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- LOS ANGELES, March 15 (AP) — A pizza deliveryman, Lionel Williams, was sentenced today to at least 50 years in prison for killing Sal Mineo, the actor, and committing 10 robberies.
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Mar 16, 1979 · LOS ANGELES, March 15 (AP) — A pizza deliveryman, Lionel Williams, was sentenced today to at least 50 years in prison for killing Sal Mineo, the actor, and committing 10 robberies....
Dec 21, 2018 · Calhoun County Deputy Ronald Peek confirmed his prior statement. He heard inmate Lionel Williams tell inmate Philbert Gallard that he killed Sal Mineo. Inmate Gallard said, “You’re ...
Aug 31, 2022 · The jury convicted Williams of second-degree murder for killing Sal Mineo and on 10 counts of robbery for a string of crimes from around the same time period as Mineo's murder, per The Hollywood Reporter. A judge sentenced Williams to a minimum of 51 years in prison.
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Actor Sal Mineo is stabbed to death in Hollywood, California. Mineo was parking his car behind his apartment when neighbors heard his cries for help. Some described a white man with brown hair fleeing the scene. By the time they reached Mineo, he was almost dead from a deep wound to his chest. He died minutes later.
Sal Mineo was a famous teen actor in the 1950s. He co-starred with James Dean in both Rebel Without a Cause and Giant. The transition to adult roles did not come easily for Mineo, but he later appeared in films such as The Longest Day and Escape From the Planet of the Apes, and consistently performed guest spots on television series. On the night h...
For two years, the police searched in vain for clues to the killers identity. At first, they suspected that Mineos work for prison reform had put him in contact with a dangerous ex-con. Then their focus shifted to Mineos personal life. Investigators had discovered that his home was filled with pictures of nude men. But the homosexual pornography al...
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NEW RELEASE. In the aftermath of Hollywood actor Sal Mineo's tragic murder, eyewitnesses described a 5'9" white man with blonde hair as the perpetrator. Yet, a black man, standing at 5'5" with a large afro, found himself convicted and sentenced to 51 years. He has always maintained his innocence and is fighting to clear his name. Order Book.
Lionel Ray Williams, a young pizza delivery man with a long criminal record, was convicted and sentenced in March 1979 to 57 years in prison for killing Mineo and also for committing ten robberies. Although considerable confusion existed as to what witnesses had seen in the dark the night Mineo was murdered, Williams claimed to have had no idea ...
Feb 12, 2006 · All died unusual or violent deaths. Mineo’s killer, 19-year-old pizza deliveryman Lionel Ray Williams, was convicted of second-degree murder, as well as 10 robberies in the...
