Rob Reiner & Michele Were Dead for Hours Before Gruesome Discovery

As Nick Reiner prepares to make his first court look … TMZ has realized Rob and Michele had been lifeless for a while earlier than their daughter made the grisly discovery Sunday.

Law enforcement sources inform TMZ … When police arrived on the scene Sunday afternoon round 3:40 PM, rigor mortis appeared to have set in Rob and Michele’s our bodies — which means that they had been deceased for hours earlier than their daughter Romy arrived.

Romy arrived on the home and located the our bodies … then known as police, earlier than calling longtime household buddy Billy Crystal.

Police interviewed Romy on the scene, who by then was joined by a feminine buddy … and we hear she informed officers her brother Nick was “dangerous.” We’re informed she additionally stated that Nick was dwelling on the home — however he was not there when she arrived, insinuating he fled the scene.

Sources inform us … the scene was one thing out of a nightmare — with the our bodies butchered … the devastation was described because the actions of a “mad man.”