No-one seriously claimed it was a mob-hit, but a new documentary due in 2012 explores the mafia angle, with a view to legitimizing Ronnie's alleged "secret" wife - Geraldine DeFeo
http://www.amityvillefilm.com/FamilyTies.htmlThere's already been a book about this woman - The Night The DeFeo's Died - and how she claims Ronnie had help in the murders (including his sister) but a look online shows many people view her as a fraud, while denouncing her claims and the books author.
Now, this documentary is
based on the book, but has further information to show Gerladine DeFeo was
really his wife.
The above link explores the mafia angle.
I'm wondering how true people find that page, and is it worth shelling out when their DVD boxset arrives?
So -- apparently this woman was "secret" because the mob erased her records...
Accordingly, Brigante was told by certain informants that, as the trial of Butch DeFeo approached, the Suffolk DA's office was looking at the possibility that there was a female accomplice involved in the killings with Butch. Brigante believed that Geraldine was the "female" that they were going to wrongly focus on. Therefore, the mob families erased Geraldine's marriage records and any indication that she and Butch had been legally connected in an effort to protect her from wrongful prosecution.
Now is something which was commonly done? Erasing someone's entire records like that, just before a trial? Is it even possible?
Her cousin, Joe Lombardi, does a lot of talking in the article - any word on him?
