One whole year before the Lutzes' arrival in Amityville, at the infamous house ... DeFeo Jr. was found guilty on six counts of second-degree murder and, until now, he remains in the maximum ...

In November of 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six family members in Amityville, Long Island, at a Dutch Colonial house. He was convicted of all six murders and died in prison in 2021.