Kitty Genoveses 1964 murder long symbolized urban apathy, but a new film by her brother challenges the long-held belief that nobody tried to help her.\rbr\rbrKitty Genoveses 1964 murder long symbolized urban apathy, but a new film by her brother challenges the long-held belief that nobody tried to help her.\rbr\rbrIn the famous 1964 Kitty Genovese incident, a young woman named Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death outside her home in Queens, New York. Many of .\rbr\rbrThe man convicted of the 1964 rape and murder of Kitty Genovese, who was repeatedly stabbed on a New York street while neighbors largely ignored her cries .