Returning to the Scene of Kitty's Murder
Clip: Season 18 Episode 6 | 1m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017.
In this excerpt from Independent Lens documentary The Witness, Bill Genovese, whose sister Kitty Genovese was murdered in Queens, New York in a notorious 1964 case that became front page news, returns to scene of the crime with Charlie Skoller, the prosecutor in Kitty's trial. In a peaceful residential neighborhood, Skoller describes the brutality of the attack, bringing it vividly back to life.
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Returning to the Scene of Kitty's Murder
Clip: Season 18 Episode 6 | 1m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
In this excerpt from Independent Lens documentary The Witness, Bill Genovese, whose sister Kitty Genovese was murdered in Queens, New York in a notorious 1964 case that became front page news, returns to scene of the crime with Charlie Skoller, the prosecutor in Kitty's trial. In a peaceful residential neighborhood, Skoller describes the brutality of the attack, bringing it vividly back to life.
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Arranging to Meet His Sister's Killer
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The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017. (1m)
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The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017. (1m 35s)
Reenacting the Murder of Kitty Genovese
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The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017. (2m 14s)
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The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017. (30s)
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