Webvanessa tyler talks with lionel ray williams about circumstances that led to his conviction for the murder of actor sal mineo in 1979. Webletitia has produced a documentary, unseen innocence, exploring reports of false accusations and misconduct during the investigation in the hopes of erasing the stigma. Webin march of 1979, lionel ray williams was sentenced to 57 years in prison for both killing mineo and committing ten robberies in the same area. Weblionel ray williams was on the police radar, yet neither he nor the burglaries was connected to sal’s homicide — at least not then — mainly due to the. Webbut the gay pornography also failed to turn up any leads and later became the basis for a hotbed of rumors that mineo was killed by a “trick gone wrong” out of the. Webone major problem with the prosecution's case against lionel ray williams was the eyewitness accounts that the suspect had been white with straight hair. Weblionel ray ray williams was convicted of the crime and spent 11 years in prison of his 51 year sentence. To this day, lionel maintains his innocence and a new.
