A young woman dies alone after being attacked three times at night and 38 witnesses didn't call the police? Or was it? Fifty years later, Bill Genovese, brother of slain girl, returns to the crime scene in an attempt to get answers their family was too sore in exploring before. Twists and turns and lost opportunities, all based on a newspaper article that took license with the story. There are still too many questions left behind. There was no information on what the police actually did that night. There was a list of 38 people, but what happened to them? Did they read the newspaper article and realize that they were part of that list or not as one interviewee realized. Was there no trial coverage to dispute what the original New York Times article said? What was the killer doing there in the first place? I think this documentary could have made a stronger case against media sensationalism, but I understand that this was one man's goal to save his sister and her legacy after her death. One last note, I found it rather silly that the killer's son was afraid of meeting Bill, thinking he was part of Genovese crime family. I don't think the mob would wait 50 years to get their revenge.
Review of The Witness
