
When Nick Reiner appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom this week to face charges in the stabbing deaths of his parents, many viewers fixated on one striking detail. Reiner was spotted wearing a blue garment instead of standard jail clothing.
The sleeveless vest-like outfit, visible in courtroom sketches, was an anti-suicide smock, a signal that authorities have placed the 32-year-old on suicide watch as his case moves through its earliest stages.