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Murder of Kitty Genovese

In the early hours of March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old bartender, was raped and stabbed to death outside the apartment building where she lived in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City, 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. However, subsequent investigations revealed that the extent of public apathy was exaggerated. While some neighbors heard her cries, many did not realize the severity of the situation. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Murder of Kitty Genovese is the 37th most popular mafioso (up from 38th in 2019). (down from 1,583rd in 2019)

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Murder of Kitty Genovese ranks 37 out of 70. Before her are Sundance Kid, Joe Masseria, Salvatore Giuliano, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Richard Hauptmann, and Mickey Cohen. After her are Vincent Gigante, Salvatore Maranzano, Du Yuesheng, Richard Kuklinski, Russell Bufalino, and Vyacheslav Ivankov.