There are reports the Reiners had a big blowup argument with their troubled son Nick Saturday night at Conan Obrien's Christmas party. He may have been using again. They may have wanted him to go to a treatment facility and he may have wanted to do treatment while living at home. Their necks were slashed at home sometime after that party and 3:30 the next afternoon.
In prior interviews around the time of the semi-autobiographical "Being Charlie" the Reiners spoke about 'mistakes' they made not listening to their son about not wanting to do treatment; they believed the professionals because they had degrees; the professionals told them they were enabling the son, etc.
This breaks my heart. If any of you have had a child that's seriously troubled you know how brutally hard this whole situation is. If your kid's bigger problems have been getting a C+ on a test or staying out past curfew…count your blessings.