The Reiner family and Hollywood's finest weren't the only ones to experience an immense loss in the murders of Rob and Michele Reiner... For one death row inmate, "a part of" himself was lost. Rob and Michele's unwavering activism isn't up for debate. Beyond Rob's sprawling career as a prolific director, and beyond Michele's massive success as a photographer and producer, the couple consistently stayed dedicated to fighting injustices in the world. And their unending battle led them to cross paths with Nanon Williams, a death row inmate currently serving his 34th year in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. According to NBC News, Williams had formed a beautiful relationship with the Reiners over the past decade. At just 17 years old, Williams was involved in a Texas shooting that took the life of a 19-year-old named Adonius Collier. Alongside Vaal Guevara, Williams was put on trial in 1995 where ballistics expert Robert Baldwin claimed the bullet recovered from Collier's skull matched Williams' .25-caliber handgun - not Guevara's .22 Derringer. Guevara ultimately pleaded guilty to a drug charge and testified against Williams, and ended up receiving a 10-year sentence, for which he only served four years. Williams, on the other hand, was sentenced to death. Related: Nick Reiner's Powerhouse Lawyer Just QUIT! Williams has maintained for years that he didn't kill Collier, but was shipped off to death row nonetheless. However, three years after his conviction, the evidence used to convict Williams began crumbling. The ballistics expert wrote in a 1998 letter to the prosecutor that he'd been wrong, and that the bullet recovered from Collier's skull actually did come from Guevara's .22 Derringer. After a few more years of deliberation, a state judge requested a new trial, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected any such thing. In 2003, Williams began working on a poem called Parallel Universe in which he pondered the what ifs of life and how his life could have turned out differently. In 2005, the Supreme Court outlawed executions for crimes committed by juveniles, so Williams' sentence was reduced to life without parole. In 2013, Williams' poem premiered at the National Black Theatre in a special event called Lyrics from Lockdown. Three years after that, Rob and Michele attended the same show and became struck by Williams' words and asked to meet him. From then on, the trio began developing a tight relationship as the late couple began advocating for Williams' release. Rob and Michele would go on to virtually introduce Williams to their children Jake, Romy, and Nick, who has since been charged with their murders, and even offered the inmate a place to live if he ever got out of prison, per NBC News. Romy told the outlet Williams "became like family" and that she called him big brother. Williams remained in constant communication with the Reiners, who would frequently email him. On the Friday before their December 14 deaths, Rob and Michele attended another live reading of some of Williams' prison experience at an LA theater. They were joined by Romy and friend Billy Crystal and his wife Janice, as well as several members of Williams' family, including his mother, sister, and the woman he married from behind bars. Two days later, however, Williams' turned on his state-issued tablet and saw the report about two people being found dead in the Reiner family home. Immediately, he began writing to Michele. In an interview from behind bars, he told NBC News he wrote: "Please, this can't be true. Please tell me the news is lying." Sadly, as we all know, the tragic news turned out to be true. In prison, receiving communication from the outside world can take hours if now DAYS as each and every correspondence must be vetted. So in the days that followed Rob and Michele's deaths, Williams' received posthumous emails from them. One in particular, dated Dec. 13 at 5:26 p.m. PST, was sent to Williams from Michele after attending the Lyrics from Lockdown event. The subject line read, "Ugly Side of Beautiful." The full message went on: "I'm sure you have heard from [your wife] but the show last night was amazing. We've seen it several times but he keeps improving it and it gets better and better. He has more videos of you which are great. He's so talented. We all said that we can't wait to watch it with you. And your whole family was there, it was great. I loved your mother. She is so beautiful and I told her that she must have done something right because you turned out so well. And your sisters were there and all the kids. And Marc Howard and his girlfriend. We also brought Billy Crystal, who loved it and was so moved by it. I wrote to Ben Wolf to get more details, I'm waiting on his response." She signed off: "Hope you're doing well, love you, Michele" Williams told NBC News the Reiners were "an integral part of my life" and said "They became a part of me." He added: "Rob and Michele didn't want credit for tr