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Kami Villanueva

Case from South Lyon, MI dated Sep 14, 1991

Victim Details

Kami Villanueva

Female

Hispanic / Latino

South Lyon

MI

1991-09-14

18

Kami

Villanueva

07/10/2026

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In the late summer of 1991, a shadow fell over the community of South Lyon, Michigan, with the disappearance of 18-year-old Kami Villanueva. A young Hispanic woman with her life ahead of her, Kami was tragically murdered on September 14, 1991. The perpetrator of this heinous act was Leslie Allen Williams, a man with a long and violent criminal history who had been released on parole just nine months prior to his deadly encounter with Villanueva.

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