The Witness Kitty's Murder

While telling a story, details are often spared; in the story of Kitty Genovese, the information we are usually supplied with excludes various details about the mysterious girl. The documentary, The Witness, revealed details about the night of Kitty’s murder, her personal life and the lives of her family members. In the documentary The Witness, various details were uncovered by Kitty’s brother, about the night of her murder. Kitty’s brother went back to the apartment complex where kitty once lived, he interviewed the witnesses from the police report. When he spoke to the witnesses they all revealed that kitty was attacked twice, once on the street, and then in the hallway of her apartment building. From speaking to the witnesses he also discovered that on the night of her murder, various people yelled at the murderer to leave her alone, but after 15 minutes, he came back and attacked kitty a second time, this time murdering her. In the final moments of Kitty’s life, a woman from the apartment complex
Kitty had four siblings: Bill, Susan, Vincent, and Frank. Her brother Bill became almost obsessed with her death, and created the documentary The Witness. He researched all that he could about Kitty from asking her old friends, reading police reports, and speaking to witnesses of the murder. Her brother bill was in a war and lost both of his legs, rendering him disabled. Bill described their parents as “basket cases,” he revealed that they never fully recovered from Kitty’s murder. The whole family was so upset that she had passed away, they all were very close to her and said she was the “light” in their family. She kept everyone happy, and losing her was devastating to all of the family members. The documentary Kitty’s brother created shed light on the unspoken aspects of Kitty’s life, such as the night of her murder, her personal life, and the lives of her family