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True Crime > Saturday Morning Mystery: Huge News in Nina Reiser Murder

Software developer Hans Reiser, inventor of the ReiserFS filesystem, is getting ready to stand trial for the murder of his missing wife, Nina. The couple had been separated and were going through a divorce. Nina Reiser's body has not been found, and police can't be sure she's even dead, but her empty vehicle was found a few miles from Hans Reiser's home. She was last seen September 3, 2006. Police found blood drops containing Nina Reiser's DNA in Hans Reiser's car and home, and the passenger seat from his car is missing and unaccounted for.

Now a former boyfriend of Nina Reiser's, Sean Sturgeon, has confessed to murdering eight people. The number may be nine, but Sturgeon says the ninth person was still alive when he left him, and he's unsure if he survived.

That isn't the only creepy thing about Sturgeon. Speaking to Wired News, Sturgeon said "I will not take credit for what another has done. Let Hans take a lie-detector test about Nina." Not blame. "Credit." Creepy guy. Nina Reiser broke up with Sturgeon in December January, 2006, reportedly due to discomfort with his lifestyle and taste for sadomasochism. Sturgeon was previously Hans Reiser's financial agent, and was embroiled in a lawsuit with Reiser.

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