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'''Ronald Joseph "Butch" DeFeo Jr.''' (September 26<sup>th</sup>, 1951 - March 12<sup>th</sup>, 2021) was an American mass murderer. He was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters. The case inspired the book and film versions of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror The Amityville Horror]''. | '''Ronald Joseph "Butch" DeFeo Jr.''' (September 26<sup>th</sup>, 1951 - March 12<sup>th</sup>, 2021) was an American mass murderer. He was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters. The case inspired the book and film versions of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror The Amityville Horror]''. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Around 6:30 PM on Wednesday, November 13<sup>th</sup>, 1974, 23-year-old DeFeo entered Henry's Bar in Amityville, Long Island, New York, and declared: "You got to help me! I think my mother and father are shot!" DeFeo and a small group of people went to 112 Ocean Avenue, which was located near the bar, and found that DeFeo's parents were indeed dead. One of the group, DeFeo's friend Joe Yeswit, made an emergency call to the Suffolk County Police, who searched the house and found that six members of the same family were dead in their beds. | Around 6:30 PM on Wednesday, November 13<sup>th</sup>, 1974, 23-year-old DeFeo entered Henry's Bar in Amityville, Long Island, New York, and declared: "You got to help me! I think my mother and father are shot!" DeFeo and a small group of people went to 112 Ocean Avenue, which was located near the bar, and found that DeFeo's parents were indeed dead. One of the group, DeFeo's friend Joe Yeswit, made an emergency call to the Suffolk County Police, who searched the house and found that six members of the same family were dead in their beds. |