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'''Ronald Joseph "Butch" DeFeo Jr.''' (September 26<sup>th</sup>, 1951 - ) is 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]''. He is currently serving six concurrent life sentences for the crime at Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, New York.
'''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]''. He is currently serving six concurrent life sentences for the crime at Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, New York.


==Background==
==Background==
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On November 21<sup>st</sup>, 1975, DeFeo was found guilty on six counts of second-degree murder. On December 4<sup>th</sup>, 1975, Judge Thomas Stark sentenced DeFeo to six concurrent sentences of 25 years to life.
On November 21<sup>st</sup>, 1975, DeFeo was found guilty on six counts of second-degree murder. On December 4<sup>th</sup>, 1975, Judge Thomas Stark sentenced DeFeo to six concurrent sentences of 25 years to life.


DeFeo is currently held at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in the town of Fallsburg, New York, and all of his appeals and requests to the parole board to date have been denied.
 


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The house (112 Ocean Avenue) gained more notoriety when the Lutz family bought the house and fled from it after living there for 28 days. They claimed the house was haunted by a strong demonic force and they claimed that the demonic force in the house caused Ronald Jr. to kill his family.
*The house (112 Ocean Avenue) gained more notoriety when the Lutz family bought the house and fled from it after living there for 28 days. They claimed the house was haunted by a strong demonic force and they claimed that the demonic force in the house caused Ronald Jr. to kill his family.
DeFeo died on March 12, 2021, at the Albany Medical Center. An official cause of death is yet to be determined.
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