The Patriarch Unmasked Ronald DeFeo Sr.'s True Colors

Some believe DeFeo had an accomplice, and many believe that accomplice was his eighteen-year-old sister, Dawn. In one of DeFeo's many versions ... The family has been described as loud and quarrelsome — and that Ronald, Sr., was abusive to his wife and kids. Unsurprisingly, in such an ... What happened to Ronald DeFeo Jr.? ... As the years went by, Ronald told competing stories about what happened the night his family was killed. 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, ... In 1974, Ronald DeFeo killed his entire family, including his parents, brothers and sisters, while they were sleeping in their beds. He told police that he gave his family heavy doses of barbiturates before killing them, slipping the drugs into their dinner. After the murders, ... Ronald, Sr., had no tolerance for backtalk and disobedience, keeping his eldest son on a short leash, and refusing to let him stand up for himself the way he ... Ronald DeFeo Sr., 43, his wife, Louise, 42, their two daughters ... like this." The search for the murder weapon. Credit: Newsday/ Stan ... 13, 1974, he shot and killed his father Ronald DeFeo Sr., his mother ... The year prior, the Lutz family, doing business as Amityville ... ... like the Amityville, New York, house where the real-life murders ... Slain in the attack were Ronald DeFeo Sr., 43, mother Louise DeFeo ...