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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, mother, two brothers, and two sisters in Amityville, New York. Sentenced to six counts of 25 years to life, DeFeo died in prison on March 12, 2021. The case inspired the book and film ...
Mar 15, 2021 · Ronald DeFeo Jr., the convicted killer whose 1974 murders spawned the “Amityville Horror” franchise, died last week while serving a 25 to life prison term, officials said Monday.
Mar 15, 2021 · DeFeo was scheduled for a parole hearing in July, online DOC records show. In a jailhouse interview in 2006, DeFeo claimed he only killed his father, his mother and his eldest sister, Dawn.
Mar 15, 2021 · Ronald DeFeo, 69, died Friday at Albany Medical Center, where he was taken Feb. 2 from a prison in New York’s Catskill Mountains, the state Department of Corrections and Community Services said. The cause of his death wasn’t immediately known.
Mar 16, 2021 · DeFeo had been at the Albany Medical Center on March 12, 2021, when he was declared dead. Prison officials released the news to the public but did not reveal why he had been at the hospital in the first place or what his cause of death was.
Mar 15, 2021 · He was convicted of six counts of second-degree murder in 1975, and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. DeFeo had been due to attend a parole hearing in July.
Mar 15, 2021 · Ronald DeFeo, who was convicted of killing his parents and four siblings at the family’s home in Amityville, N.Y., in 1974 — a spree that spawned a series of books and movies, including the...
