The True Story Behind The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
4. A Murder
Although Ed and Lorraine Warren remained wary due to the reported number of demonic spirits, by the winter of 1980, the Glatzel family's plight had calmed. Debbie and Arne subsequently moved out of the family home and Debbie took a job for dog groomer Alan Bono that provided accommodation
It is Debbie's claim that during this time her fiance began to act strangely, becoming cold, distant and staring into space for long periods. One such trance had Arne frozen before a window and exclaiming "the old man is outside."
On February 18 1981, Debbie, Arne and Arne's three sisters agreed to meet landlord Alan Bono for lunch and drinks. Bono reportedly drank heavily before inviting the group back to his apartment. What happened next is not entirely clear...
According to Arne's sister, her brother began to utter an "unearthly growl" as Bono became forceful with one of the girls. An altercation ensued which resulted in Johnson stabbing Bono six times in the chest before fleeing.
Bono later died in hospital and Brookfield police found Arne Johnson dazed and bloody by the side of the road.