Ellie Nesler's Son Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
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Son of Vigilante Killer Guilty of Murder
SONORA, Calif. (AP) - A young man whose vigilante mother gunned down his
alleged boyhood molester in court 12 years ago was convicted of first-degree
murder Monday for fatally stomping a man hired to clean up his family's
blighted property.
Willie Nesler, 23, was found guilty of killing David Davis in July, an hour
after being released from jail for previously beating him. Nesler blamed
Davis for stealing and was angry that squatters were living in the weathered
trailers on the lot, lawyers said.
He faces a sentence of 25 years to life when sentenced June 20. The verdict
came in the same Tuolumne County courthouse where his mother, Ellie Nesler,
was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting his alleged molester in a
Jamestown courtroom in 1993.
That killing gained notoriety when she shot Daniel Driver five times in the
head during a break in his preliminary hearing on charges of molesting four
boys, including her son.
Ellie Nesler was freed after serving three years of a 10-year sentence when
her conviction was overturned. She is currently serving six years in prison
on a drug conviction.
After his mother was sent to prison for the courthouse shooting, Willie
Nesler had several run-ins with the law as a teenager and was arrested
numerous times as an adult.
Davis' mother, Rita Brown, said she was satisfied with the verdict. She said
her son was a kindhearted man and she wants Nesler to know what he has done
to her family.
``Why, why did he have to do this?'' she said.
tiny dancer
Son of vigilante killer convicted of Sonora murder
Monday, May 23, 2005
(05-23) 17:33 PDT Sonora, Calif. (AP) --
The son of a vigilante mother who gunned down his alleged molester in court
12 years ago was convicted of first-degree murder Monday for fatally
stomping a man hired to clean up his family's blighted property.
Willie Nesler, 23, was found guilty of killing David Davis July 25 - an hour
after being released from jail for previously beating him. Nesler blamed
Davis for stealing and was angry that squatters were living in the weathered
trailers on the one-acre lot, lawyers said.
He faces a sentence of 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced June
20 in Tuolumne County Superior Court. He wore the same black shirt and stoic
look he had throughout the seven-day trial, but he had shaved his head over
the weekend.
The verdict came in the same courthouse where his mother, Ellie Nesler, was
convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting his alleged molester in a
Jamestown courtroom in 1993.
That killing gained worldwide notoriety when she shot Daniel Driver five
times in the head during a break in his preliminary hearing on charges of
molesting four boys, including Willie Nesler. Many supporters applauded her
vengeance while others condemned her for taking the law into her own hands.
Ellie Nesler was freed after serving three years of a 10-year sentence when
her conviction was overturned because of juror misconduct. She is currently
serving six years in prison on a drug conviction.
After his mother was sent to prison for the courthouse shooting, Willie
Nesler had several run-ins with the law as a teenager.
He was arrested as an adult on 18 violations, but none involved violence
until last June when he punched and kicked Davis in front of deputies who
were called out to the run-down property to resolve a dispute over stolen
tools.
As he was being led away, he remarked to officers that he should have killed
Davis. He later was caught on tape-recorded phone calls from the county jail
telling friends and an aunt that he would kill Davis when he was freed.
He didn't wait more than an hour before making good on that promise when he
was released the morning of July 25 - his birthday, prosecutor Eric Hovatter
said.
A friend, Dean Dee Phillips, drove him to the property, where Nesler kicked
in the door of Davis' trailer, tossed him in the dirt and stomped on him.
Davis died the following day from his injuries.
Phillips, 39, drove Nesler from the scene. Nesler evaded an 11-day manhunt
in the Sierra Nevada foothills until surrendering to a Sacramento bounty
hunter.
Phillips was convicted as an accessory to the killing. He also faces a
sentence of 25 years-to-life in prison because it's his third felony
conviction.
Davis' mother, Rita Brown, said she was satisfied with the verdict and would
attend the sentencing next month. She said her son was a kindhearted man and
wants Nesler to know what he has done to her family.
