Unraveling the Enigma of Ronald DeFeo Sr. A Complex Portrait

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 ... 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 ... One neighbor classified the DeFeos as “a nice, normal family.” But there was less of a positive feeling all day today as investigation continued about the ... 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 ... 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 ... In 1974, Ronald DeFeo killed his entire family, including his parents, brothers and sisters, while they were sleeping in their beds. Ronald died amid a 25-to-life sentence in a hospital in Albany, New York, as confirmed by the NY State Department of Correction and Community ... In 1974, I was not only the wife of Ronald Joseph “Butch” DeFeo Jr., but also the mother of his child. I knew his family and loved them as my own. Part of my ... murdered his entire immediate family, including his father Ronald Sr, mother Louise, brother John, brother Mark, sister Allison, and sister Dawn. This ... 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, ...