Hans Reiser May Reveal Location of his Wife's Body

Alameda County District Attorney Thomas Orloff suggested that Hans Reiser might tell police where the body of his estranged wife is. He faces a 25 year to live prison term, and this is one of the few options he has to negotiate a reduced sentence. Last month a jury found Reiser guilty of killing his wife, who disappeared in September 2006. Reiser maintained that his wife went back to her native Russia after being accused of embezzling money from his company. According to the rumors Reiser's cooperation in locating the body may reduce his conviction from first-degree murder to second degree.

The trial has delayed the work on ReiserFS 4, the latest version of the Linux file systems designed by Hans Reiser. Given that there are competing files system available for Linux, this could mean the end of ReiserFS 4. However, many Linux experts are still hopeful that RFS 4 will survive in one form or another, since it has some distinct advantages. Read more...