Seeking Absolution or Avoidance? Ronald DeFeo Sr.'s Contentious Legacy

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 ... He told police that he gave his family heavy doses of barbiturates before killing them, slipping the drugs into their dinner. After the murders, ... His great uncle, Pete DeFeo, was a caporegime in the Genovese crime family. DeFeo Jr. had a tumultuous relationship with his father, which was further ... Ronald DeFeo Jr. was convicted of killing his entire family inside their Amityville home in 1974. FALLSBURG, New York ... The house belonged to forty-three-year-old Ronald DeFeo, Sr. and his forty ... The Amityville Massacre is being passed off as a book about the Defeo ... In 1974, I was not only the wife of Ronald Joseph “Butch” DeFeo Jr., but also the mother of his child. I knew his family and loved them as my own. Part of my ... ... like the Amityville, New York, house where the real-life murders ... Slain in the attack were Ronald DeFeo Sr., 43, mother Louise DeFeo ... 13, 1974, he shot and killed his father Ronald DeFeo Sr., his mother ... The year prior, the Lutz family, doing business as Amityville ... Ronald DeFeo Sr. the Father moved his family from Brooklyn, NY to live in suburbia on Long Island, NY. Ronald DeFeo Sr. was exceptional as his job as he ... View of the home of Ronald DeFeo Sr.,the car salesman, his wife, two daughters and two sons were found shot to death on . Ronald DeFeo Jr. The only...