Exploring the Psyche of Ronald DeFeo Sr. A Father's Toxic Legacy

At first, the family seemed, outwardly at least, to be close and pretty happy, but their home life was far from that DeFeo Sr, who some called ... They ran meds before breakfast, so I used to see the back of Ronald DeFeo Jr.'s head every morning before the sun was up. ... As the only guy in ... Ronald DeFeo Sr, also known as Ronnie DeFeo, Sr. is the father, and husband of the DeFeo family, he is loosely based off of the real life Ronald DeFeo Sr. 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 ... DeFeo, 69, shocked the nation in 1974 when he went on a rampage and killed his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters while they slept in ... 35-caliber Marlin lever-action rifle to slaughter his family members, who were all in bed at the time — dad Ronald DeFeo Sr., 43, mom Louise ... Ronald DeFeo, the convicted murderer who killed six family members and inspired the ever-growing “Amityville horror” franchise, died Friday. was born to Louise Marie and Ronald DeFeo, Sr. As the DeFeos' first child, son, and namesake of Big Ronnie, Butch had more expected of him than ... He was convicted in 1975 on six counts of second-degree murder after he confessed to using a rifle to shoot and kill his father, Ronald DeFeo Sr ... The DeFeo family was originally from Brooklyn, New York, Ronald DeFeo Sr. worked as a service manager at his wife, Louise's family's car ...