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                        THE AMITYVILLE HORROR

                           DEFEO'S MURDER
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                        written by: paranoidxe
                        email: paranoidtsi@hotmail.com



NOTE: THIS DEALS WITH THE *REAL* CASE ONLY, THIS DOES NOT DEAL WITH ANY
OF THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIES NOR DOES IT DEAL WITH THE HAUNTING THAT SUPERCEED
THE MURDERS BY THE LUTZES.



   [1. DID RONALD JR. DEFEO ACT ALONE?]

In theory yes, however it has been discussed that it was possible that Dawn
was part of the orignal plan. Apparently, Ronald Jr. and Dawn made a agreement
to kill their parents, but at some point Dawn apparently killed the siblings,
which was not in the plan..so in turn Ronald Jr. killed her.

The only thing that helps in the fact that he may have not acted alone is the
backfire residue on Dawns clothes.





   [2. WHAT WAS RONALD JR DEFEO'S SENTENCING?]
He got 6 counts of 2nd degree murder, with gave him 6 life sentences in 
prison.



   [3. DOES HE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO GET OUT?]
No, probably not.



   [4. WHY WERE ALL THE VICTIMS ASLEEP WHEN THE MURDERS HAPPENED?]
Not sure, it is believed that there could be some sort of mysterious force
that prevented the hearing of the noises at night. Other theories are that
Ronnie forced some of the victims to lay like they were asleep.



   [5. WHAT ORDER WERE THEY MURDERED IN?]
It is unknown, some people have some excellent theories is to what order
the murders happened. Almost all of them either have Dawn killed first or
last.


   [6. WHY DID RONALD JR. DEFEO KILL HIS FAMILY?]
It is unknown, police believed he was trying to collect a life insurance
policy. Others believe he was in a state of rage (which the bodies don't
show a murder in rage), drugs, or that he was in fact he was influenced
by evil forces of the house.


    [7. WHATS WITH THE GUN POWDER RESIDUE ON DAWN'S CLOTHES?]
There are two theories:
- Dawn helped kill the family supposedly killing the
  children, Ronald killed her after this claiming it wasn't part of the
  plan.
- The second theory is that Ronald Jr. Defeo shot Dawn close range,
  if she was the last one to go there would be considerably more gun
  powder coming out of the barrel.


   [8. WHAT WERE THE AGES OF THE VICTIMS?]
Ronald DeFeo - 34 yrs old
Louise DeFeo - 33 yrs old
Dawn DeFeo - 18 yrs old
Allison DeFeo - 13 yrs old
Marc DeFeo - 12 yrs old
John DeFeo - 9 yrs old