The DeFeo Family Murders A Case of Madness and Mayhem

Marvin Scott reflects on letters he exchanged with Ronald DeFeo after the convicted killer's death. Ronald DeFeo Jr gunned down his entire family in their three story colonial home in Amityville, New York in 1974. But who is the killer that ... Ronald Defeo Jr. said he heard voices that led to him killing his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters while they slept in their ... 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, ... In 1974, Ronald DeFeo killed his entire family, including his parents, brothers and sisters, while they were sleeping in their beds. Ronald DeFeo Jr., the Long Island man serving a life sentence for slaughtering his parents and four siblings in a 1974 crime that would inspire The Amityville ... On November 13, 1974, the estate was the scene of mass murder. Using a .35 Marlin rifle, 23-year-old Ronald J. DeFeo Jr. murdered his parents ... Ronald DeFeo Jr., the convicted killer whose 1974 murders spawned the "Amityville Horror" franchise, died last week while serving a 25 years-to-life prison ... Before the Lutz family made the house famous in The Amityville Horror, Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed his entire family while they slept ... The man at the center of the murder case that inspired “The Amityville Horror” has died.