She took the law into her own hands. A mother took revenge on her daughter’s killer in the middle of the courtroom.

The defense argued that Grabowski was in a state of “serious emotional distress” and therefore cannot be held responsible for his actions. And he needs treatment. The defendant himself mocked Marianne, repeatedly saying that her seven-year-old daughter had seduced him.

On March 6, 1981, the third day of the trial, Marianne Bachmeier smuggled a .22-caliber Beretta pistol into the courtroom. As soon as the trial began, she took the gun out of her purse and emptied the magazine into her daughter’s killer—seven of the eight bullets hit their targets. Grabowski died at the scene.

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