[toomuchtodo]

Not a myth, but is filled with inaccuracies. People did call the police (several) and the victim did not die alone.

https://www.npr.org/2016/06/16/482313144/the-witness-exposes...

[dmix]

NYT had a really good article on it upon the death of her murderer in jail in 2016 (one of NY state's longest serving prisoners before he died): https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/nyregion/winston-moseley-...

That Witness movie sounds similar to this film which was good: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2704816/