"Why, why did he have to do this?" she said.
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Uncle Buck
<tinyd...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>Man, the whole family could have benefited with some anger management
>classes.
I wonder what, if anything, "went" wrong. Or were they already trash
to begin with, and they just happened to live through an ordeal that
garnered them a lot of sympathy? I was one of those who was glad to
hear what she did to Driver, but everything I've read since then tells
me they're not such wonderful people, either.
--
L8r,
Uncle Buck
freddy
guy. If it was a black or a jew she killed she would have gotten life
and the guy would have been ranked up there with Emmet Till. Anyway,
Willie has his old job back for life-probably will enjoy the work-on
his knees and bending over.
Michael Snyder
Hmmm???
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<tinyd...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>Man, the whole family could have benefited with some anger management
>classes.
>
>
>Son of Vigilante Killer Guilty of Murder
LMAO! Anger management classes. Who DIDN'T see this coming? This
kid was a time bomb waiting to go off. He was a guided missile of
death.
I'm sure some here will blame his mother, and sure, she could have
done a lot better with him had she not been a junky, but she got one
thing right. She offed that fucker who molested her kid.
The molester is the one to blame here. Willie is going to have to do
his time, but at least his mom already executed the instigator of this
whole thing.
--
Scorp
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Posted on Mon, Jun. 20, 2005
Son of vigilante killer sentenced to 25 years for beating death
Associated Press
SONORA, Calif. - The son of a woman who shot his alleged molester to
death a dozen years ago was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life in
prison for killing a man who had been hired to clean up his family's
blighted property.
Willie Nesler, 23, was convicted last month of beating and stomping
David Davis to death last July 25, an hour after Nesler was released
from jail for beating Davis on a previous occasion. Nesler had accused
Davis of stealing and allowing squatters to settle on the Neslers'
one-acre lot.
Tuolumne County Superior Court Judge Eric DuTemple also sentenced
Nesler to three years in prison for a probation violation.
Deputy District Attorney Eric Hovatter said Nesler would have to serve
the three-year sentence before beginning the 25-year-to-life term for
killing Davis.
Nesler was convicted in the same Sonora courtroom where his mother,
Ellie Nesler, was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting Daniel
Driver to death in 1993. Driver was shot five times in the head during
a break in a preliminary hearing on charges that he had molested four
boys, including Willie Nesler.
Ellie Nesler served three years of a 10-year sentence before her
conviction was overturned because of juror misconduct. She's currently
serving six years in prison on a drug conviction.
In a rambling statement after sentencing, Willie Nesler was
unrepentant. "I've done a lot of bad things in my life...," he told
DuTemple. "But I feel I have been railroaded" by the criminal justice
system.
"David Davis, I didn't know the man," he added. "He's dead now. That's
all I really have to say about him."
He also told the court, "I'll see you guys back when I have my appeal."
Davis' mother, Rita Brown, said the killing of her son had meant agony
for her family.
"My life will never be the same," she said. "The sheer terror he must
have felt falling to the ground is almost impossible for me to bear."
A friend of Nesler, Dean Dee Phillips, who drove him to Davis' trailer,
was convicted of being an accessory to the killing. He also was
sentenced to 25 years to life because it was his third felony
conviction
carol joan
as a victim i was by him that he would kill my mother and my sister and i would live with him. i was 9 when it happened and i did not tell until i was in my early 20s.
i actually believe the little boy.
that doesnt make killing anyone less of a crime.
but i can see why a mom would do such a thing. to say that the little boy learned how to kill from his mom is beyond horrid. the little boy developed anger as a child and it grew with age. that anger was not based upon what his mom did it was based upon the anger in his own heart and mind.
i have anger issues but i am not going to kill anyone.
i pray for all of those who condemn the son based upon the mom. a son does not kill because his mother does. if so we would have far more murders than we do.
