When former Varian engineer Wayne Cox reached out his driver-side window to push the dying Oralia Puga Ramirez, 75, and Enedina Oliva, 70 off the hood of his car, a 1994 Infiniti, did he have to roll down his window first or was it already open? I wonder, because that's a detail that matters — a detail that…
Five days before convicted murderer and former high-tech hero Hans Reiser led police to his wife's body, local writer Stephen Elliott interviewed him for Salon. Reiser defended his innocence and slammed prosecutors and witnesses. Also, he talked about S&M. What many of us still want to know: How does a convicted…
Hans Reiser, the wealthy Linux developer who has been described as "brilliant," led authorities to a location in the Oakland Hills where he said they would find the body of his ex-wife, Nina Reiser. The remains found have yet to be identified, but this confirms rumors that Reiser was looking to cut a deal,…
After two and a half days of deliberation, an Oakland jury has voted to convict Linux developer Hans Reiser of murder in the first degree in a case involving the disappearance of his ex-wife Nina Reiser, pictured here. The conviction came in the absence of a corpse — with Reiser arguing that his ex-wife had stolen…
Linux kernel contributor Hans Reiser is accused of murdering his ex-wife Nina Reiser (née Sharanova), the mother of their two children. Today in Oakland, prosecutor Paul Hora finally got a chance to cross-examine the defendant. Reiser's statements this afternoon were "evasive and confrontational" according to…
Software developer Hans Reiser, standing trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nina Reiser, yesterday told jurors he suspects she and her boyfriend stole $150,000 from Reiser's company. Reiser's defense lawyers say Nina had a sadomasochistic affair with Reiser's friend, self-described serial killer Sean Sturgeon, and…
When police began investigating software developer Hans Reiser, now standing trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nina Reiser, Reiser had a habit of bolting at the sight of television cameras. Today, Reiser finally told his side of the story, taking the witness stand to defend himself in court. Reiser told jurors he…
Hans Reiser, the open-source developer accused of murdering his estranged wife, is facing mounting circumstantial evidence that Nina Reiser, his Russian mail-order bride, did not flee to Russia as he contends. As the prosecution's testimony draws to a close, a series of witnesses have painted a portrait of a mother…
There's nothing funny about a murder trial. Unless there is. Open-source developer Hans Reiser is being tried in Oakland for the murder of his wife Nina, a mail-order bride. Reiser, who frequently argues with his own defense attorneys in court, is accused of killing his estranged wife to end a contentious divorce…
