Whats the story with the murders?
The DeFeos were a family of 7 who lived in the upscale Amityville Village of New York’s Long Island. One evening, around 6:30pm, the eldest son, Ronnie, ran into a local bar shouting that someone had killed his parents. A goup of bar patrons (many of whom were friends of Ronnie’s) jumped into a car and zoomed down the few blocks to Ronnie’s house, where they found not only the parents, but every member of Ronnie’s family shot dead in their beds. The father was shot in the back and in the neck. The mother was shot twice in the upper body. Ronnie’s two younger sisters were each shot once in the head at close range. His two younger brothers were each shot once in the back at close range. Ronnie was taken to the police station for questioning and protection. While there, he quickly became the number one suspect, and confessed to police detectives that he did, in fact, commit the murders. Ronnie was tried the following year. Before the trial began, by the end of May, 1975, Ronnie had gone t
