Amityville's Dark Secret The Ronald DeFeo Murders

On the evening of November 13, 1974, Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr. entered an Amityville bar and told people his parents had been shot inside their home. Several bar ... ALBANY, N. Y. (AP) — The man convicted of slaughtering his parents and four siblings in a home that later inspired the "The Amityville ... Navy, Blue, Teal, Aqua, Orange. Default, 100%, 75%, 50%, 25%, 0%. /. Skip. Unmute. Ronald DeFeo Jr. dies in prison, notorious 'Amityville Horror… Resize: Drag ... Ronnie DeFeo shot and killed the six family members at 3:15 am on the morning of November 13, 1974 with a .35 caliber rifle. Known as the Killer Clown, John Wayne Gacy was responsible for assaulting and murdering at least 33 boys and young men. The serial killer and ... The American murderer Ronald DeFeo -- whose 1974 killings of his parents and four siblings inside their home near New York inspired "The ... Ronald DeFeo, whose heinous crime spawned a series of books and movies, died on Friday, March 12 at a hospital in Albany, as reported by The New York Times. The man at the center of the murder case that inspired “The Amityville Horror” has died. On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. committed the infamous Amityville murders when he killed his parents and four siblings inside their ... NEW YORK — Ronald DeFeo Jr., who was convicted of murdering six members of his family and was the inspiration behind the film “The ...