The convicted murderer of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, a 28-year-old New York City bartender whose 1964 slaying became a notorious symbol of urban indifference, has died in prison at age 81, corrections officials said Monday.
Winston Moseley was serving a life sentence for the rape and stabbing death of Genovese and a series of other sexual and violent crimes, including some committed while he briefly escaped prison four years after his first incarceration.
He died on March 28 at the maximum-security prison in Dannemora, New York, state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision spokesman Thomas Mailey said in an email. The cause of death had not yet been determined.