"The home is located in Amityville, New York, a village on the south shore of Long Island. Built in 1928, the three-story waterfront house is set on the Amityville River, and the property features five bedrooms, three and a half baths, an enclosed porch, and a boathouse. The house's famous address, 112 Ocean Avenue, was later changed to 108 Ocean Avenue."
"The DeFeos lived at 112 Ocean Avenue, which they christened "High Hopes," for nine years, and neighbors described them to the New York Times as a "nice, normal family." That normalcy was shattered in the early morning of November 13, 1974, when the DeFeos' oldest child, 23-year-old Ronald Jr., murdered the other members of his family, including his father, mother, and four siblings-Dawn, Allison, Mark, and John Matthew-with a rifle, while they slept."
The Amityville house is a Dutch Colonial waterfront home in Amityville, New York, built in 1928 and located on the Amityville River. The property includes five bedrooms, three and a half baths, an enclosed porch, and a boathouse; its address changed from 112 Ocean Avenue to 108 Ocean Avenue. Ron and Louise DeFeo moved in with their children in 1965. On November 13, 1974, their eldest son, Ronald Jr., killed his parents and four siblings while they slept. He was arrested the next day and later convicted of six counts of second-degree murder. The homicide and reported paranormal occurrences prompted later owners to leave shortly after purchase and inspired widespread media and film attention.
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