or dangerous, your legal options are essentially zero. You can beg. You can pay. But you cannot force treatment. Their autonomy is protected. Your safety is not.

The Reiners lived that nightmare for almost two decades. It ended the way these stories sometimes do — with two people dead and a family destroyed.

This isn't true crime as entertainment. No breathless narration. No shock-jock nonsense. Just rigorous, fact-based coverage with legal experts, former prosecutors, defense attorneys, and behavioral analysts breaking down the evidence, the strategy, and the questions that actually matter.

We're following this case because it exposes something broken in how we handle mental illness, addiction, and families in crisis. The Reiners had every advantage. It didn't save them.

New episodes as the case develops.

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  • Nick Reiner And Sheriff Mullins: Why NOBODY Could Stop Them! Ret FBI Coffindaffer Breakdown

    Nick Reiner And Sheriff Mullins: Why NOBODY Could Stop Them! Ret FBI Coffindaffer Breakdown
    Dec 24 2025
    Two cases. Two different outcomes. One shared question the system still can’t answer.

    In California, police say they moved quickly after Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death — confident they had enough evidence to arrest their son, Nick Reiner, within hours. The legal fight now centers on schizophrenia, medication changes, and whether mental illness excuses violence.

    In Kentucky, the opposite happened. Everyone saw Mickey Stines unravel — law enforcement, attorneys, medical professionals. But because he was an elected sheriff, no one had the legal authority to stop him. No red flag law. No suspension power. No override. Judge Kevin Mullins paid the price.

    In this full episode, retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer connects the dots between these cases and exposes the dangerous gaps in how the system handles mental illness when violence intersects with power, family, and authority.

    We explore how investigations unfold, how insanity defenses are built and challenged, and why prevention often fails not because people didn’t care — but because the law gave them no tools to act.

    These aren’t isolated tragedies. They’re warnings.

    And until the system changes, they won’t be the last.

    #TrueCrime #JenniferCoffindaffer #HiddenKillers #MentalHealthAndCrime #SystemFailure #NickReiner #MickeyStines #FBIAnalysis #TrueCrimeNews


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  • Schizophrenia, Insanity, and the Law — Can Nick Reiner Avoid Responsibility?

    Schizophrenia, Insanity, and the Law — Can Nick Reiner Avoid Responsibility?
    Dec 23 2025
    Nick Reiner was diagnosed with schizophrenia years ago. He was in treatment. Expensive treatment. According to multiple reports, his medication was changed just weeks before his parents were stabbed to death. His defense attorney, Alan Jackson — fresh off a major acquittal in another high-profile case — is already calling this case “very complex.”

    Translation: the insanity defense is coming.

    But insanity is not a diagnosis — it’s a legal standard. In California, the question is narrow and brutal: did the defendant understand what he was doing, and did he know it was wrong?

    In this episode, we walk through what an insanity defense actually requires, and why it’s far harder to prove than many people assume. We examine how being actively in treatment can cut both ways, how medication changes factor into legal responsibility, and why post-crime behavior — hotel stays, travel, attempts to clean up evidence, calm public behavior — creates serious hurdles for the defense.

    We also discuss Nick’s court appearance in a suicide prevention smock, the delayed arraignments, and a sealed medical order signed by the judge. What’s happening behind closed doors? Competency evaluations? Psychiatric holds? Strategic positioning?

    Finally, we explore the most painful layer of all: when the victims and the defendant are part of the same family. How does accountability work when mental illness is real — but so is violence?

    This isn’t about sympathy versus punishment. It’s about where the law draws the line.

    #NickReiner #InsanityDefense #Schizophrenia #TrueCrimeAnalysis #JenniferCoffindaffer #HiddenKillers #MentalHealthAndCrime #LegalBreakdown #TrueCrime

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  • Inside the Reiner Crime Scene — The Evidence Police Say Seals Nick Reiner’s Fate

    Inside the Reiner Crime Scene — The Evidence Police Say Seals Nick Reiner’s Fate
    Dec 23 2025
    By the time Romy Reiner walked into her parents’ Brentwood home Sunday afternoon, it was already over. Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner had been stabbed multiple times in their master bedroom. Their son, Nick Reiner, was gone. Investigators believe the killings happened hours earlier — giving Nick time to leave the house, check into a Santa Monica hotel, and eventually wander near USC, where he was arrested calmly at a gas station that night.

    The murder weapon hasn’t been recovered. The hotel room Nick reportedly stayed in was partially cleaned before police arrived. And yet law enforcement says the weapon itself is of “limited investigative value.” That statement alone tells you how confident investigators already are.

    In this segment, retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down how cases like this are built when the suspect is gone and the clock is already ticking. We examine what matters most in those first hours, how investigators reconstruct movement and intent, and what Nick’s post-offense behavior — from hotel activity to his calm demeanor on surveillance footage — could signal legally.

    We also look at witness accounts from the night before, including reports of a tense argument between Nick and his father at a holiday party, and concerns from Rob and Michele that they couldn’t safely leave their son alone. These details aren’t side notes — they’re puzzle pieces.

    This is about what the evidence says now, before the defense narrative takes over. And why police believe they already have enough to move forward with first-degree murder charges.

    #NickReiner #RobReiner #TrueCrime #CrimeSceneAnalysis #JenniferCoffindaffer #HiddenKillers #BrentwoodCase #FBIAnalysis #TrueCrimeNews

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    14 m
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