Research Paper On Kitty Genovese Murder

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The murder of Kitty Genovese is a very touchy subject. No one really knows the truth. Was there 37 or 38 witnesses? Psychologists say they only found a half a dozen witnesses, and the 6 people who seen it, didn’t see the whole incident.
In 1964, Kitty Genovese was attacked, raped and murdered in her home by a man named Winston Moseley after returning from her job early on March 13, 1964. Winston approached Kitty as she was walking toward her home. As Kitty began to run away in fear, she was stabbed twice in the back. Minutes after, a man shouted ¨Let that girl alone¨ causing Winston to flee, but only return 10 minutes later. When he returned, he found her in the hallway of her apartment, he raped her, took her money and then stabbed her

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