“A former lover of the missing wife of Linux programmer and
accused spouse killer Hans Reiser has confessed to killing eight
people unrelated to the case, prosecutors informed the defense last
week.“Sean Sturgeon, a one-time friend of Reiser’s, had already been
a focus of the defense team’s efforts to shift suspicion off Reiser
in the disappearance of his estranged wife, Nina Reiser. Sturgeon’s
alleged confession to a series of unrelated murders will likely
complicate the trial, which is set to begin Monday…”