Daughter of Reiners 'fled after finding her father dead

New details have emerged about the deaths of the film director Rob Reiner and the photographer Michele Singer Reiner, whose bodies were discovered at their home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, on Sunday.

- Andrew Pulver

A report in the New York Times, quoting a “person close to the family”, who remained anonymous, says that a massage therapist arriving for an appointment first raised the alarm after not being able to gain access for an appointment on Sunday.

The therapist contacted their daughter Romy Reiner, who entered the house and found Rob Reiner’s body. The Times said that Romy “fled the house in anguish” without realising that her mother’s body was also inside, and that her roommate, who had accompanied her, called 911. Emergency responders then discovered Michele Singer Reiner’s body.