Posted on 07/07/2008 8:11:38 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Software programmer Hans Reiser on Monday led authorities to the body of his missing wife off a hiking trail in the Oakland hills not far from his home, sources confirmed.
Authorities declined to make any official comment on the discovery of the body, which was believed to have been in some sort of a bag and possibly buried.
Reiser, accompanied by his attorney William Du Bois, led Oakland Police and Alameda County District Attorney's officials to the body early Monday afternoon.
The body was down a steep hillside that runs next to a hiking trail in the 8200 block of Skyline Boulevard. That location is just a few miles from where Reiser lived.
Just before 6 p.m. prosecutor Paul Hora arrived on the scene and was taken to the gravesite.
Reiser was convicted in the death of his estranged wife in April and is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday. He faces 25 years to life in prison.
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Not to worry — he will get off with a few years probably. What better place to kill a bunch of people, than California? Our prison death rows have inmates of 25 years and more....all courtesy of liberal nutcase judges and of course, the TAXPAYER.
Reiser reveals body’s location in exchange for lighter sentence
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/07/BAN011LDR8.DTL&type=newsbayarea
Henry K. Lee,Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writers
Monday, July 7, 2008
Oakland — Convicted killer Hans Reiser led police Monday to what he said was the body of his wife in the Oakland hills, just two days before he was to be sentenced for first-degree murder, authorities said.
Reiser, who had proclaimed his innocence from the day his estranged wife, Nina, was last seen in September 2006, agreed to reveal the location of her body in exchange for a deal in which he would be sentenced for second-degree murder rather than the first-degree murder conviction a jury returned against him in April, according to officials with knowledge of the case.
The maximum sentence Reiser could receive for second-degree murder is 15 years to life. Reiser had faced a term of 25 years to life under his first-degree murder conviction.
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It takes about a minute to drive from Hans Reiser’s home to where the body was found Monday. Prosecutors said Reiser had abandoned his wife’s Honda Odyssey minivan on a street near Highway 13 and hid the CRX from police in a similar fashion on another street near the highway.
An inmate at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin testified during the murder trial that Reiser raced to a television set when a news report came on in February 2007 about a body being found in the Oakland hills. Reiser was visibly relieved when the reporter said the body was that of a black man, the inmate testified.
The man killed his wife. He should spend forever in prison. I don’t know where anyone got the idea a murderer should ever see the light of day again.
The thought that they may give him a lighter sentence for finding her body is sickening. Having the body is good but punishing the murderer is more important.
They should take him out and execute him pronto. The world would be a safer place.
Another Plea Bargain!
From a coworker responding to the article:
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Look carefully.
Reiser has a very unique feature...
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_file_systems&oldid=220529437#Features
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
RIP.
Too bad another headline doesn’t read like this: body of man found in Big Sur fire...body believed to be that of Hans Reiser. Also found was a melted shovel
Depends on the perspective. To her her friends and family she was missing but you’re right, to her killer husband she was not missing but hidden from others.
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