Judge Salas Returns To Bench 7 Months After Son’s Death: Reports

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas returned to work on Monday, seven months after the fatal shooting that killed her son and injured her husband.

Salas's return was confirmed by CBS New York and ABC7.

Salas’ son, Daniel Anderl, was killed after a gunman opened fire at their North Brunswick home on July 19, 2020. Her husband Mark was left injured while Salas, who was inside the house at the time, was unhurt.

The gunman, identified by the FBI as Roy Den Hollander, was an anti-feminist lawyer who had a case pending before Salas.

Since her son’s death, Salas has been campaigning for stricter laws to protect home addresses of public officials.

In November last year, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law that protects the home addresses and telephone numbers of judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers from public disclosure.

Read More: Gov. Murphy Signs NJ Law To Better Protect Judges, Prosecutors

Named Daniel’s Law, the bill amends the Open Public Records Act ("OPRA") to exclude from the definition of a government record any document that discloses the home address of any active or retired judge, prosecutor or law enforcement officer.

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