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Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. (September 26, 1951 – March 12, 2021) was an American mass murderer who was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters in Amityville, New York. Sentenced to six counts of 25 years to life, DeFeo died in prison on March 12, 2021. The case inspired the book and film ...
Aug 7, 2022 · The real-life horror story began on November 13, 1974, when a 23-year-old man named Ronald DeFeo Jr. fatally shot his parents and his four younger siblings while they were asleep in their home in Amityville, New York. Hours after murdering them, DeFeo went to a nearby bar, crying for help.
Feb 19, 2024 · On the tragic evening of November 13, 1974, a young man shoots and kills his entire family with a 35-caliber Marlin rifle as his parents, two brothers and two sisters apparently sleep. The ...
The Amityville Murders: Directed by Daniel Farrands. With John Robinson, Chelsea Ricketts, Paul Ben-Victor, Diane Franklin. On the night of November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo, Jr. took a high-powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept.
Oct 14, 2020 · Five people were murdered at the Long Island residence in 1974 and frightening tales about the home continue to spook. Thirty miles outside of New York City, nestled in the Long Island town of ...
Mar 15, 2021 · Ronald DeFeo Jr., the convicted killer whose 1974 murders spawned the “Amityville Horror” franchise, died last week while serving a 25 to life prison term, officials said Monday.
Aug 16, 2024 · In the early evening of November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr., known as “Butch” by family and friends, walked into a hometown bar in Amityville to have a drink. John Altieri, one of the patrons, recalled DeFeo shouting, “My father and mother have been shot!”
Jan 10, 2022 · The brutal truth about Amityville: It wasn’t ghosts but something worse Thanks to fiction, 112 Ocean Avenue became the most famous ‘haunted’ house in the world. The book by Ric Osuna reveals...
Apr 2, 2014 · In 1974, Ronald DeFeo killed his entire family, including his parents, brothers and sisters, while they were sleeping in their beds. The murders inspired the film 'The Amityville Horror.'
Mar 15, 2021 · March 15, 2021. Ronald DeFeo, who was convicted of killing his parents and four siblings at the family’s home in Amityville, N.Y., in 1974 — a spree that spawned a series of books and...
Aug 27, 2023 · It was the middle of the night on Nov. 13, 1974, when 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed six of his relatives with a .35 caliber rifle while they were asleep: parents Louise and Ronald DeFeo Sr., siblings 18-year-old Dawn, 13-year-old Allison, 12-year-old Marc, and nine-year-old John Matthew.
May 11, 2023 · On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters in their Amityville, New York home — then blamed "demonic voices." The Long Island home where his murder spree took place was widely rumored to be haunted by the spirits of his dead family members.
In the early evening hours of November 13, 1974, the patrons of Henry’s Bar, a tavern located at the corner of Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue in Amityville, chatted while sipping their beers and cocktails. To them, the start of the evening seemed just like a typical one in Amityville: calm and uneventful.
Feb 19, 2021 · When we're talking about the Amityville Horror case, we're really talking about three separate things: the original murders perpetrated by Ronald DeFeo, Jr. within his family's home; the supposed haunting of the premises that besieged the Lutz family, who moved in the year after, in 1975; and how those hauntings and their antecedent crimes have ...
Feb 28, 2012 · Six family members were wiped out in a gruesome mass murder that inspired one of the scariest movies ever made: The Amityville Horror. It was a crime that gripped the New York area.
Mar 15, 2021 · ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The man convicted of slaughtering his parents and four siblings in a home that later inspired the “The Amityville Horror” book and movies has died, prison officials said Monday.
Nov 13, 2009 · Trial begins in Amityville murders. Ronald DeFeo Jr. goes on trial for the killings of his parents and four siblings in their Amityville, New York, home on October 14, 1975. The family’s...
Dec 5, 2023 · It's the so-called "Amityville Horror": a brutal murder, followed by claims of a haunting, made into a Hollywood movie, that forever immortalized Amityville, New York as the home of an infamous...
Officially, Butch DeFeo acted alone in the grisly crime. Unofficially, the evidence pointed to a conspiracy. Herman Race, a former New York City supervising police detective, was hired by Michael Brigante Sr. to investigate the murders.
Mar 30, 2023 · On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Sr., 43, a car salesman; his wife, Louise DeFeo, 43; and four of their five children including Dawn, 18; Allison, 13; Marc, 12; and John, 9, were shot to death with a .35 caliber rifle inside their upscale home in suburban Amityville, New York.
