The man convicted of killing Kew Gardens bartender Kitty Genovese in a notorious 1964 crime that captivated the nation’s attention was, yet again, denied parole.
Winston Moseley, 78, was last week denied his request to leave prison by the state Division of Parole for the 16th time since beginning to serve his life sentence 49 years ago.
Moseley was found guilty of repeatedly stabbing the 28-year-old Genovese outside her apartment on Austin Street when she was returning from her job at a nearby bar.
The murder originally grabbed headlines when it was reported that about 30 residents heard Genovese’s screams for help but did nothing – prompting even psychology students to study what became known as the “Kitty Genovese Syndrome,” or big city residents’ resistance to helping during crimes.
The notion that numerous people could have done something but opted not to has since been challenged, with a number of critics saying the New York Times reporter who wrote about the witnesses who allegedly did nothing exaggerated.
A New York City native, Genovese had decided to remain in Queens when her family moved to Connecticut in the mid 1950s. She was working as a manager at Ev’s Eleventh Hour Bar on Jamaica Avenue and 193rd Street at the time of her murder.
