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| Louise DeFeo | |
| Aliases: | Louise Brigante Louise Marie Brigante |
| Continuity: | Amityville Horror |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Type: | Murder victim |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Brooklyn, New York City, New York 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, Long Island |
| Relatives: | Ronald DeFeo, Sr. Ronald DeFeo, Jr. Dawn DeFeo Allison DeFeo Marc DeFeo John DeFeo |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Born: | November 3rd, 1931 |
| Died: | November 13th, 1974 |
| First: | The Amityville Horror |
| Actor: | Jennifer Collins Diane Franklin |
Louise DeFeo was an actual person and a murder victim. The details surrounding Louise DeFeo's death, in conjunction with claims later made by the Lutz family, became the basis for the novel and 1979 feature film known as The Amityville Horror. This individual made their film introduction in a behind-the-scenes appearance in the beginning of the The Amityville Horror. She was represented in the 2016 movie The Conjuring 2 where she was played by actress Jennifer Collins in an uncredited appearance. She was also presented in the 2018 film The Amityville Murders where she was played by actress Diane Franklin.
Biography[]
Louise Marie Brigante was born the daughter of Michael and Angela Brigante on November 3rd, 1931. She also had a brother, Michael Brigante Jr. It is believed that Louise hailed from an organized crime family, and pursued a career in modeling. She married car dealership manager Ronald DeFeo, and with him, had five children, Ronald, Jr. in 1951, Dawn in 1956, Allison in 1961, Marc in 1962 and John in 1965. The DeFeos originally lived in an apartment in Brooklyn, New York City, but moved to a house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, Long Island around the time that John was born.
On November 13th, 1974, between the hours of 3:00 and 3:15 am, Ronald DeFeo, Jr., for reasons that remain unclear, used a Marlin 336C shotgun and shot and killed every member of the household including his parents and all four siblings. Louise DeFeo's body was found lying face down in her bed with ballistics evidence concluding that she had been shot from behind. She was ten dies shy of her 44th birthday at the time of her death. She was buried at Saint Charles Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York.