A quick note before we begin, the episode contains references to child abuse and domestic

violence, so please be advised.

Previously on very scary people.

On November 13, 1974, a mass murder shook the sleepy Long Island town of Amityville, New

York.

At night, six members of the same family were killed methodically, one by one, execution

style.

Only the oldest son, Ron DeFoe Jr. was spared.

Who told police, he discovered the rest of his family slain at home in their beds.

The DeFoe murders made headlines everywhere.

In Amityville, police poured over evidence, trying to piece together clues.

Who killed every single member of this family but one?

And why?

It was one of Long Island's most chilling crimes, six members of the DeFoe family shot

to death in their Amityville home.

They say there was no sign of robbery or struggle at the Amityville Long Island home.

Killed, were auto-dealer, run to failure, his wife and four of their children.

People we talked to seem to feel that whatever was the motive for this crime, it had

something to do with the family.

On November 18, five days after the murders, residents grieved the loss of the family at

St. Martins of Tours, a Roman Catholic church in the heart of Amityville.

Laura D'Dio was a television journalist in New York at the time of the murders.

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