Writing Workshop 2 - Thirty Eight Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police.

         In Kew Gardens, Queen, 38 residents in the neighborhood watched a killer stalk and stab Catherine Genovese, their neighbor, in three separate attacks. Nobody called the police during the assault; only one witness called after the witness was dead. On that day, Miss Genovese returned home from work, parked her car like usual and made her way to the light in front of a bookstore where the assailant grabbed and stabbed her. When she screamed for help, some of the apartment houses' lights went on and a man from the upper window in the apartment house warned the assailant to stay away and so he left. Then the murderer returned when all the lights had went off to stab Catherine again. He drove off when he saw the windows were opened and the lights went back on. By the time Miss Gevonese had crawled to the back of the building, the man returned and stabbed her fatally. The police was later received a phone call from one of her neighbor after that man had phoned his friend to ask for advice and crossed the roof of the building to make the call. People were giving out excuses for the reason why they did not inform the police when they saw the assault. Hours later, when the ambulance arrived to take the body of Miss Genovese, everybody came out of their rooms and houses.