The Patriarch's Shadow Exploring Ronald DeFeo Sr.'s Impact on the DeFeo Family

Ronald DeFeo Sr., 43, his wife, Louise, 42, their two daughters ... like this." The search for the murder weapon. Credit: Newsday/ Stan ... 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 ... Butch's ongoing conflict with his father came to a violent head when he fatally shot Ronald DeFeo Sr. with a .35-caliber Marlin rifle as he ... When officers arrived, they found the bodies of Ronald DeFeo Sr., age 43, his wife Louise, 42, and their children Dawn, 18, Allison, 13, Marc, 11, and John, 9. 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 ... 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, ... 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 ... 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. Letters and various psychiatric documents exist showing him to be a different character from that of the Monster, as publicized in movies, books and texts. 13, 1974, he shot and killed his father Ronald DeFeo Sr., his mother ... The year prior, the Lutz family, doing business as Amityville ...