ellie nesler

Ellie Nesler (1952- December 26, 2008)[1] shot and killed her son's accused molester in a courtroom Sonora, California, during the trial. She served 3 years of a 10-year sentence, and was released after an appeal based on jury misconduct. She later went back to prison after a conviction on drug charges, for which she served more than 3 years. While in prison, she developed breast cancer. She died on December 26, 2008 at age 56.

Nesler made headlines when she killed Daniel Driver, the man accused of molesting four boys (including her then 6 year old son, William) in 1993, in the Tuolumne County courthouse. She fired five shots into Driver's head, killing him instantly. In 2002, she was convicted of selling and possessing methamphetamine. She was released from a woman's facility near Chowchilla, California in 2006.

Her son, William, was convicted in 2005 of stomping to death a neighbor, David Davis, hired to clean the family's property in Sonora, California. William Nesler is serving a 25-year-to-life sentence.[1]

External links Russell Frank, "The making and unmaking of a folk hero: The Ellie Nesler story", Western Folklore magazine, summer 2000 "Son of vigilante mother now subject of California murder probe, manhunt", Associated Press, July 29, 2004 Chris Nichols, "Ellie Nesler again out of prison", Sonora Union-Democrat, June 5, 2006 [http:www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28426495/] Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_Nesler" Categories: 1952 births | 2008 deaths | Deaths from breast cancer | Vigilantes | American drug traffickers | Cancer deaths in California | American prisoners and detainees | Prisoners and detainees of California