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- Two years later Lionel R. Williams, 21, was arrested for the murder of Sal Mineo. A lengthy investigation and trial found Williams guilty of murder in the second degree. The evidence: he had bragged to his wife and others about the killing. Purchase of the hunting knife that pierced Mineo’s heart was traced to Williams.
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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.
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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.
- Zoe Papadakis
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.
- Andrew Amelinckx
Dec 21, 2018 · Lionel Williams offs Sal Mineo and ventriloquizes him from the grave. The vicious cocksucker was shameless. He begs forgiveness and enlists Sal as his post-mortem pimp.
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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...
- Missy Sullivan
Dec 23, 2010 · Two years after Mineo's murder, a 21-year-old man, Lionel Ray Williams, was arrested and later convicted in his killing. Authorities determined it had been a botched robbery.
In 1979, Lionel Williams was put on trial for Mineo’s murder after being overheard bragging about the “accomplishment” to fellow inmates in a Michigan jail (Jeffers, 191). On the night of his death, Mineo had been coming home from a rehearsal for the popular play P.S.
