I need help to figure who this murder victim was?

Question

I don't know too much about her. I know her first name was Kitty and this took place in, like, the 40's or something. She's pretty famous. She was stabbed several times in the back by a random attacker and raped several times while she was 10 feet away from her apartment. If I remember correctly, there were about 40 witnesses.

Answer 1

Kitty Genovese

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/kitty_genovese/