The Heart of Darkness Ronald DeFeo Sr.'s Disturbing Inner World

He was 69 years old. Over the years, as a journalist, I have had close ties to the story. I've had correspondence with DeFeo, and his defense ... ... like to collect knickknacks and weird looking things they were bought ... The victims were Ronald DeFeo, Sr. (43), Louise DeFeo (42), and four of ... As a child, he was overweight and shy — and other kids frequently tormented him. By his teen years, Butch started lashing out, both against his ... The family has been described as loud and quarrelsome — and that Ronald, Sr., was abusive to his wife and kids. Unsurprisingly, in such an ... Ronald DeFeo Jr brutally murdered his four siblings, Dawn, Allison, Marc and John as well as his parents, Louis and Ronald DeFeo Sr. Ronald DeFeo Jr was convicted of murdering his parents Louise and Ronald DeFeo Sr, as well as his four siblings Dawn, Allison, Marc and John. When a small group returned to the house with DeFeo, they discovered that not only had his parents, Louise and Ronald Sr., been killed, but so ... Ronald DeFeo, the convicted murderer who killed six family members and inspired the ever-growing “Amityville horror” franchise, died Friday. 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 ... Ronald DeFeo died at the Albany Medical Center on Friday at 69. He had been serving 25 years to life for killing his siblings and parents in ...