Nearly a month after the tragic murder of his parents, Nick Reiner has reportedly been taken off suicide watch.
The suicide prevention smocks that were previously required to be worn have been removed, People magazine claimed on Monday.
Notably, Nick wore this smock during his first court appearance on December 17th.
Ahead of his arraignment, scheduled for Wednesday, the newspaper claimed that Rob and Michelle Reiner’s son remains in solitary confinement at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.
Nick, 32, was booked into jail on December 15 on two counts of first-degree murder and will reportedly remain in a High Observation Home (HOH) where he will continue to be monitored until a judge or court hearing determines otherwise.
Nick’s attorney did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
While the suspect is in jail, his siblings, older brother Jake, 34, and younger sister Romy, 28, lean on each other at their family’s beach house in California.
Page Six recently obtained photos of the two walking along the beach collecting rocks.
Romy reportedly found Rob and Michelle’s stabbed bodies in their Brentwood home.
As for Nick, before his arrest, he was caught on camera wandering around Los Angeles and left in a hotel room covered in blood.
Nick, who had struggled with drug addiction for years, was reportedly diagnosed with schizophrenia and had his medication changed in the weeks before the gruesome murder.
Nick’s behavior then became “alarming” and TMZ reported that Nick claimed he was “crazy.”
In particular, he made headlines at a Christmas party with Conan O’Brien’s parents the night before his body was discovered.
At Rob and Michelle’s memorial service last month, a friend said the “petrified” late director admitted at the social gathering that he was “scared for[his son]” and thought Nick “could hurt” him.
Romy and Jake have released a heartbreaking statement following Rob and Michelle’s “horrifying” and “devastating” deaths.
“Words cannot describe the unimaginable pain that we are experiencing every moment of every day,” they wrote in part. “They weren’t just our parents, they were our best friends.”
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text the Crisis Text Line at 741741.
