"Nick Reiner is reportedly no longer on suicide watch ahead of his arraignment for the murders of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner. The 32-year-old who's accused of fatally stabbing the director, 78, and photographer, 70 no longer has to wear a suicide-prevention smock but will remain in solitary confinement at Los Angeles' Twin Towers Correctional Facility until a judge or court hearing determines otherwise, a sheriff source confirmed Monday to People."
"Nick was arrested on the night of Dec. 14, hours after his younger sister Romy discovered her father's body at the beloved couple's Brentwood home. She was later notified that her mother had also been killed. Nick was charged two days later with two counts of first-degree murder and a special allegation that a knife was used. If convicted in the grisly killings, he faces life in prison or the death penalty."
"Days after the slayings, TMZ reported that Nick had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and that his alarming behavior had recently been made even more erratic and dangerous with new medication. Records obtained last week by People show that authorities twice responded to the Reiner home in early and late 2019 for a welfare check and a mental health-related call, respectively. Officers told a supervisor they found no indication of mental illness at the time, according to those records."
Nick Reiner is no longer on suicide watch and no longer must wear a suicide-prevention smock, but he remains in solitary confinement at Los Angeles' Twin Towers Correctional Facility pending court determination. He is under observation and scheduled for arraignment after a previous postponement. He was arrested Dec. 14 after his sister found their father's body and later learned their mother had also been killed. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and a special allegation that a knife was used; he faces life in prison or the death penalty if convicted. Authorities responded twice in 2019 to the family home for welfare and mental-health-related calls and found no indication of mental illness then.
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