Obamas were supposed to meet Rob and Michele Reiner on night of their deaths

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Michelle Obama said that she and her husband Barack were due to meet Rob and Michele Reiner the same day that the couple were found dead.

Obama was speaking on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday and told Kimmel: “We were supposed to be seeing them that night – last night.” Obama did not clarify what their plans had been, but the Reiners are known to have attended a Christmas party hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien on Saturday along with their son Nick, who has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Rob and Michele Reiner’s bodies were discovered with stab wounds in their home in Brentwood in Los Angeles at 3.30pm local time on Sunday, and the Los Angeles police department (LAPD) said that officers from the robbery homicide division “determined that the Reiners were the victims of homicide”. Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested around 9.15pm the same day, and remains in custody without bail.