Caroline Rose Isenberg (October 27, 1961 - December 2, 1984) was an American actress and Harvard College graduate whose 1984 murder on a Manhattan rooftop gathered wide national media coverage in the United States.
Her calls for help were quite specific and made reference to her name and apartment number, something that in classes on women's safety she had learned could increase the chance that others would intervene to help.
The case attracted detailed national coverage for a number of reasons: it highlighted the dangers of 1980s New York City and also showed how violent crime robbed a talented young person of a bright future.
[2] At Emmanuel Torres' August 1985 sentencing, Justice Stephen G. Crane remarked that the case was of "Shakespearean proportions in its foul and tragic dimensions."
"Night Prayer," a poem by Seattle-based author Stacey Levine, appeared in the May 1985 issue of the political/activist journal Northwest Passage.