The Amityville Killer Ronald DeFeo Jr.'s Troubled Past

NEW YORK — Convicted “Amityville Horror” killer Ronald DeFeo Jr., who in 1974 shot and killed his parents and four younger siblings inside ... It was a crime that gripped the New York area. Six family members were wiped out in a gruesome mass murder that inspired one of the scariest ... Ronald "Butch" Defeo Jr. was arrested and convicted for killing his mother, father and four siblings on November 13, 1974 in the house that ... This episode features interviews with Ronald Defeo, Jr. - "The Amityville Horror". Ronald DeFeo, 69, was convicted of killing his parents and four siblings at the family's Amityville home in 1974, a grisly tale that became ... The real-life killer, Ronald DeFeo Jr., whose murders were the basis for the book and two films, has died at age 69. Ronald DeFeo Jr. died while serving a life sentence for murdering his parents and siblings in 1974. Ronald DeFeo Jr., who was convicted of murdering six members of his family and was the inspiration behind the film “The Amityville Horror,” ... On Oct. 14, 1975, the trial began for Ronald DeFeo Jr. after he committed the horrific killing of his six family members, which became known ... DeFeo Jr. was convicted in the shooting deaths of his parents, two sisters and two brothers inside their home in 1974.