Neighbors ignore cries for help as Catherine ‘Kitty’ Genovese is murdered 50 years ago this hour (Mar 13 1964)

1960s


Video: 'The Bystander Effect:The Death of Kitty Genovese'

(Friday, March 13, 1964, at about 3:15 a.m. EST) — Bar manager Catherine “Kitty” Genovese, 28, was stabbed to death today near her Queens, New York, home. The case generated controversy over the supposed reluctance of Genovese’s neighbors to respond to her cries for help. Genovese’s killer, Winston Moseley, remains in prison.