A new article today but nothing really new:
ORLOFF ADMITS IT'S UNUSUAL TO CHARGE MURDER WITH NO BODY
10/16/06 7:00 PDT
OAKLAND (BCN) Bay City News Service
"Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff admitted today that, "it's not the norm" to prosecute someone on murder charges in a case where a body hasn't been found, but he said such cases do happen."
"Assistant District Attorney Jon Goodfellow today recalled prosecuting Peter McFetridge in 1988 on charges of murdering his girlfriend in August of 1985 even though her body hadn't been found." Article goes on to describe the McFetridge case.
"Reiser, who was arraigned on Thursday, isn't due back in court until Nov. 28, when he's scheduled to enter a plea.
"We really need to see all the scientific evidence and there are a bunch of legal issues," Horowitz said.
Reiser is being held without bail at the Alameda County jail in Dublin.
Horowitz said Reiser, who ran a company called Namesys Inc. out of his home, is soliciting funds to help him complete Reiser4, a computer coding system."
It is the last sentence of this article that piques my interest. First of all, from the very first time I heard about this case, I have felt that the husband did it. Now, I know, we mustn't jump to conclusions, rush to judgement, etc., etc., and usually I don't. Probably the main reason I felt this is because it was reported "But other neighbors say they saw him spraying water off of something in the driveway for half-an-hour shortly after Nina went missing. And they say his beat-up car disappeared shortly after Nina disappeared, and his mother rented a car so Hans could drive hers.."
from a September 14 KGO TV report as well as Woman Missing; Husband's Home Searched
The image on TV of the area where the car had been and the neighbors saw him spraying water in the driveway became embedded in my brain. Other than that, I really didn't think about the whole thing much. I was in Oakland a couple of weeks ago, in a neighborhood that I have since come to realize is very close to where Nina Reiser was living. I saw a missing poster for her, and the friend I was with said, "What do you think? I think he did it." And, I agreed. So, when Hans was arrested, I just felt it was about time.
To answer Jacobi, the weird relationship with his mother doesn't have as much to do with the fact that he is living with her now as it has to do with some of their joint art projects they had done in the past. It was really just a 'hit' that I got. I think there is more to it than meets the eye.
I listened to the audio interview and have read other interviews and some of his posts on boards that have to do with the stuff he designs. The thing I keep 'seeing' is a preoccupation with making money. And, therein lies the answer to what I think happened. The divorce was acrimonious mostly because of him, from what I can tell. He had been sued by a former partner who he in turn alleged had drugged his wife and all that rubbish.
He was paying $8,000 a month in child support. He was trying to get the next version of his FS going. Some noises were being made about some companies not staying with the ReiserFS. And now, this article where Horowitz says (Reiser) "is soliciting funds to help him complete Reiser4 ..."
I think the possible pending financial collapse had simply become too much for him and his solution was to rid himself of the person he perceived to be standing in his way, his wife Nina. Now, where did he put her?
ORLOFF ADMITS IT'S UNUSUAL TO CHARGE MURDER WITH NO BODY
10/16/06 7:00 PDT
OAKLAND (BCN) Bay City News Service
"Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff admitted today that, "it's not the norm" to prosecute someone on murder charges in a case where a body hasn't been found, but he said such cases do happen."
"Assistant District Attorney Jon Goodfellow today recalled prosecuting Peter McFetridge in 1988 on charges of murdering his girlfriend in August of 1985 even though her body hadn't been found." Article goes on to describe the McFetridge case.
"Reiser, who was arraigned on Thursday, isn't due back in court until Nov. 28, when he's scheduled to enter a plea.
"We really need to see all the scientific evidence and there are a bunch of legal issues," Horowitz said.
Reiser is being held without bail at the Alameda County jail in Dublin.
Horowitz said Reiser, who ran a company called Namesys Inc. out of his home, is soliciting funds to help him complete Reiser4, a computer coding system."
It is the last sentence of this article that piques my interest. First of all, from the very first time I heard about this case, I have felt that the husband did it. Now, I know, we mustn't jump to conclusions, rush to judgement, etc., etc., and usually I don't. Probably the main reason I felt this is because it was reported "But other neighbors say they saw him spraying water off of something in the driveway for half-an-hour shortly after Nina went missing. And they say his beat-up car disappeared shortly after Nina disappeared, and his mother rented a car so Hans could drive hers.."
from a September 14 KGO TV report as well as Woman Missing; Husband's Home Searched
The image on TV of the area where the car had been and the neighbors saw him spraying water in the driveway became embedded in my brain. Other than that, I really didn't think about the whole thing much. I was in Oakland a couple of weeks ago, in a neighborhood that I have since come to realize is very close to where Nina Reiser was living. I saw a missing poster for her, and the friend I was with said, "What do you think? I think he did it." And, I agreed. So, when Hans was arrested, I just felt it was about time.
To answer Jacobi, the weird relationship with his mother doesn't have as much to do with the fact that he is living with her now as it has to do with some of their joint art projects they had done in the past. It was really just a 'hit' that I got. I think there is more to it than meets the eye.
I listened to the audio interview and have read other interviews and some of his posts on boards that have to do with the stuff he designs. The thing I keep 'seeing' is a preoccupation with making money. And, therein lies the answer to what I think happened. The divorce was acrimonious mostly because of him, from what I can tell. He had been sued by a former partner who he in turn alleged had drugged his wife and all that rubbish.
He was paying $8,000 a month in child support. He was trying to get the next version of his FS going. Some noises were being made about some companies not staying with the ReiserFS. And now, this article where Horowitz says (Reiser) "is soliciting funds to help him complete Reiser4 ..."
I think the possible pending financial collapse had simply become too much for him and his solution was to rid himself of the person he perceived to be standing in his way, his wife Nina. Now, where did he put her?
