- Was working as a bar manager at the time of her death.
- Her killer, Winston Moseley, has been denied parole seventeen times.
- Her murder and the failure of people to react led to a national study of what psychologists have since dubbed ''The Bystander Effect''.
- Her family had moved to Connecticut when she was age 19 as they felt the city had become too violent, but Kitty stayed behind.
- Her death led to the formation of the Neighbourhood Watch scheme.
- She was living with her girlfriend, Mary Ann Zielenko, at the time of her death.
- Contrary to popular belief, no one in her apartment complex witnessed her murder happen in its entirety and, due to the initial stabbing damaging her lungs, she was unable to cry out for help as is so often believed. Only one witness was aware that she had been stabbed and only one was aware of the second attack.
- Her killer, Winston Moseley, had no prior criminal record and was married with three children at the time of her murder.
- While her death was commonly used as a study in what psychologists now call "bystander effect", this has ceased as the facts of the case became more widely known which debunks the initial claims of indifference from Kitty's neighbors.
- Contrary to what is commonly claimed about her case, two of her neighbors did call the police and another called the ambulance and stayed with Genovese after the attack and stayed with her as she passed away.
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