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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 ...
Aug 31, 2022 · Two weeks after Sal Mineo's murder, when the Los Angeles Police arrested a 19-year-old named Lionel Ray Williams on an unrelated robbery charge, he told investigators he'd heard Sal Mineo had been murdered during a drug deal gone wrong, according to Michael Gregg Michaud's 2010 book "Sal Mineo: A Biography." The police believed Williams' had ...
Jan 8, 2020 · Lionel Williams became the prime suspect after his wife told authorities that he came home covered in blood the night of the murder. Williams was arrested, and in 1979 he was sentenced to 50 years behind bars for the murder of Mineo. He was also found guilty of committing 10 robberies.
Nov 25, 2017 · Lionel Ray Williams, a black man had been disguised in blond dreadlocks. His ex-wife said he had returned home that day, bloody. Williams, stupidly, had bragged to others about how “easy” it was to kill the unsuspecting actor. He was found guilty of murder and spent fourteen years in prison.
Dec 21, 2018 · Lionel Ray Williams. Build his gallows high. *** Winter ’78 progressed. High points accrued. 1-12-78. Lionel arrives at Men’s Central Jail. 1-13-78. Court order granted: Bug Lionel.
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.
Jan 6, 1978 · Lionel R. Williams of Battle Creek; a short, 21‐year‐old man with long, Afrostyle hair, waived extradition at a hearing in Calhoun County Circuit Court and was expected to be taken to Los...
