The DeFeo Murders and the Amityville Horror, Part 3 - Lutz Took His Own Stepson to Court

Three children went into the house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville in December 1975, thirteen months after the DeFeo murders. They were five, seven, and ten. Twenty-eight days later the family left. Then their stepfather, George Lutz, and their mother put them into a book, a movie, and fifty years of other people's story.

The book's cover said A True Story. Their own lawyer told a reporter they had made it up over wine. A federal judge said the book was largely fiction. Investigators found no snowfall for the hoof prints and no police records for the calls. The next owners found original hardware on a door supposedly torn from its hinges.

George trademarked the words Amityville Horror and in 2003 sued his own stepson over the name. Christopher Quaratino said George had exaggerated the incidents to profit. His brother Daniel said George hit them. Their sister Missy was five when they moved in. She has never spoken publicly.

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