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Ronald DeFeo Jr. was convicted of the 1974 murders of his parents and four siblings at their home in Amityville, N.Y.

He was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison and died in 2021 at the age of 69

The mass killings inspired the Amityville Horror franchise after the family who moved into the DeFeo home allegedly witnessed paranormal activity

When Ronald DeFeo Jr. confessed to murdering his family in 1974, he claimed "voices from the house" made him do it. Fifty years later, his true motive remains unknown.

On Nov. 13, 1974, Ronald Jr., who was 23 at the time, ran into a dive bar in Amityville, N.Y., and claimed that his parents had been shot, according to A&E . He drove a group of men to his family's three-story home and they discovered the bodies of his father, Ro

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