Nanette Ellis

Nanette Mae Ellis was a 41-year-old advertising manager who was murdered in her home on Manuka Drive, Boronia, Victoria on 10 February 1984. Despite extensive investigations, the case remains unsolved as of 2025.

Personal life Nanette Mae Ellis was a 41-year-old divorcee and single mother of two boys, at the time of her death. She lived at 39 Manuka Drive, Boronia Victoria Australia.

Nanette Ellis worked as an advertising manager for The Free Press in Belgrave, located in the Victorian Dandenong Ranges. The Free Press was part of the Leader Associated Newspapers in Blackburn.

The next day Wednesday 1 February a rock smashed through her windscreen while she was driving to work on Monbulk road.

The following day Thursday 2 February, Nanette's car again had rocks thrown at it on her way home from work. The rock landed on the roof of her car in the same spot as the day before.

On Friday 3 February on her way to work another rocked smashed her windscreen in the same area as the previous days. This time it came into her car and landed on the back seat. It was a large rock like the ones from the railway line opposite the incident. The case was then taken over by Detective Kyle Simpson.

Over the years, the Victoria Police have made several public appeals for information regarding the murder. On the 30th anniversary of Nanette's death, a $500,000 reward was announced, which is still in effect. Then on 10 February 2024, the 40th anniversary of Nanette's cold case murder. There were fresh appeals made via police and the media.