The Devil I Know: My Haunting Journey with Ronnie DeFeo and the True Story ofthe Amityville Murders (37 page)

Me and my brother.
Jackie Barrett

Will and me.
Joanne Agnelli

The International Shrine of Saint Jude in New Orleans, where I go to pray for the dead and for my mother’s soul.
Joanne Agnelli

LEFT:
Will drumming during a ritual to call onto the spirits to protect us.
RIGHT:
Preparing for ritual.
Joanne Agnelli

A ritual set up.
Joanne Agnelli

(Clockwise from top left) Will, Ray, me, and Joanne.
Joanne Agnelli

Ronald “Butch” DeFeo in police custody the day after the murders were discovered.
Suffolk County Police Department

The DeFeo kids (from left to right): John, Dawn, Allison, Marc, and Ronnie.
DeFeo family collection

The DeFeo family headstone, including Ronnie’s paternal grandparents, Rocco and Antoinette.
Joanne Agnelli

The former 112 Ocean Avenue, today.
Joanne Agnelli

Former site of the Surf Hotel, now an empty lot.
Jackie Barrett

A drawing Ronnie sent me in September 2009. I’d never mentioned the Surf Hotel to him.
Jackie Barrett

A letter Ronnie wrote to me, signed in blood.
Jackie Barrett

Looking into the eyes of the devil.