{"id":215021,"date":"2026-01-06T13:34:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/death-row-inmate-says-he-received-emails-from-rob-michele-reiner-days-after-their-murders\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:34:22","slug":"death-row-inmate-says-he-received-emails-from-rob-michele-reiner-days-after-their-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/death-row-inmate-says-he-received-emails-from-rob-michele-reiner-days-after-their-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Row Inmate Says He Received Emails From Rob &#038; Michele Reiner Days After Their Murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Millions of fans were horrified by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/12\/romy-reiner-lived-in-fear-of-brother-nick-reiner-source-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">murders of Rob and Michele Reiner <\/a>last month.<\/p>\n<p>But one death row inmate says learning of the Reiners\u2019 deaths was particularly unnerving for him, as he knew them in real life and continued receiving emails from them days after they were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Nanon Williams is awaiting a death sentence for a murder he says he didn\u2019t commit, and he befriended the Reiners after they saw <em>Lyrics From Lockdown<\/em>, a one-man show based partially on Williams\u2019 writings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2206443831-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner attend Human Rights Campaign's 2025 Los Angeles Dinner at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.  \" class=\"wp-image-544349 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2206443831-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2206443831-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2206443831-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2206443831-2048x1402.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2206443831-960x657.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2206443831-1080x740.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2206443831-1200x822.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2206443831-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner attend Human Rights Campaign\u2019s 2025 Los Angeles Dinner at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for Human Rights Campaign)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Williams tells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/rob-reiner-michele-texas-nanon-williams-sentenced-death-rcna252305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News<\/a> that he learned of the Reiners\u2019 murders while scrolling on his prison-issued tablet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease tell me the news is lying,\u201d he promptly messaged Michele.<\/p>\n<p>He says he was shocked to receive a reply from Michele days after she was found dead.<\/p>\n<p>She explained in her message that she and Rob had recently caught a second show of <em>Lyrics From Lockdown<\/em>, this time with their close friend Billy Crystal.<\/p>\n<p>She called the performance \u201camazing\u201d and wrote, \u201cWe all said that we can\u2019t wait to watch it with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-657x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Director Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner attend the Premiere of Verticle Entertainment's &quot;Shock And Awe&quot; at The London West Hollywood on July 9, 2018 in West Hollywood, California.  \" class=\"wp-image-544348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-768x1196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-1315x2048.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-616x960.jpg 616w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-693x1080.jpg 693w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-770x1200.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-scaled.jpg 1644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-657x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Director Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner attend the Premiere of Verticle Entertainment's &quot;Shock And Awe&quot; at The London West Hollywood on July 9, 2018 in West Hollywood, California.  \" class=\"wp-image-544348 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-768x1196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-1315x2048.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-616x960.jpg 616w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-693x1080.jpg 693w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-770x1200.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-scaled.jpg 1644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-995031828-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Director Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner attend the Premiere of Verticle Entertainment\u2019s \u201cShock And Awe\u201d at The London West Hollywood on July 9, 2018 in West Hollywood, California.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So how is it possible that Williams received such a message from Michele days after her murder?<\/p>\n<p>Well, communication tends to move much more slowly behind bars, as all incoming and outgoing messages need to be monitored.<\/p>\n<p>So the Reiners wrote their final missives to Williams before their murders, but he didn\u2019t receive them until well after he had learned of their deaths.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just one more macabre detail of this shockingly grim situation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Actor\/Producer\/Director Rob Reiner (center) and wife Michele Singer (L) and son Nick Reiner (R) attend Teen Vogue's Back-to-School Saturday kick-off event at The Grove on August 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. \" class=\"wp-image-544347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-2048x1462.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-960x685.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-1080x771.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Actor\/Producer\/Director Rob Reiner (center) and wife Michele Singer (L) and son Nick Reiner (R) attend Teen Vogue's Back-to-School Saturday kick-off event at The Grove on August 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. \" class=\"wp-image-544347 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-2048x1462.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-960x685.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-1080x771.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-175894760-8-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actor\/Producer\/Director Rob Reiner (center) and wife Michele Singer (L) and son Nick Reiner (R) attend Teen Vogue\u2019s Back-to-School Saturday kick-off event at The Grove on August 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Michael Buckner\/Getty Images for Teen Vogue)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As you\u2019re probably aware by now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/12\/nick-reiner-was-entitled-jealous-of-rob-reiner-and-other-successful-family-members-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rob and Michele were found stabbed to death<\/a> in their Brentwood home on December 14.<\/p>\n<p>Their son, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/12\/nick-reiner-insanity-plea-would-not-stop-prosecutors-from-seeking-death-penalty-experts-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nick Reiner, was later arrested and charged with their murders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours earlier, the family had attended a holiday party hosted by their friend Conan O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n<p>Nick reportedly behaved erratically at the party, and other guests discussed calling 911 but ultimately decided not to.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old is currently behind bars awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/death-row-inmate-says-he-received-emails-from-rob-michele-reiner-days-after-their-murders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Millions of fans were horrified by the murders of Rob and Michele Reiner last month. But one death row inmate says learning of the Reiners\u2019 deaths was particularly unnerving for him, as he knew them in real life and continued receiving emails from them days after they were killed. 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