Ash Kelley

He was just like, whatever.

Now, with her attacker having fled, Kitty struggled to her feet and began making her way towards the back of the building, presumably trying to get inside to safety where she would find help.

Yeah.

Now that the scene was quiet again, those who had been woken by the screams assumed probably that whatever commotion that was about, it was over.

So they turned off the lights and went back to bed.

Ten or so minutes later, ten or so minutes later, those few who were still awake and still watching out their windows saw the man in the white car return.

He came back.

Well, now his face was covered with a wide-brimmed hat.

And the man appeared to be looking for something, searching the area around the bookstore, the parking lot of the train station, and eventually behind the building where he found what he was looking for.

Kitty Genovese was slumped in front of the back door to her building, a locked door preventing her from reaching the safety of her apartment.

Oh my God.

What happened next occurred out of the view of any neighbor's windows, so the specific details of the attack are unknown, but according to the autopsy performed the following day by Queens medical examiner William Benson, there were 13 stab wounds scattered over the body, nine in front and four in back, a stab wound in the throat and several slashes on the right hand.

That's unreal.

The wounds on the hand were jagged, indicating Kitty had tried to fight off her attacker.

But by that time, her injuries would have left her with little energy to do anything.

Despite the number and severity of stab wounds, the cause of death was listed as bilateral pneumothorax, meaning the air from a punctured lung had filled her chest and compressed her lungs, causing her to suffocate.

That's a horrible way to go.

After stabbing Kitty repeatedly, the man sexually assaulted her and robbed her of the $49 she had on her and then fled to his car.

Mm-hmm.

Piece of shit.