Unmasking the Predator Ronald DeFeo Sr.'s Calculated Cruelty

At first, the family seemed, outwardly at least, to be close and pretty happy, but their home life was far from that DeFeo Sr, who some called ... The public's perception of Ronald DeFeo Jr. as a convicted murderer significantly influenced the value of his assets. His notoriety tainted his ... 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 ... Given six concurrent life terms for the slaying of his parents Ronald DeFeo Sr. ... as a part of an insanity defense plea led by his defense attorney ... 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, ... DeFeo had paid several older boys to “take care of him” in junior high school. Mr. Hoffman also said that Ronald Jr. had sometimes suggested ... 13, 1974, 23-year-old Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. committed the grisly act of murdering his entire family as they slept in their home in Amityville, ... DeFeo had pursued an ... 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 ... He exclaimed that somebody had killed his mother and father, Louise and Ronald DeFeo Sr.. ... as DeFeo. Then one evening, a white-hooded figure appeared in ...