95 YEAR OLD MOLESTER COMMITTED TO HOSPITAL

Ellef J. Ellefson, 95, who is likely the oldest prisoner in the United States, was ordered committed indefinitely to a mental hospital for sexual offenders for convictions dating back half a century for child molestation.  Ellefson has been convicted of six sex offenses against children since 1937.  Ellefson was ordered held under the state's sexual predator law after completing a sentence in July for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old while on probation for another sexual offense.