Dissecting the Psyche Understanding Ronald DeFeo Sr.'s Inner Demons

It didn't stop once Ronald, or Butch as he was known, was convicted. ... Ronald Joseph DeFeo, Sr. (1930-1974) Source: Find a Grave. Louise ... The home was listed as recently as 2016 for $850,000. DeFeo unsuccessfully sought a retrial in 1992, claiming that his 18-year-old sister ... According to The New York Times report from November 1974, DeFeo was a 23-year-old auto mechanic. He told police that he gave his family heavy ... 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 ... ... as if they were still sleeping. ( "Ronald DeFeo biography"). The Victims. Father: Ronald DeFeo Sr. Mother: Louise DeFeo. Sister: Dawn Defeo, 18. Sister: Allison ... DeFeo now claims that his sister, Dawn, 18, shot his father, Ronald Sr. Then, he says, his distraught mother shot Dawn and her three youngest children, Allison, ... ... Ronald DeFeo Sr. and Louise DeFeo, and his four siblings, Dawn, Allison, Marc, and John Matthew, as they slept in their home. The victims ... Father Ronald DeFeo Sr, 43, and mother Louise DeFeo, 43, were both shot twice. Siblings Dawn, 18, Allison, 13, Marc, 12, and John, 9, were each ... Amidst the chaos we are introduced to the story's other big bad, Ronald DeFeo Sr. As in real life, Big Ronnie is depicted as a bear of a man ... Ronald DeFeo Jr. is infamously known for committing a multiple murder known as the “Amityville murders.”