The Amityville Horror The Haunting Case of Ronald DeFeo Jr.

She and her husband wrote the memoir “Farewell to Manzanar,” recounting the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The house at 112 Ocean Ave. had five bedrooms, 3½ bathrooms, a swimming pool and a boathouse. In 1974, a family of seven lived in the ... Ronald Joseph DeFeo, Jr. was an American mass murderer and family annihilator who, in the early morning hours of November 14, 1974, systematically shot each ... Convicted mass murderer. He was born to Ronald and Louise DeFeo on September 26, 1951. He became a figure of significant public interest due to his ... The real-life killer, Ronald DeFeo Jr., whose murders were the basis for the book and two films, has died at age 69. Known as the Killer Clown, John Wayne Gacy was responsible for assaulting and murdering at least 33 boys and young men. The serial killer and ... Ronald DeFeo Jr., the killer in “The Amityville Horror” case, has died, according to a spokesperson for the New York State prisons department. On November 13, 1974, 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his parents and his four younger siblings as they slept in their home in Amityville, New York. On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. of Long Island, NY killed his family in Amityville. His motive is still unclear 40 years later. DeFeo Jr. was convicted in the shooting deaths of his parents, two sisters and two brothers inside their home in 1974.