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Nina Reiser's Mother Says Daughter Wouldn't Abandon Kids
The mother of Nina Reiser testified Wednesday that Nina wasn't the type of person who would have disappeared on her own or abandoned her two children. In her second day on the witness stand in the trial of Oakland computer engineer Hans Reiser on charges that he murdered Nina, who ...
Reiser Prosecutor Saves Victim's Mom For Last
The mother of Nina Reiser testified Monday that Nina was in love when she met and married Hans Reiser, who's now standing trial on charges he murdered her even though her body was never found. Taking the stand as the last prosecution witness in the lengthy trial of Hans Reiser, ...
Testimony: Nina Reiser's Last Calls Made To Husband
The last two phone calls that Nina Reiser made on her cell phone before she was last seen alive on Sept. 3, 2006, were to her estranged husband Hans Reiser, according to testimony at his murder trial. Verizon Wireless custodian of records Jody Citizen said Nina made a 62-second phone ...
Reiser Rebuked By Judge After Latest Outburst
Hans Reiser was rebuked by the judge in his murder trial Tuesday after he pointed at the judge and questioned the competence of his defense lawyer. In a wild session at the end of the day outside the presence of jurors, Reiser, a 44-year-old computer engineer accused of murdering his ...
Reiser's Lawyer Files For Mistrial
Upset that a judge scolded him in front of jurors, the defense lawyer for Oakland computer engineer Hans Reiser fired back Monday by filing a motion for a mistrial on the grounds that the judge's remarks were "inaccurate, intemperate and unfair." However, a hearing on the motion filed by veteran ...
Reiser Trial Expert Admits Mistake In Collecting Blood
An Oakland police DNA expert admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake in collecting a blood sample from a pillar inside the entrance to murder defendant Hans Reiser's home. Under cross-examination by Richard Tamor, one of two attorneys representing Reiser in his trial on charges that he murdered his estranged ...
Expert: Nina Reiser's Blood Found In Husband's Car, Home
Blood that very likely came from Nina Reiser was found on a pillar inside the entrance to her husband Hans Reiser's home as well as on a sleeping bag sack found in his car, a DNA expert testified at his murder trial Tuesday. Oakland police criminalist Shannon Cavness, testifying as ...
Reiser's Rent Check Deals Blow To Defense
Hans Reiser has claimed for months that his estranged wife, Nina, was not killed, she simply was in hiding. But the testimony of an Oakland police criminalist at Reiser's murder trial has cast doubt on those claims.Prosecutors were asking jurors to consider why a woman who was planning to run ...
Inmate: Reiser Showed Interest In Story On Found Body
Murder defendant Hans Reiser seemed unusually interested when a KTVU Channel 2 News program carried a story in February about a body being found in the Oakland hills, a fellow jail inmate testified Monday. Reiser, a 43-year-old computer engineer, is accused of murdering his estranged wife Nina, whose body has ...
Prosecution Attacks Defense Theory That Nina Reiser Is Still Alive
The prosecution in the murder trial of Hans Reiser presented two more witnesses Thursday aimed at undermining the defense's theory that his estranged wife Nina, who has been missing for more than 15 months, may still be alive and hiding in her native Russia. Mary Jo Williams, an agency director ...
Friend Says Reisers Argued On Day Nina Disappeared
The son of Hans and Nina Reiser said he heard his parents, who were in the midst of a bitter divorce, arguing on the day that Nina disappeared, Nina's best friend testified Wednesday. Taking the witness stand in Hans Reiser's trial on charges that he murdered his estranged wife Nina, ...
Neighbor Says Reiser Watered Driveway After Nina Disappeared
A neighbor of murder defendant Hans Reiser testified today that he thought it was strange when he spotted Reiser watering his driveway for half an hour late at night two days after Reiser's estranged wife Nina disappeared. Taking the witness stand in Reiser's trial on charges that he murdered Nina, ...
Jury Hears About Nina Reiser's Money Woes
In the midst of a bitter divorce, Nina Reiser was seriously considering filing for bankruptcy at the time she disappeared on Sept. 3, 2006, a bankruptcy attorney testified Tuesday. Taking the witness stand in Hans Reiser's trial on charges that he murdered his estranged wife Nina, who was 31 when ...
Reiser's Mom Testifies About Son's Broken Marriage
The mother of murder defendant Hans Reiser's admitted in court Tuesday that he told her in a phone call 20 days after his estranged wife Nina disappeared that he wished she had been put in jail and their two children would be better off without her. Called as a prosecution ...
Officer Says He Advised Nina Reiser To Get A Gun
A retired Oakland police officer testified Thursday that he advised Nina Reiser to get a gun to protect herself after witnessing her estranged husband's hostile behavior toward her. Taking the witness stand in Hans Reiser's trial on charges he murdered Nina Reiser, 31, who disappeared on Sept. 3, 2006, Ben ...
Reiser Complained To Official About Family Court
Alameda County Supervisor Gail Steele testified Wednesday that murder defendant Hans Reiser spoke to her numerous times before his wife disappeared about his frustrations with the county's family court system. Taking the witness stand in Reiser's trial on charges that he murdered Nina Reiser, 31, who was last seen alive ...
Nina Reiser Described As 'A Fabulous Mother'
A woman who knew Nina Reiser because their children attended the same preschool described her Monday as "a fabulous mother" to her two children in testimony at Reiser's estranged husband's murder trial.Meanwhile, the testimony of Nina Reiser's mother Irina Sharanova was delayed until later in the trial. Testifying at the ...
Reiser Rebuked After Asking To Represent Himself
Computer programmer Hans Reiser asked to be appointed co-defense counsel in his murder trial Thursday so he could ask questions of his 8-year-old son Rory but was rebuked by his attorney and the judge in his case. Immediately after Rory Reiser stepped down from the witness stand and left the ...
Reiser's Son Recalls 'Loud' Conversation On Day Mom Disappeared
Computer programmer Hans Reiser and his estranged wife Nina had a loud conversation on the day she disappeared 14 months ago, the couple's 8-year-old son said in a taped interview played Tuesday for jurors in Reiser's murder trial. In the interview with two Oakland police officers on Sept. 25, 2006, ...
Reiser's 8-Year-Old Son Takes The Stand
The young son of murder defendant Hans Reiser says he hasn't seen or heard from his mother in a year, and that makes him sad. Looking at times a bit overwhelmed by the experience, 8-year-old Rory Reiser took the witness stand Tuesday, as his father looked on anxiously from the ...
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