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Family Of Philadelphia Teacher Stabbed To Death Fights To Overturn Suicide Ruling

Ellen Greenberg and Family [Photo: Oxygen]
Ellen Greenberg and Family [Photo: Oxygen]

The family of Ellen Greenberg, from Philadelphia, is fighting to overturn their daughter’s stabbing case ruled as suicide. Greenberg’s injuries initially suggested homicide but it was reversed and ruled as suicide.

Ellen Greenberg and Ex-Fiancé Samuel Goldberg [Photo: Fox News]

Ellen Greenberg and Ex-Fiancé Samuel Goldberg [Photo: Fox News]

On January 26, 2011, Ellen Greenberg, then 27, was discovered dead with stab wounds at her home in Philadelphia. Greenberg’s fiancé, Samuel Goldberg, reportedly told the authorities that he came home on that day and broke down the locked door to their apartment. In the kitchen, Goldberg allegedly found Greenberg dead with a knife stuck in her chest. Ex-pathologist at Philadelphia’s Medical Examiner’s Office, Dr. Marlon Osbourne, initially ruled Greenberg’s death as a homicide based on her injuries. She reportedly suffered from 20 stab wounds, with 10 of them at the back of her head and neck. However, as reported in 6abc, after communicating with authorities, Osbourne reportedly changed the manner of death to suicide.

According to Ruiz, a petition with 150,000 signatures on Change.org demands for the attorney general in Pennsylvania to reopen the case. Greenberg’s family has initiated an independent investigation. They have also filed two lawsuits against Osbourne and two other pathologists for conspiracy to cover up Greenberg’s cause of death. The first lawsuit seeks to have Greenberg’s death changed to homicide or undecided from suicide. Greenberg’s family has also hired ex-police trooper, Tom Brennan, as a private investigator. The first case is expected to go to trial in the next three months.

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Doubts on the Ruling As Suicide

Ruiz also said that an ex-homicide prosecutor from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Guy D’Andrea, stated that there are four important pieces of evidence that prompted him to question the ruling of the death as suicide. First, there was a large wound at the top of Greenberg’s head. Second, Greenberg was discovered seated upright, but blood had dripped sideways on her face. Third, Greenberg seemed to have several old and new bruises. Lastly, Goldberg had previously stated that he had broken down the door to the apartment. However, crime scene photos revealed that the latches to the door were still attached.

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