Man Fatally Attacks His Family Because They Are ‘Devils’

Bliss
Cogent
Published in
7 min readApr 12, 2024

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Ronnie O’Neal III doodling ‘Love U’ on paper to garner sympathy from the jury
Ronnie O’Neal III doodling ‘Love U’ on paper to garner sympathy from the jury

On March 18, 2018, just outside of Tampa, Florida, 29-year-old Ronnie O'Neal III massacred his whole family, claiming that they were evil children of the devil.

But one survived, his son, also named Ronnie, but we'll call him Little Ronnie to avoid confusion. He was only eight years old when his life took a devastating turn.

Just before midnight, police received a chilling 911 call. During the first half of this phone call, no one was even talking, although there was a lot of noise on the other end of the phone. There was lot movement, shuffling, yelling, screaming. It was clear that there is a physical altercation happening, and eventually, a woman spoke.

But she was frantic, gasping for breath when she said, ‘God help me please, Jesus help, I'm shot.’

The operator then heard another voice in the background of the call. It was a man's voice repeatedly chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’, which translates in Arabic to ‘God is the greatest’.

For the next part of this phone call, the woman was talking to the man in background and she was pleading with him. She tried to say everything she could think of to try to calm him down, but it wasn’t working.

He didn't respond to her pleas once. About a minute into this exchange, he shouted over…

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Bliss
Cogent

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