November 13th 1974: Ronald DeFeo jr grabbed a .35 calibre rifle and shot his father and mother twice in their bed. Then he shot his brothers Mark and John; they were 11 and 9 years old. Next he shot his sister Alison; she was 13. Then he went up to the third floor and shot his other sister Dawn; she was 18. True Crime Recaps: Amityville Horror True Story, Youtube 32.36, 2021
When Ronnie DeFeo jr was arrested for the murders the next night he said voices in the house made him do it. About 13 months after the murders the Lutz family bought the house from Ronnie at a bargain basement price … They only lasted 28 days. ibid. ibid.
The other more controversial theory is that Ronnie didn’t act alone. ibid.
It’s like a black shadow that forms a hood. Amityville: An Origin Story I, 1976 news report, BBC 2024
Hordes of flies that would appear in two rooms. ibid. Mrs Lutz TV interview
The true tragedy of really what happened: I lost a whole family in one night. ibid. woman
A young man murdered in cold blood, his father, mother, four brothers and sisters, because voices told him to do it. ibid. news report
November 13th 1974 3 a.m. There’s one person alive: Ronnie DeFeo, the sole surviving son. Amityville: An Origin Story II, reporter
He did admit he hated his father and mother. ibid. rozzer
DEJOHN, LOYD: Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris TV -
When a 51-year-old Michigan housewife disappears the desperate search for truth exposes a web of betrayal and deceit. How does one man’s morbid obsession and a taboo affair lead to a horrendous crime? Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris, ID 2017
Loyd and Kim get married in 2003 … 2014: Kim DeJohn suddenly goes missing. ibid.
In the biggest twist in this bizarre case Loyd himself tells the truth. ibid.
DEGRUCHY, MATTHEW: True Crime Recaps 2023 -
Sydney, Australia, 1996: A peaceful suburb is rocked by a brutal triple murder of a mother and her two kids. The oldest son and his father are the only family members left. But are they survivors or suspects? True Crime Recaps: Vicious Teen Murders His Family! Youtube 7.07, 2023
DNA and fingerprints matched one person … 18-year-old Matthew DeGruchy. ibid.
DELAGRANGE, AMÉLIE: see LEVI BELLFIELD
DE LA ROCHE, HARRY: Killer Kids TV -
De la Roche family ... His [Harry] father just wanted to make him into something that he wasn’t: he [father] was nasty … He [Harry] said, My brother killed my parents and I killed him. Killer Kids s4e9: Full Metal Jacket & Mommy Issues, LMN 2015
Four life sentences. ibid.
DELEON, SKYLAR: True Crimes with Aphrodite Jones TV - The Telegraph online - True Crime Recaps 2022 -
A loving couple goes missing at sea. One man, a former child actor, is the last person to have seen them, but he doesn’t seem to know where they are. True Crimes with Aphrodite Jones s1e9: Skylar DeLeon, ID 2010
Newport Beach California ... In November 2004 Newport Beach becomes the lightning rod of a major mystery. Tom and Jackie Hawks are not the type of people to leave town without telling anybody. They have a tight-knit family. ibid.
The buyer of the boat is a young man named Skylar Deleon. ibid.
While on work release a year earlier Skylar took a day trip to Mexico and killed a man. ibid.
Skylar Deleon, 29, who had a bit part in an episode of 1990s series ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’, faces the death penalty after being convicted of three counts of murder at a trial in Santa Ana, California.
Deleon was accused of killing Tom and Jackie Hawks in 2004 in order to steal their £292,000 ($500,000) boat and life savings.
Deleon was also found guilty of murdering Jon Jarvi, of Anaheim, in 2003. Prosecutors had said Deleon met Jarvi in a work programme while serving jail time for burglary, and killed him in Mexico after Jarvi gave him £29,000 ($50,000). The Telegraph online article 21st October 2008, ‘Former Power Rangers actor Skylar Deleon guilty of murdering couple’
Skylar Deleon: His big claim to fame was a bit part in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. True Crime Recaps: Child Star Turned Killer on a Yacht! Youtube 18.47, 2022
Jackie and Tom welcomed Skylar, Tom and Alonzo on board … Skylar cuffed their hands to the end of the anchor chain. ibid.
DELGADO, BRENDA et al: How I Caught the Killer TV - True Crime Recaps 2021 -
On 2nd September 2015 the Dallas police department responded to reports of a shooting in an underground parking garage in uptown Dallas. How I Caught the Killer s3e10: Delgado – Poisonous Possession, Sky Crime 2023
‘The vehicle was registered to Dr Kendra Hatcher.’ ibid. rozzer
‘A black Jeep that appeared to be in the parking garage before, and it left immediately after we believe the offence took place … The driver appeared to be a female with brown hair.’ ibid.
Brenda Delgado [ex girlfriend of Kendra’s partner] … picked up the Jeep [and] she was with a friend of hers called Crystal [Cortes]. ibid.
Prime suspect [Brenda Delgado] was now on the run in Mexico. ibid.
‘We were able to get the shooter’s phone number’ … Detective Barnes arrested a man called Kritstopher Love on suspicion of being the shooter. ibid.
2012: It seemed like Brenda [Delgado] found her happily-ever-after [Ricardo Paniagua], but her prince charming was about to fall in love with another woman. True Crime Recaps: Doctor, Dentist & Jilted Girlfriend, Youtube 24.48, 2021
He finally called it off and asked her to move out in July 2014. ibid.
She moved back in but it didn’t last long. In February 2015 he emailed her a break-up message. ibid.
In May 2015 he met Dr Kendra Hatcher. She was a kind smart beautiful paediatric dentist. ibid.
She [Brenda] got angrier and angrier. That’s when she met a new friend, Crystal Cortez … The two of them tossed around a lot of different ideas about the best way to do it. ibid.
The first thing they had to do was get themselves a trigger man: Christopher Love. ibid.
DELISLE, JACQUES [viz Miscarriages of Justice: DeLisle, Jacques]: The Fifth Estate TV - CBC news online -
He was one of the country’s most respected judges who went from the bench to behind bars. The first judge in Canada ever to be convicted of murder. Sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife. The Fifth Estate: Jacques DeLisle, Murder and the Judge, CBC 2015
A marriage that had lasted nearly fifty years. ibid.
At first it certainly looked like suicide. ibid.
DeLisle was leading a double life: he had been in a relationship with his former secretary for years. ibid.
He says he cocked the weapon and left it on the table beside her. ibid.
‘Please, Nicole, think what you want to do … I pleaded with her.’ ibid. husband to wife
‘There are innocent persons in prison. You have one in front of you.’ ibid. DeLisle interview