DeFeo family murders
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The DeFeo family murders were a 1974 mass killing in Amityville, New York, in which Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six members of his family, later inspiring the infamous "Amityville Horror" legend.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1974 DeFeo family murders | 1 |
| DeFeo family murders canonical | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18589461 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: DeFeo family murders Context triple: [112 Ocean Avenue house, associatedWithEvent, DeFeo family murders]
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Manson Family murders
The Manson Family murders were a series of brutal killings in Los Angeles in 1969 orchestrated by cult leader Charles Manson, which became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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Clutter family murders
The Clutter family murders were a notorious 1959 quadruple homicide in Holcomb, Kansas, that became widely known through Truman Capote’s true-crime book "In Cold Blood."
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C.
Hudson family murders
The Hudson family murders refer to the 2008 killings of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew in Chicago, a high-profile case that drew national attention due to the actress-singer’s fame and the crime’s brutality.
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D.
1981 Wonderland Avenue murders
The 1981 Wonderland Avenue murders were a notorious Los Angeles multiple homicide linked to drug trafficking and the criminal underworld surrounding the Wonderland Gang and nightclub owner Eddie Nash.
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E.
Tate murders
The Tate murders were the brutal 1969 killings of actress Sharon Tate and four others in Los Angeles, carried out by followers of Charles Manson and becoming one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeFeo family murders Target entity description: The DeFeo family murders were a 1974 mass killing in Amityville, New York, in which Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six members of his family, later inspiring the infamous "Amityville Horror" legend.
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A.
Manson Family murders
The Manson Family murders were a series of brutal killings in Los Angeles in 1969 orchestrated by cult leader Charles Manson, which became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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B.
Clutter family murders
The Clutter family murders were a notorious 1959 quadruple homicide in Holcomb, Kansas, that became widely known through Truman Capote’s true-crime book "In Cold Blood."
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C.
Hudson family murders
The Hudson family murders refer to the 2008 killings of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew in Chicago, a high-profile case that drew national attention due to the actress-singer’s fame and the crime’s brutality.
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D.
1981 Wonderland Avenue murders
The 1981 Wonderland Avenue murders were a notorious Los Angeles multiple homicide linked to drug trafficking and the criminal underworld surrounding the Wonderland Gang and nightclub owner Eddie Nash.
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E.
Tate murders
The Tate murders were the brutal 1969 killings of actress Sharon Tate and four others in Los Angeles, carried out by followers of Charles Manson and becoming one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
- F. None of above. chosen
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linked to: DeFeo family murders