The Patriarch's Shadow Ronald DeFeo Sr. and the DeFeo Family Tragedy

Ronald Joseph DeFEO, Jr., Petitioner, v. Christopher ARTUZ, et al ... Linnea Nonnewitz was employed as a cleaning woman for the DeFeo family for five ... 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 ... They had the finer things in life: cars, boats, a beautiful home and wanted for nothing, but Ronald, Sr. had an incredibly volatile relationship with his family ... Ronald DeFeo,Sr. 44 years old. Father. Louise DeFeo, 42 years old ... The psychiatrist for the defense described the disorder as DeFeo ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 Jr. is infamously known for committing a multiple murder known as the “Amityville murders.” By 1986, Ronald jr. changed his story about what happened the night his family was murdered. In an interview with Newsday, he claimed his sister ...