Was Ronald DeFeo the Murderer of His Mother, Father, and Siblings?

Butch admired Cassidy and wanting to be like his friend but not disrespect the family changed his name to Butch Cassidy (D). The young boy apparently started rustling, eventually forcing him to leave home during his mid-teens under a cloud of suspicion (C). By all accounts Butch was a charming thief, who was well liked and who never, it’s believed, killed anyone (D). For several years, he moved around the west using the name Roy Parker (C). On June 24, 1889, Butch committed his first serious crime, robbing a bank in Telluride, Colorado, for more than $20,000 (C). After purchasing a ranch of his own in Dubois, Wyoming, in 1890, Cassidy continued his life of crime (D). In 1894, the law caught him, and he spent 2 years in jail for the crime (D). Despite his criminal background, Cassidy always kept his word (D). As one story goes, on the night before he was to begin his sentence, Cassidy asked to be released, promising he’d return to jail the following day (D). The authorities took his word for it and let him go, and Cassidy returned to them the following morning (D). After serving for two years in the Wyoming Territorial Prison at Laramie, Cassidy was pardoned (C). With several other outlaws that were called the Wild Bunch, Cassidy embarked on what is considered the longest stretch of successful train and bank robberies in

This paper is based on the life of Ed Gein. He was an unusual character, born on a farm, and raised by a religious crazy, domineering mother. In the space of a few years his entire family passed away and he was left to take care of his farm all by himself. In the next few years he became a grave robber, a necrophiliac, a cannibal, and also took up arts and crafts in body parts. He is known as one of the weirdest serial killers of the twentieth century. He also inspired movies like Psycho, Silence of The Lambs, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Biological factors in John Wayne Gacy was that he had the ‘Criminal Gene’ which was an extra Y chromosomes even though they have no solid evidence to predict that every person that has an extra Y chromosome would become overly aggressive and lacking empathy. Growing up in the Gacy household was no typical day; Gacy father was an alcoholic and was an abuser. Gacy father beat his children with a razor strap if he thought they misbehaved or thought they where lying to him. Gacy father also abused his mother right in front of the children to prove a point that no one is better than him. John Wayne Gacy was so used to beating that he toughens up and he wouldn’t cry anymore.

According to the literature and social learning theory, the family is an important institution that can be used to explain John Wayne Gacy’s criminality. Statistics stated that witnessing violence and being the subject of physical abuse were strongly correlated with psychological, emotional and behavioural problems. Additionally, criminality and aggression were two well researched long term affects of exposure to violence. John Wayne Gacy witnessed and was the subject of physical abuse by his father and I believe that these events lead to his serial killing criminality.

Richard Ramirez’s chances at a normal life were greatly reduced by biology, but his environment certainly did not lead him toward a good future. Julian was a very abusive father and Richard witnessed him beating his older brother on several occasions. In spite of the violence and negativity that he faced every, people in his life thought of him as “a good boy” until he was about ten years old. (Bruno, 2012) Around that time, Richard’s Cousin Michael, a former Green Beret for the United States military, returned to El Paso from Vietnam. Richard and Mike spent most of their time together doing drugs and discussing the violence that Mike experienced during his deployment. Mike told him about the women who he beat, tortured, and raped just for pleasure, and Richard was very intrigued with his gruesome details and photos. At age

An example of his sudden outbursts is when he says,” i was only 13 and they were going to have me psychoanalized and all, because i broke all the windows in the garage.”. To be fair, his brother Allie passedn away before he did this, but violence is not a very good oping mechanism. He alslo uses social seclusion as a coping mechanism, which is a common symptom of almost every mental disorder. An example of his social seclusion is the night of the pencey prep school game. He didnt go be cause he didnt like to, he didnt want to. He caqn be teated with cognitive behavior therapy, which will most likely improve his future mental

Daniel Harold Rolling is rapist and serial killer. He is born Shreveport Louisiana in May 26 1954. He elevated by his mother and his father. His father was a police officer, his mother Claudia, and his later brother Kevin. He was 11 when he began to play guitar, writing and singing his own songs. He was abused by his father when he was a kid, and he was on medication. Rolling was injured for 6 months because his father kicked him on the wall. He always had a problem with school in third grade. After Rolling dropped out of high school in 1971, he has GED, and he enlisted in the Air Force, where he excelled in his course work but drank heavily, smoked marijuana and used LSD. When Rolling was a teenager, he was arrested for robberies to many times in Georgia, and they caught him watching on cheerleaders getting dressed. At age 31 Rolling had a motorcycle accident. From these childhood struggles, he had been a mental illness. In 1974 rolling been married w and he had a beautiful daughter in 1975 from this responsible Rolling be doing two jobs and he is going back church for helping themselves about drug and alcohol. For this pressure, rolling left everything and began drinking, and smoking marijuana. He was being physically abused by his father from all this problem, he tries to kill

