What you should know
- The infamous murderer “Amityville Horror” Ronald DeFeo died in a hospital in New York last week from unknown causes at the age of 69.
- State Department of Corrections officials confirmed his death Monday, Newsday reported.
- The former Amityville resident was serving a prison sentence at the Sullivan Correctional Center for killing six members of his family in 1974.
NEW YORK – Infamous “Amityville Horror” criminal Ronald DeFeo died last week in a New York hospital from unknown causes at the age of 69.
State Department of Corrections officials confirmed his death Monday, Newsday reported.
DeFeo died at Albany Medical Center on March 12. The cause of death will be determined by the county forensic doctor’s office.
The former Amityville resident was serving a prison sentence at the Sullivan Correctional Center for killing six members of his family in 1974.
DeFeo was 23 when he shot his parents, two sisters and two brothers while they were sleeping at their home in Amityville.
The Long Island House later became famous in the 1979 film “The Amityville Horror” or “Horror in Amityville”.
Ronald DeFeo was 23 when he shot his parents, two sisters and two brothers asleep in their home in Amityville in 1974. (Photo: Getty Images)