Vanessa Williamson looks toward her family in Shasta County
Superior Court on January 12, 2010.
(Andreas Fuhrmann/Record Searchlight)
Vanessa Kay Williamson and Robert Lee James IV appeared in Shasta
County Superior Court on
January 12, 2010 for their alleged involvement in the homicide of
Daniel Ravnesh Khelewan.
(Andreas Fuhrmann/Record Searchlight)
Vanessa Williamson appears in Shasta County Superior Court on
March 6, 2012 for opening statements
in her murder trial.
In this file photo from April 2012, defendant Vanessa Kay
Williamson sits in Shasta County Superior
Court with defense attorney Richard Farrell. That jury was unable to
reach a verdict in her murder
trial and the judge declared a mistrial.
Vanessa Kay Williamson
Vanessa Kay Williamson looks on in court on March 14, 2013. A
Shasta County jury found the 27-year-old
Redding woman guilty of first-degree murder.
Vanessa Kay Williamson
Vanessa Kay Williamson sentenced to life in prison without parole
on April 22, 2013.
Robert Lee James IV, 25, receiving 32 years, six months in prison
for his role in Khelawan’s death.
Robert Lee James IV
Robert James IV, Vanessa Williamson's former co-defendant, takes
the witness stand Wednesday,
March 13, 2012 in her murder trial in Shasta County Superior Court.
James earlier took a plea
bargain that comes with a 32-year prison sentence.
The victim
Daniel Ravnesh Khelawan, 28.
Vanessa Williamson biography