[Lux1969]

In the early hours of March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old bartender, was raped and stabbed outside the apartment building where she lived in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of Queens, New York, United States. Two weeks after the murder, The New York Times published an article claiming that thirty-seven witnesses saw or heard the attack and that none of them called the police or came to her aid. The incident prompted inquiries into what became known as the bystander effect, or "Genovese syndrome",and the murder became a staple of U.S. psychology textbooks for the next four decades.

Researchers have since uncovered inaccuracies in the Times article, and police interviews revealed that some witnesses had attempted to contact authorities. In 2016, the Times called its own reporting "flawed," stating that the original story "grossly exaggerated the number of witnesses and what they had perceived." However, there are numerous documented witnesses who chose not to get involved while Genovese fought for her life.

At approximately 2:30 a.m. on March 13, 1964, Genovese left Ev's Eleventh Hour Bar and drove home in her red Fiat. While waiting for a traffic light to change on Hoover Avenue, she was spotted by Winston Moseley, a 29-year-old African American man and Manhattan native, sitting in his parked Chevrolet Corvair. Genovese arrived home around 3:15 a.m. and parked her car in the Kew Gardens Long Island Rail Road station parking lot, about 100 feet (30 m) from the door to her apartment, in an alleyway at the rear of the building.As she walked toward the building, Moseley, who had followed her home, exited his vehicle, parked at a corner bus stop on Austin Street. Armed with a hunting knife, he approached Genovese.

Genovese ran toward the front of the building, and Moseley ran after her, overtook her and stabbed her twice in the back. Genovese screamed, "Oh my God, he stabbed me! Help me!" Several neighbors heard her cry, but only one, Robert Mozer, attempted to intervene, shouting at the attacker, "Let that girl alone!" Moseley ran away, and Genovese slowly made her way toward the rear of the building, seriously injured.

Witnesses saw Moseley enter his car, drive away, and return ten minutes later. He systematically searched the parking lot, the train station, and an apartment complex, eventually finding Genovese, who was barely conscious and lying in a hallway at the back of the building, where a locked door had prevented her from going inside. Another neighbor at the top of the hallway, unlocked his door and peered out during the attack but didn't intervene.

Out of view of the street and of those who may have heard or seen any sign of the initial attack, Moseley stabbed Genovese several more times before raping her, stealing $49 from her, and running away again.
The attacks spanned approximately half an hour, and knife wounds in Genovese's hands suggested that she attempted to defend herself. Her neighbor and close friend, Sophia Farrar, found Genovese shortly after the second attack and held her in her arms, whispering, "Help is on the way," until an ambulance arrived.

One witness said his father called the police after the first attack and reported that a woman was "beat up, but got up and was staggering around". A few minutes after the second attack, another witness, Karl Ross, called friends for advice on what to do before calling the police. Genovese was picked up by an ambulance at 4:15 a.m. and died en route to the hospital. She was buried on March 16, 1964, in Lakeview Cemetery in New Canaan, Connecticut.

The infamous murder inspired New York City to implement the 9-1-1 emergency call system.

Winston Moseley, a 29-year-old Manhattan native, was arrested during a house burglary six days after the murder. While in custody, he confessed to killing Genovese and two other women. At his trial, Moseley was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. His sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. Moseley died in prison on March 28, 2016, at the age of 81, having served 52 years.

[akham]

Great post! Very interesting.

[rohmell]

Originally Posted by Lux1969 ↗

the murder became a staple of U.S. psychology textbooks for the next four decades.

Yes, I remember studying this case at University.

[dfinsvalde]

Winston Moseley lived too long and died too comfortably. I heard he applied for supervised release 18 times, and was very glad that they were all rejected.

[K53]

A dark day for society

[Mr.NoCredit]

Although the US is a great country letting scum like this live in the prison system for 52 years eating taxpayer dollars is ridiculous. He should have been tried and executed on the same day. Letting people like this live for years is a complete waste of resources.

[King Herald]

Oddly coincidental, but some sicko Muslim fucktard sad sack of shit has just been jailed for 52 years in the U.K. , for murdering 3 young women.

[normdiaz]

For witnesses: Not a case of "Love your neighbor as yourself".

[William May]

There was a documentary film about this, from about 10 years ago, and they went into it in REAL depth, talking to everyone who was involved who was still alive. They also talked to Mosely, and his statements sounded shady as fuck. He had all kinds of lame-ass excuses, none of them very plausible. I think most people who watched the documentary were pretty well convinced that he did it and was guilty. Too bad it took so long for him to die.

[Satori]

Originally Posted by King Herald ↗

Oddly coincidental, but some sicko Muslim fucktard sad sack of shit has just been jailed for 52 years in the U.K. , for murdering 3 young women.

Are you sure about that????