Elena Starr Nesler (August 2, 1952 – December 26, 2008) [1] was an American woman known for shooting and killing Daniel Mark Driver in a courtroom on April 2, 1993, after Driver had been accused of molesting her son.

Dec 30, 2008 · Ellie Nesler, the mother who took the law into her own hands in a Northern California courtroom by shooting to death the man who allegedly molested her young son, has died. She was 56. Nesler...

Dec 29, 2008 · FRESNO, Calif. – Ellie Nesler, who sparked a national debate about vigilantism after killing her son's accused molester in a courtroom in 1993, has died of cancer. She was 56. Nesler died Friday...

Dec 30, 2008 · Nesler, who died Friday, gained international notoriety in 1993 when she took a .25-caliber pistol into a Tuolumne County courtroom and put five bullets in the head and body of a man accused of...

Oct 18, 2010 · On April 2, 1993, Ellie Nesler, a single mother seeking justice, shot and killed her son's accused rapist in the courtroom. Some hailed Ellie as a hero...but that didn't help her case. She was charged with voluntary manslaughter and convicted.

Dec 29, 2008 · FRESNO, Calif. — Ellie Nesler, who sparked a national debate about vigilantism after killing her son’s accused molester in a courtroom in 1993, died Friday of cancer in Sacramento. She was 56....

Fact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she learned molested her 7 year old son. Seeking revenge, she turns to murder when she learns the man had previously been convicted of the same crime in 1983 and got off with probation. — John Sacksteder <[email protected]>

Dec 30, 2008 · Ellie Nesler, who sparked a national debate about vigilantism after killing her son's accused molester in a courtroom in 1993, has died of cancer. She was 56. Nesler died Friday morning at UC...

This episode of History Hunters takes you to Tuolumne and Calaveras counties to tell the now-forgotten story of how one vigilante mom took drastic measures t...

Apr 4, 1993 · The woman, Ellie Nesler, 40, was being led to the witness stand after a recess in a preliminary hearing for Daniel Driver, 35, when she pulled out a small handgun.