Aug 20, 2007 12:39 pm US/Pacific
Search Continues For Missing Bay Area Mother
MORAGA, Calif. (AP) ―
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Nina Reiser
Oakland Police Dept.
Authorities continued to search for an Oakland woman who disappeared nearly a year ago as her husband awaits trial for her murder.
Search and rescue teams combed the Oakland hills and parts of Contra Costa County Sunday for any clues in the disappearance of Nina Reiser, who disappeared last September after dropping off her children at the house of Hans Reiser, her estranged husband. Authorities called the search routine and said it was not based on any new tips in the case.
The Reisers were in a custody dispute over their two young children, a son and a daughter, when Nina Reiser disappeared. Her minivan was found abandoned on Sept. 3 with groceries and purse still inside.
Although prosecutors have not found Nina Reiser's body, they say physical evidence implicates Hans Reiser, a prominent software engineer, in his wife's death. Defense attorneys say Hans Reiser does not know his wife's whereabouts and has suggested she's alive in Russia, her native country.
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