Ronald Defeo Jr

Unsolved robberies

     Despite yesterday’s arrest of 58-year-old Michael Walsh, who was connected to six bank robberies across three counties in the state of New York, the Suffolk County Police Department does not have a clean slate from which to start fresh.  Though two of the four open bank robberies from the past two months are cleared, one remains unsolved.

     On Saturday, July 16, 2011, a man entered a Capital One Bank branch on Little East Neck Road in Babylon.  He went up to a teller and handed her a note which stated that he was demanding cash.  The teller gave him the money and he subsequently fled.

     The man was last seen running out of the bank’s rear entrance and turning west.  He is described as being a white male in his late 40s or early 50s, standing at 5 feet 5 inches tall with a slim build and dark hair, .  The clothes he was wearing during the robbery were a white painter’s hat, sunglasses, a dark-colored jacket and shirt, purple pants with a white stripe on them, and dark shoes.  He was also carrying a black shoulder bag.  This description has ruled out Michael Walsh, age 58, as a suspect and items found in his home did not link him to this particular robbery.

     The case is still being investigated by the Suffolk County Police Major Case Investigations Unit and detectives are asking anyone with any information to come forward.  Tips can be phoned in confidentially to 631-852-6295 or to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

     This is not the only bank robbery that remains unsolved.  On Thursday, June 16, 2011, a man walked into the TD Bank branch on Horseblock Road in Farmingville and approached a teller.  He handed over a note, demanding cash and threatening the employee.  The teller complied with the demand and, upon getting the money, the man fled the bank on foot.  He ran across Horseblock Road and was last seen in a shopping center opposite the bank.

     The man behind this bank robbery was described as being 6 feet tall and in his late 30s or early 40s.  He was wearing a tan short-sleeve polo shirt and a classic blue Yankee hat with a white logo.  No further description of the man and his remaining clothing could be obtained.  Again, Michael Walsh was not connected to this bank robbery before or after his arrest.

Living With Ghost: Fact or Fiction -The Amityville Horror

In November 1974, Ronald DeFeo shot six members of his family dead at his home in Ocean Avenue, Amityville. In December the following year, the Lutz family moved in but left after just 28 days after reportedly being terrorized by banging noises, oozing green slime and sinister eyes peeking through the window. Their experiences inspired the novel ‘The Amityville Horrors’ and later, two films.

On November 13, 1974, police received a report of a homicide at 112 Ocean Avenue, where they discovered six members of the DeFeo family — father, mother and four of their five children — shot and killed execution style. The surviving son, Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr., was eventually charged and tried for the murder of his family and is currently serving six concurrent life sentences. Some theorized that Ronald DeFeo Jr. was a sociopath turned killer. Others reasoned that Ronald DeFeo Jr. had to be possessed by the devil or insane in order to shoot and kill the slumbering family he adored. To this day, questions remain, such as: Why did it appear that six members of the DeFeo family slept through eight high-powered gunshots? Why were all of the victims found in the same position in their beds?

There is  a lot of controversy surrounding this alleged haunting . Some claim that it is just an elaborate hoax that has been made more and more grand each time the tale is re-visited.

On the other hand there are those who swear by the event that reportedly occurred in the Amityville home.

You have to be your own judge “REAL or HOAX”, but either way it sure is an interesting piece of work.

The Night The Defeos Died, Reinvestigating The Amityville Murders

Serial Killers: Up Close and Personal, Inside the World of Torturers, Psychopaths, and Mass Murderers

Sole survivor, children who murder their families

It Happened in New York, 2nd

Ghosts, True Encounters with the World Beyond