Tanya Brown — whose sister, Nicole Brown, was slain in 1994 — opened as much as TMZ in regards to the eerie similarities between Rob and Michele Reiner‘s killings and the brutal homicide of her sister, which sparked the notorious O.J. Simpson homicide trial.
Tanya tells TMZ … she noticed the phrases “murder in Brentwood” posted on social media Sunday night time, which understandably conjured up outdated, horrible reminiscences.
As we reported … Rob and his spouse have been discovered Sunday with their throats slit inside their Brentwood, California dwelling.
Tanya stated, “The story is very triggering — beyond triggering. I’ve shed a lot of tears … it’s very personal to me.”
Keep in mind … Nicole additionally lived in Brentwood and was viciously stabbed to dying outdoors her dwelling 29 years in the past in a double murder that included restaurant server Ron Goldman.
She continued … “When I heard it was a stabbing, it brought me back to that time of O.J. killing my sister and Ron.”
Whereas nobody was ever criminally convicted in Nicole and Ron’s murders, Tanya says she hopes the Reiner household will get justice and “the person responsible doesn’t get away with it.”
“But I hope the person also gets rehabilitated while incarcerated,” she stated. “It makes me sad for the family, I feel for them. This didn’t need to happen.”
Rob and Michele’s 32-year-old son Nick is presently in police custody, being held with out bail on suspicion of murdering them.