The Sinister Legacy of Ronald DeFeo Sr. A Family Torn Apart

Thirdly, by the time of the murders, DeFeo had already had to see a psychiatrist for his behaviour and was a routine abuser of alcohol, heroine ... A 23-year-old man, Ronald DeFeo, Jr. (more commonly known as Butch), wakes up and, rifle in hand, executes his entire family: his parents, two ... Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. (September 26, 1951 – March 12, 2021) was an American mass murderer who was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, ... ... as the infamous Amityville Horror House. The DeFeo family consisted of parents Ronald DeFeo, Sr (44) and Louise DeFeo (42) and children Ronald ... In 1999, Ronald DeFeo Jr. said, “I loved my family very much.” But 25 years earlier, he had killed all of them in an infamous slaying. 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 Jr brutally murdered his four siblings, Dawn, Allison, Marc and John as well as his parents, Louis and Ronald DeFeo Sr. was the oldest son of Ronald Defeo Senior. They lived, on 112 Ocean Ave, for nine years. Ronald “Butch” DeFeo, Jr. allegedly killed his family members using a ... 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 ... 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 ...