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Long Beach Man Williams Seeks Postconviction Relief
Robert Earl Williams, once convicted of the 1955 Manestar murder and later linked to the Burgess killing, spent decades in California prisons. He pursued postconviction hearings, including truth serum tests in 1971, arguing his innocence as new parole review loomed in 1978.
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Tracy
Long Beach
Bob Williams
Harbor City
Matthew Manestar
San Pedro
White's Point
Los Angeles Police Department
Harbor Division
Matt Manestar
Williams
Superior Court
Beach Vasey
San Quentin
Folsom
Independent
Press-Telegram
Ralph Burgess
Burgess
McKinney
Manestar
L.A
Oyasot
Leven
Ciuciet
Vasey
California
Robert Earl Williams
Saledad
Vacaville
Suerior Court
Ellis R. Randall
Jerome Lane
Willams
Lance
Randall
California Adult Authority
Henry W. Keer