Shattered Hopes: The Chronology of A Crime

A Chronology of events surrounding the DeFeo murders, the events leading up to them, and the aftermath that would follow. (All pages compiled by Shattered Director Ryan Katzenbach.)


PREDISCOVERY • The events of the afternoon and early evening of November 13th...	6:30 P.M. - 7 P.M. NOVEMBER 13 • Discovery of the bodies and law enforcement responds...	7-8 P.M. NOVEMBER 13 • Securing the crime scene and reeling in the shock of mass murder...

8-9 P.M. • The ME's office arrives and the investigation commences.	9-10 P.M. • The investigation continues as more family arrives on the scene...	10-11 P.M. • Evidence and photographs...

11-MIDNIGHT • The DeFeos leave their home for the last time as a bizarre phone call transpires...	MIDNIGHT TO 1 A.M., NOVEMBER 14, 1974 • The autopsies are underway as the cops continue, into the night, with their investigation.	1 A.M. - 3 A.M. • The focus of the investigation begins to shift...

3 A.M. - 6 A.M. • Butch gets some sleep...	6 A.M. - NOON. • Chiselling away at the story...	NOON - 6 P.M.. • Finishing the autopsies and formal identification...

6 P.M. - MIDNIGHT . • An Arrest Is Made	NOVEMBER 15, 1974 • The Public Administrator Assumes Control of 112 Ocean , Butch is indicted in the death of brother Marc...	WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER 16-17 • The DeFeo's Wake...saying goodbye to a family.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1974 • The DeFeos are buried, Butch is formally indicted on the remaining five counts of murder...	THE EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED • The aftermath, leading to trial...	PROBATING THE DEFEO ESTATE • Disposing of a house and assets tainted by the worst murder in Long Island history...

TRIAL & CONVICTION • Key events in the prosecution of Butch DeFeo...	THROUGH THE YEARS • Butch DeFeo's game-playing, legal movements and lawsuits.	THE KEY PLAYERS• What happened to those involved in the case in later years...

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