John Wayne Gacy was born Chicago, Illinois on March 17, 1942. He is the middle child of the three, his older sister Joanne and his younger sister Karen. As a child he was known as a quiet boy who worked as a newspaper boy, bagged groceries, and did boy scout activities. He seem to be a normal boy, well-liked by his teachers, co-workers, and friends. However, his relationship with his father was very violent. His father would frequently beat him, Gacy’s friends, who would witness the beating, say that his father would hit Gacy for no reason. His father was an alcoholic with a violent temper, and was homophobic. At the age of eleven, he suffered a blow to the head from the swings. This caused to have frequent blackouts for five years. Gacy’s blackouts stopped once the doctors found a clot in his brain.

There is evidence that Casey Anthony lived an immature lifestyle for a mother, but there is not enough evidence to prove that she is guilty for the murder of her daughter. In order for one to understand that Casey Anthony is not guilty for the murder of her daughter, they must take a look at her background, the evidence of the murder, the trial, and the public’s reaction to the case. Along with these significant points, they must ask themselves the same question Jose Baez once wondered, “Why did George Anthony try to kill himself?”. The clues that point to Casey as the murderer equally point right back to George.

Gary Ridgway grew up like any other ordinary suburban kid. He had a problem of wetting the bed which his mother would make fun of him and embarrass him in front of family and friends. As a young teen, he was always getting into trouble such as stabbing a six year-old boy in the ribs when he was a young teen. In high school Gary continued to go down hill and get bad grades. Gary graduated high school and joined the Navy. While he was in Vietnam, he discovered prostitutes and ended up getting sexually transmitted diseases. Soon after being home from Vietnam, Gary was killing and raping prostitutes on the streets of Seattle, Washington. Gary would go on to murder about 71 young women who he targeted because they were either prostitutes or runaways.

Infamous serial killer, John Wayne Gacy, was born on March 17, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois. Gacy, born into an abusive environment, was assaulted physically along with his siblings, with a razor strap if they were perceived to have misbehaved by their alcoholic father. In addition, Gacy’s mother was physically abused as well throughout her marriage and during the children’s upbringing. During John Wayne Gacy’s childhood education, he suffered further alienation due to a congenital heart condition that resulted in further feelings of contempt from his father. Furthermore, Gacy eventually came to the realization that he was attracted to men, which caused a great amount of mental turmoil over his sexuality.

Serial killers have fascinated the imaginations of people for a long time. One of the most notorious serial killers is Jeffrey Dahmer whose gruesome murders shocked the nation. Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer also known as Milwaukee monster was a notorious American serial killer and sexual offender in the 1980s and early 1990s. Between 1978 and 1991 Dahmer had murdered 17 men. His victims were usually raped, tortured, dismembered, and cannibalism was also involved. Jeffrey was a troubled child psychologically and his social skills had a lot to be desired. All the way through his childhood he was ignored and had queer fantasies of cadavers. In his adulthood this psychosocial status quo didn 't change and was in fact aggravated.

It was May 22, 1918, and Joseph Maggio was coming home from his grocer job but he didn't know that was his last day at work. When he arrived home him, and his wife Catherine Maggio got ready for bed and he laid aside her in the bed. What they didn't know is that someone was coming for them and walking up on the corner of Upperville and Magnolia streets. When the killer broke in the Mr. and Mrs. Maggio were dead asleep and the killer crept up the stairs and proceeded to watch them until it was time. He proceeded to cut the couple’s throat with a straight razor, and when he was done he continued and bashed their heads in with an axe. Maybe in fact to conceal the fact of their real death (Axeman).

As I’ve said previously, the life of Charles Manson revolved around interpersonal violence. From an early age Manson was the victim of child neglect – his mother (Kathleen Maddox) would leave him with neighbors, “for an hour, then disappear for days or weeks,”

"As far as I'm concerned, if I didn't kill my family, they were going to kill me. And as far as I'm concerned, what I did was self-defense and there was nothing wrong with it. When I got a gun in my hand, there's no doubt in my mind who I am. I am God" (Brett Bodner). This statement coming from Butch, might seem a bit disturbed, certainly this was an attempt to persuade everyone involved into thinking that he was crazy, that he murdered his family because he was crazy. In light of the claim made by Butch, his attorney William Webber, attempted bargain an insanity plea. Ronald’s psychiatrist, Doctor Daniel Schwartz, supported the claim, saying that DeFeo suffered from dissociative disorder. On the contrary, the state’s psychiatrist, Doctor Harold Zolan, completely disagreed, and said, Ronald suffered from antisocial personality disorder. Therefore, this illness nade him aware of his actions and it was motivated by a self centered