Rob Reiner's son describes devastating moment he learned both parents were dead: 'My living nightmare'

In a deeply personal tribute, Jake Reiner painted a portrait of devoted parents whose lives and futures were "ripped away" when they were murdered.

"The 45-minute Lyft ride from downtown to the west side was unendurable," he added. "My world, as I knew it, had collapsed. I was in a trance. The only thing I could focus on was that I needed to get to my childhood home. I needed to get to my sister. I needed to figure out what the hell just happened."

"Both victims were found in the master bedroom of the area of the home." Officers then conducted a "thorough search" of the home and found no additional victims or suspects at the residence.

In his Substack post, Jake addressed the added trauma of his brother's alleged role in the killings.

"We lost more than half of our family that night in the most violent way imaginable. Sure, any loss of a parent is devastating, but nothing compares to losing both of them at the same time and, on top of that, having your brother be at the center of it," he wrote. "It's almost too impossible to process.

"I understand that people have questions about what happened," he added. "Some of those answers will come in time. But some parts of this belong only to our family, and keeping them private is the only way to protect what little remains of something that was taken from us."

For Jake, the loss of Rob and Michele has consumed nearly every moment of his life.

"When you are not living through a tragedy the specific way Romy and I are, it's hard to wrap your head around just how horrific this has been," he wrote. "Because they weren't your parents, it might be easier to move forward or even forget for a moment about what happened that day, but for us, it's every single day.

"Every day since then has been horrendous," he added. "Every meeting we take, every person we talk to, every tear we shed, every movement we make is connected to our parents being murdered. In the middle of trying to process the most devastating moment of your life, the world demands meetings, paperwork, decisions, and explanations; as if documentation must come before mourning."