Virginia Benson
Background
Virginia Benson is a resident of New York. Her husband is Douglas Benson and her children are Tyler Benson, Lori Benson and Melanie Benson. Virginia was born on 3 September, 1971.
During the events of The Amityville Haunting (2011) played by Amy Van Horne
Douglas, Virginia, Tyler, Lori, and Melanie meet with Prunella Weldon to look at a home for sale. Tyler records the entire thing as the Benson's take a tour of the house. They agree to purchase the house and when they go to tell Prunella, they find her lying dead on the driveway.
Day 1, June 12, 2008. The family moves in to the house and while Steve is carrying a heavy box, he falls down the stairs and dies. During the evening, Virginia yells at Douglas that she doesn't want to live there.
Day 2, June 13, 2008. Douglas complains to Virginia that he found the backdoor wide open and he accuses Lori of sneaking out. Douglas sends Virginia, Lori and Melanie out to see a movie while he and Tyler install security cameras inside the house.
Day 3, June 14, 2008. In the morning, Tyler shows Douglas, Virginia and Lori a cellphone video, but they don't believe anything happened. Virginia asks Tyler to stop filming everyone all the time. During the night, Douglas catches Greg sneaking into the house and throws him out. Douglas calls the cops and Officer Nathan arrives at the house and tells Douglas that Greg is a known troublemaker.
Day 4, June 15, 2008. The next day, Officer Nathan returns to the house and tells Douglas and Virginia that he found a torn shirt and blood on their property. A Detective comes to the house and tells Douglas and Virginia that the blood found was human. He tells them that the police received a letter stating that Ronald DeFeo Jr. wasn't the murderer of his family, but his sister was.
Day 6, June 17, 2008. Virginia tells Tyler, Lori and Melanie that they are going to stay at Linda and Eddie's house. Douglas comes home with a large amount of religious items and places them all around the house and also uses them to try and cleanse the house. Douglas has a family meeting and talks about the family being at war and the gates of hell. Between 3 and 4 a.m., Virginia is burned to death
