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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."
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!
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.
Hey, there is only one Return and it's not of the King, it's of the Jedi.
Change the wording of the article! Yes, it's from the original article. But it's very clearly misleading and needs to be changed.
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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.
It was more than "small drops of blood". The front passenger seat in his car had been removed and hasn't been recovered yet.
"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."
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.