Reiser Murder Case Gets Stranger

Fahrvergnuugen writes "Wired is running a story about how an ex-lover of the missing wife of accused spouse killer Hans Reiser has confessed to killing eight people unrelated to the case. While Reiser will still stand trial for the murder, this development will undoubtedly complicate things."

just to be clear

[seanadams.com]

in case you mis-read the summary like I did at first: it was not Hans Reiser who confessed, but Sean Sturgeon, someone his wife previously dated. It is also unclear from TFA when they say "a one-time friend of Reiser's" whether they are talking about Hans or his wife.

Irrespective of whether Hans is really guilty, if this isn't enough to show a reasonable doubt I don't know what is. In light of this, it would seem quite plausible that he was framed.

Interesting tidbit at the end of TFA:According to testimony in preliminary hearings in the case, Nina Reiser had once dated Sturgeon, but broke off their relationship in January 2006 because she was unhappy with his lifestyle and taste for sadomasochism.

Sounds like they're all a bunch of real whackos!

Re:Ouch

[Danga]

So Hans Reiser is a full-blown sociopath? Goddamn. Looks like he may have killed ReiserFS, too.

If you can't even RTFA at least read the summary!

"ex-lover of the missing wife of accused spouse killer Hans Reiser has confessed to killing eight people unrelated to the case."

It is not Hans Reiser confessing to eight other killings, it is an EX LOVER of the wife who is confessing to eight other killings.

As far as ReiserFS, I don't really care if that dies since I don't use it myself. I am sure it will still be around a while though no matter what happens.

Son of a bitch

[roman_mir]

My girlfriend's sister was one of her Nina's best friends, they studied together in a medical university in St. Pitersburgh. She says Nina's parents are devasted, she was the only child.

Of-course his guilt is not proven yet. Judging from the B.S. that was happening in that house this was not a happy marriage.

Hans Reiser has not confessed to killing anybody!

[Omnifarious]

Change the wording of the article! Yes, it's from the original article. But it's very clearly misleading and needs to be changed.

Reiser and Sturgeon had some serious conflicts too

[mo]

from: http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_256204954.h tml [cbs5.com]

Apparently Sturgeon was sleeping with Reiser's wife before they finalized the divorce. Also, Reiser accused Sturgeon of trying to steal money from him, and of threatening him. So there's totally motive here for Sturgeon to frame Reiser for the murder.

Re:What are the odds?

[Anonymous Coward]

It was more than "small drops of blood". The front passenger seat in his car had been removed and hasn't been recovered yet.

Let's fix the confusing writeup

[ZackSchil]

"Wired is running a story about how Sean Sturgeon, an ex-lover of Hans Reiser's missing wife, has confessed to having killed 8 people. Hans is currently standing trial for the murder of his wife. Though the confessed murders are unrelated to the current case, this new information is sure to complicate things."

Re:Bad line wrapping!

[Anonymous Coward]

To their dubious credit, the slashdot editors just copied the line verbatim from the referred article.

Re:Bad line wrapping!

[Nutria]

Police have the ability to check bank records electoral registers criminal databases and hospital records.

Pay cash, don't vote, keep your (figurative) nose clean, and be careful.

For those of us who don't keep track...

[TravisW]

...the names of every project lead/author of every Linux project, from the Wikipedia article [wikipedia.org]:

"Hans Thomas Reiser (born December 1963) is an American computer programmer famous for his contributions to the free software community in the field of file systems. In particular he is deeply involved in the Linux kernel development with his widespread ReiserFS journaling file system and its successor Reiser4. In 1997 Reiser founded and has since headed Namesys Inc., a software company specialized in operating systems and in developing and providing support for his file systems. He is currently residing in Oakland, California. Since October 10, 2006, he is charged with the murder of his missing estranged wife, Nina Reiser, and is currently being held on remand."

Seriously, it should be no real burden for submitters or even editors to add a one-phrase or -sentence bio for players not all of us may be familiar with, so that Linux laypeople here (myself included) know why this would even be construed as "news for nerds" at all.

Re:DIg a little deeper...

[that this is not und]

Just in case you weren't aware of it, there are thousands and thousands of people who are enthusiasts of recreational 'kinky' sex including degrees of sadomasochism. And believe me, the people in that community LOATHE and DESPISE serial killers and predators in their midst. There are community codes of standard that clearly delineate ethical practices. Weird as it might seem to people who've never been exposed to these forms of sexual play, you don't tie up and torture people unwillingly if you're a healthy individual and consider it fun.

It's quite possible that Reiser and his wife enjoyed sexual play that is a little on the 'wild side.' It's also possible that through this they came into contact with this third guy Sturgeon who was a predator-intruder into the BDSM community. As such, Reiser would only be 'painted badly' by the same sort of people who want to shut down gay bathhouses and imprison all sodomites.

Just throwin' this all out for people to think about.

Re:Ya prove my point

[UncleTogie]

...And HP is getting along fine without Carly...

I wouldn't hold Fiorina up as a shining example of leadership. She pretty much singlehandedly gave HP the biggest case of corporate indigestion since AOHell/Time-Warner with Compaq, drove off a good share of the company talent pool with drama queen theatrics, and was finally thrown out of office by the board of directors...

Not something I'd care to be known for...

Re:What are the odds?

[westyx]

Like accidently hitting your nose somewhere on your car during a sudden stop. Cutting yourself on something sharp while moving heavy/awkward object into and out of a car. Having a preexisting cut and breaking the scab open doing something energetic.

Re:hmmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

You say that like you believe the cops didn't plant those things. They were under a lot of pressure to create a case against him so they did what they usually do.