Unveiling the Horror Ronald DeFeo Jr.'s Tragic Night

... cause of his death wasn't immediately known ... FILE - In this Nov. 15, 1974 file photo, Ronald DeFeo Jr., center, leaves Suffolk ... The cause of his death wasn't immediately known. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad. DeFeo was serving a sentence of 25 years to ... A 23-year-old man, Ronald DeFeo, Jr. (more commonly known as Butch), wakes up and, rifle in hand, executes his entire family: his parents, two ... Ronald DeFeo Jr., the oldest of five children in the DeFeo family, alerted police that his parents and four siblings had been killed in a bloody rampage. Ronald DeFeo Obituary Ronald DeFeo, of Cherry Hill passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2022 with his loving family at his side. He was 77. The cause of his death wasn't immediately known. DeFeo was serving a sentence of 25 years to life in the 1974 killings in Amityville, on ... DeFeo was serving a 25 years-to-life sentence at Sullivan Correctional Facility in upstate Fallsburg when he died Friday. Ronald DeFeo Jr., who slaughtered his parents and four siblings in 1974, has died at the age of 69 in prison. The convicted murderer, who killed six family members, inspiring the Amityville Horror franchise, died on Friday (March 12) at the age of 69, ... Ronald DeFeo, 69, died Friday at Albany Medical Center, where he was taken Feb. 2 from a prison in New York's Catskill Mountains, the state ...