Betrayal

A Computer Genius, His Russian Bride, The KGB, Intrigue And Murder

(CBS) 

Nina had visited the United States as a teenager and had always dreamed of living there. So when Hans Reiser invited her to Oakland, Nina readily agreed. Within a month, she announced she was pregnant.

The news raises a red flag with Hans’ father, Ramon, who thinks the pregnancy was planned.

Ramon demands to know more about this new woman from Russia. "So I said, 'What are her strong points?' And he said, 'Well, she's widely read. She's had the discipline to be a doctor. She's fairly quick. But compared to the girls I've known, she's very shallow.' And I said, 'Do not marry her.'"

Hans ignores his father and married Nina in 1999, when she was five months pregnant with their son, Rory.

Nina takes it all in stride. Life was good and getting better as Hans' company and his reputation grew. Even the U.S. Department of Defense came calling; Josh Davis says Hans received a $600,000 grant, which financed him for a while.

With Hans a computer star and Nina studying for her U.S. medical license, the couple seemed to have it all. They even had a second child, a daughter named Nio.

But by 2001, after Nio was born, Hans began spending more and more time in Russia building up his business. Nina, meanwhile, was back in Oakland.

Ellen says Nina felt abandoned. "She was very upset and, of course, she would cry sometimes."

"I sent him two books, 'Dummies Guide to Better Communication Between Couples' and 'Dummies Guide to Divorce.' And I said, 'Hans, you're gonna need one of these books. You choose,'" Sean remembers.

Sean says Hans asked him to look after Nina for a while - but "looking after" became something more romantic. Sean admits he made the first pass.

"The thing is, if it was just about sex, I never would've done anything. 'Cause it wasn’t about sex at all. I have plenty of sex. I can get sex anywhere, almost any time," he says. "It wasn’t that I was just, you know, 'I’m gonna hit on my best friend’s wife.'"

Sean says Hans found out about the relationship when they told him.

Not surprisingly, soon afterward, Hans and Nina separated. In 2004, Nina filed for divorce and custody of the children. Hans was crushed.

Hans and Nina were in and out of court, arguing bitterly about how the children were being raised.

Hans withheld child support payments and eventually owed Nina more than $12,000. Then came that Sunday in September 2006, when Nina had made dinner plans with Ellen.

Nina took the children to Hans' house, but what happened next was a mystery.

"I called her every half hour after that. Then at 9:30, her phone went straight into the voice mail," Ellen remembers. "I thought maybe something has happened to her, but I believed she was alive."

Speaking in her native Russian, Ellen left repeated messages for Nina all Sunday night and into Monday, Labor Day 2006. Nina had vanished.

[314Diva]

you can't predict what is in a persons heart....and you'll never know what will push anyone to kill....

[jbrauthor]

The sad moral to this story is as follows. Men bring an insane phsycial passion for the woman they marry or live with, and once that man's feelings and/or love is betrayed, that love and passion turns to the same level of hate. If I was 2/3 the size of a man, and only 2/3 strong as a man I certainly would not want to test his temperment by openly betraying him. Nina played an extremely dangerous game. She not only betrayed him, but then wanted full custody of the kids which only made Hans more angry.

[proveit2]

Insane? Pretend you''re him. Your best buddy marries this great lady and doesn''t treat her so good. You try to help and wind up in love with her. She files for divorce and wants to marry you, but she''s scared of losing the kids so she drops you for someone he might hate less. Then she disappears. You guess the worst. You know your old buddy''s smart, and he''s gonna try to pin it on you. You''re told you have to testify. You want to be left alone, but no chance. Your phone rings all day and all night, it''s driving you
insane?

[jbrauthor]

Surely, you jest by calling Nina a great lady. She betrays one husband, and them marries and stays with another husband who is a sado-maschchist. She had enough money coming in that she didn't have to be desperate and marry the first rich guy she met. She had less substance than the man who killed her.

[proveit2]

Insane? Think about it. You grow up with a guy, he''s like your brother, but he''s a jerk. He marries this wonderful woman. He makes the wedding a joke and asks you to help. He doesn''t treat her so good. You try to help and wind up in love with each other. She files for divorce.

Your old buddy now hates you. He''ll never accept you raising his kids. She''s so scared of losing them she hooks up with another guy that hubby might not hate so much.

Then she disappears. You know in your gut he killed her. You''re a wreck. You know how smart he is. He''s going to try to pin it on you. They want you to testify. You want to be left alone, but that''s not going to happen. Your phone rings all day and all night. The whole thing is driving you

Insane?

[carolcape]

This man is definitely a cold blooded killer. Just so cold that he murdered the mother of his children while they were in the house. He gives me the chills watching him and especially when he spoke in the courtroom. I think he is still a dangerous man. The other man that she went out with, creepy. He is actually a madman. I can see why he would be a suspect also. She must have been scared of him, I think. Why do these women always put themselves in danger. She was afraid of him, so why go to a secluded place with her kids. This madman would find a way to kill you, because he is desperate to do so. It happens time and again, just go over some of the 48 hour cases and it is a repeat. The guy that said he killed 7.5 people, a madman and he could have. Did you see his eyes, creepy ,creepy, creepy. Her husband is just where he should be, behind bars.

[jbrauthor]

Nina used awfully poor judgement with the men that she chose to be with. She should have put her kids first instead of looking for a rich meal ticket. She didn't need a meal ticket, she was going to make good money as a Doctor.

[roscoezzz]

This guy planned it. If he got caught he would make a plea deal to show the prosecutors where his ex-wife''s body was. It worked. He got a second degree conviction instead of first degree.
But, in time this guy is going to pay for what he did. What gets me is, if he was such a Genius. Why did he take the witness stand? He made a fool of himself. That spelled guilty right there.
That poor Russian woman. These American men she went with were sick and demented. The supposed best friend was just insane. Insane!

[jbrauthor]

Juries always want to her from the accussed, especially in a ambiguous case. His testimony did not convict, but his son's testimony did. Nina was a Doctor, who should have stuck to being a doctor and mother instead of trying to find a rich
American husband. if a woman betrays one man, she will certainly betray another. She played a most dangerous game and payed for it with her life.