
Kitty was a vivid and exuberant woman with light in her eyes and a big heart. Mary Ann Zielonko, her best friend and partner, allowed Cook to find the human behind the infamous murder. Heavily researched, he portrays everyone as true and vibrant, highlighting character flaws of ordinary people making mundane, seemingly innocuous choices, all of which lead to Kitty being stabbed to death outside of her apartment. In his book, Kitty Genovese: The Murder, The Bystanders, The Crime That Changed America, Cook delves into the interior lives of the key players in this murder story. As multiple media outlets reported, humanity failed her on March 13.īut should we believe, wholeheartedly, the media reports? What really happened that fateful night in 1964? Kevin Cook, award-winning author and successful journalist, analyzes the infamous but wildly misunderstood, case of Kitty Genovese. Over 38 of her neighbors watched the murder of Kitty Genovese and did nothing.
