Old Kew Gardens.com The popular account of the Kitty Genovese case is mostly wrong, as shown by evidence from her killer's trial and other sources.  To read more, click here. EXCERPTS FROM THE TRIAL TRANSCRIPT OF PEOPLE V. MOSELEY June 9, 1964
----- Page 235 begins here ----- [Direct examination of the defendant, Winston Moseley, by his attorney, Mr. Sparrow:] * * *
Q.	Now, tell us what you did, please?
A.	Well, I left the house at about 1:30 or 2 o'clock and it took me until about 3 o'clock to find one that was driving to where I could actually catch up with her, and so I did see this car about 3 o'clock, a red car, and I followed it for about 10 blocks, and then it pulled into what I thought was just a parking lot next to a building, and I parked in a bus stop that was as close as I could park to the car.
Q.	She was a white woman, wasn't she?
A.	Yes, she was.
Q.	Had you ever seen her before?
A.	No, I had not.
Q.	Did you make up your mind to kill her?
A.	Yes.
Q.	Can you tell us any reason why?
A.	No, I can't give you any reason why.
Q.	Did you know whether she had money with her or not?
A.	No, I didn't.
Q.	Were you interested in whether she had money?
A.	Not particularly.
The Court:	That was one of the factors in your mind, wasn't it?
The Witness:	It possibly was, but it was not a primary factor.
Q.	Had you any intention at that point of r*ping this person?
A.	No, not at that moment, no.
Q.	Then what did you do?
A.	Well, I got out of my car, too, before she got out of hers.
Q.	How far away from her were you at that point?
A.	I'd say I was about 40 feet from her. By the time she got out of her car, I was already in the parking lot.
The Court:	I will not permit any more leading on this phase of the case.
Mr. Sparrow:	Very well, sir. ----- Page 236 begins here -----
Q.	You tell us exactly what happened, Winston.
A.	As soon as she got out of the car, she saw me and she ran. I ran after her and I had a knife in my hand then and I caught up with her and I stabbed her twice in the back, and somebody did call out of the window, then I realized that I had parked my car probably where they could have seen it, so I went back to the car back around into the back of what they described as 82nd Road, but when I was backing the car away, I could see that she had gotten up and that she wasn't dead.
Q.	Did you go home?
A.	No, I didn't go home.
Q.	Why didn't you go home?
The Court:	I am going to let him tell his story without any "why's"?
Mr. Sparrow:	All right.
The Court:	Go ahead.
A.	I did not go home because I did not think that the person that called would come down to help her regardless to the fact that she had screamed, so I came back and I didn't see her when I came back but I could see that she had walked around the building the other way from when she started running, so I did look into the Long Island railroad station and I didn't see her there and then I tried the first door in the row of those back houses, which was locked. The second door was open and she was in there. As soon as she saw me, she started screaming so I stabbed her a few other times to stop her from screaming, and I had stabbed her once in the neck, yes. When I stabbed her in the neck, she only moaned after that.
Q.	When you say you stabbed her a few times, could you tell us where you stabbed her, please?
Mr. Cacciatore:	I object, if your Honor pleases. ----- Page 237 begins here -----
The Court:	Overruled.
Mr. Cacciatore:	May we stop leading?
The Court:	Overruled. Where did you stab her?
The Witness:	I stabbed her primarily in the chest, in the stomach. She was on her back then. I had only stabbed her twice in the back.
The Court:	You said your car was parked where?
The Witness:	It was parked right in the bus stop.
The Court:	And you said you realized it could be seen and recognized from there?
A.	Yes.
The Court:	Is that the reason you got in and moved it away?
The Witness:	That's right.
The Court:	Where did you move it to? How?
The Witness:	I backed it away.
The Court:	Into where?
The Witness:	82nd Road.
The Court:	That was for the purpose of making sure that nobody could see the plate or identify the car?
The Witness:	That's right.
The Court:	And through that, identify you?
The Witness:	I wasn't worried about them identifying me because I realized it was late at night and I was pretty sure nobody could see that well out of the window.
The Court:	You thought if they identified the car through a license plate, they might be able to identify you, is that it?
A.	That's right.
The Court:	Go ahead. ----- Page 238 begins here -----
Q.	Tell us what else happened?
A.	Well, after she stopped struggling, then - well, while this was going on, I could hear there were people awake upstairs, yes.
Q.	What did you hear that you say happened?
A.	I heard the door open up there at least twice, maybe three times, but when I looked up there, there was nobody up there and I didn't feel that these people were coming down the stairs anyway . . . .
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