39 Facts About Hans Reiser

Hans Thomas Reiser was born on December 19,1963 and is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer.

Hans Reiser subsequently pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder, as part of a settlement agreement that included disclosing the location of Nina Reiser's body, which he revealed to be in a shallow grave near the couple's home.

Hans Thomas Reiser was born in Oakland, California to Ramon and Beverly Reiser and grew up in the same city.

Hans Reiser dropped out of junior high school when he was 13 because of his disdain for what he considered an overly rigid, conventional schooling system, and for constantly being ridiculed and bullied by his peers.

Hans Reiser has stated in interviews that, at the age of 15, he was accepted into the University of California, Berkeley.

Hans Reiser attended the university off and on until he received a BS in computer science in 1992 at age 28.

Hans Reiser worked part- to full-time in the computer field while founding the California-based software company Namesys.

On December 21,2006, Hans Reiser announced that he was selling the company to raise money for his increasing legal fees.

In 1998, while working in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Hans Reiser reportedly selected a Russian woman from a mail-order bride catalog and arranged to meet her.

Hans Reiser subsequently married Nina Sharanova who had joined the other woman on the date with Reiser as an interpreter.

Nina Hans Reiser filed for divorce three months later, citing irreconcilable differences and alleging that their children "hardly know their father" because he was out of the country on business for most of the year, according to court records.

Hans Reiser was granted sole legal custody of the children and shared physical custody of them with her husband.

Hans Reiser dropped the temporary restraining order in late 2005 because the heat of the divorce had chilled over time.

In exchange, Hans Reiser agreed to be bound by a one-year civil restraining order which prohibited him from "contacting, harassing or disturbing the peace" of Nina Hans Reiser at her home or place of work and ordered him to stay at least 100 yards away from her.

Defense lawyer William DuBois later said that Hans Reiser alleged that Nina Reiser was fabricating illnesses in the children.

Hans Reiser put her body into a duffel bag, moved it into his car at night, drove it to an isolated area and buried it over the course of two nights.

Hans Reiser failed to meet her best friend at her house later that evening.

Later that month, Oakland police briefly detained Hans Reiser, served him with a search warrant on his person, and obtained a DNA sample.

Police announced that they were now treating the disappearance as a homicide case, and Hans Reiser was arrested for the murder of Nina Hans Reiser and subsequently charged.

Namesys's employees stated that Hans Reiser felt that the police would suspect him from the start.

The preliminary hearing opened on December 11,2006, with Hans Reiser being represented by attorney William Du Bois.

Guerrero said that Hans Reiser walked around the area furtively, occasionally stopping to look in all directions, and eventually got into a 1988 Honda CRX which was parked on Acton Street near Carleton Street.

On February 22,2007, the closing arguments were postponed until March 9 as Hans Reiser's attorney was involved with an unrelated trial that was running longer than expected.

On March 23,2007, Reiser pleaded not guilty before Judge C Don Clay.

Shortly after, the court learned of a complication in the trial regarding a former friend of Hans Reiser named Sean Sturgeon.

Sturgeon, who had previously dated Nina Hans Reiser, was claiming to be responsible for eight murders and possibly a ninth.

Hans Reiser vigorously denied responsibility for the murder throughout the trial.

When Hans Reiser testified in his own defense, his implausible claims and erratic behavior in the courtroom largely undermined his claim of innocence.

On Monday, April 28,2008, Hans Reiser was found guilty of first degree murder.

Prosecutors agreed to a deal whereby Hans Reiser would reveal the location of Nina Hans Reiser's body in exchange for pleading guilty to second-degree murder.

On Monday, July 7,2008, Hans Reiser led police to Nina's shallow grave in the Oakland Hills.

Ersie Joyner recalled that Hans Reiser led them directly to the exact site, without any hesitation or confusion.

On September 5,2008, Hans Reiser arrived at San Quentin State Prison to begin his sentence.

Hans Reiser tried to appeal his second-degree murder conviction on October 30,2008.

On January 10,2009, it was reported that Hans Reiser was recovering after having been beaten by several prisoners.

Hans Reiser claimed, among other things, that his attorney had conspired with the judge to file motions against him, which were impossible to appeal, and that his attorney had forced him to take the stand against his will.

Hans Reiser argued that he had not received access to the prison law library and that he had been denied the appointment of an attorney to help him formulate his complaint.

Hans Reiser acted as his own attorney during the trial and tried to argue that he killed his wife to protect their children.

The book was adapted as the 2016 film The Adderall Diaries, in which Hans Reiser is portrayed by Christian Slater.