After 14 years, the City of Philadelphia will certainly reconsider the instance of Ellen Greenberg, an instructor whose 2011 fatality was ruled a self-destruction after she was located with virtually 2 lots stab injuries and covered in swellings. And her dad thinks private investigators must be taking a look at strangulation as an opportunity for his little girl’s reason of fatality.
Greenberg, 27, was located in her cooking area with 20 stab injuries and a blade in her upper body with a half-made fruit salad on the counter top throughout a snowstormJan 26, 2011. The forensic pathologist with the city clinical supervisor’s workplace at the time,Dr Marlon Osbourne, originally ruled Greenberg’s fatality a murder in 2011. Then, he turned around training course after meeting cops behind shut doors and formally ruled it a self-destruction, according to court documents.
Just one week back, Osbourne backtracked on his self-destruction judgment.
“It is my professional opinion Ellen’s manner of death should be designated as something other than suicide,” he composed. “Since issuing the amended death certificate, I have become aware of additional information I did not have at the time of issuing the amended death certificate which may have impacted my opinion.”
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Sandee Greenberg remained in Philadelphia Monday, when a negotiation was gotten to with the city in her little girl’s instance. (Gavin Fish)
Days later on, the City of Philadelphia cleared up a claim with Greenberg’s moms and dads,Dr Josh and Sandee Greenberg, that charged neighborhood authorities and the clinical supervisor’s workplace, consisting of Osbourne, of joining a “concealed conspiracy for the purpose of disguising Ellen’s homicide as a suicide,” according to lawful papers.
“A settlement agreement between the City of Philadelphia and the family of Ellen Greenberg has been reached,” an agent for the City of Philadelphia’s Law Department verified withFox News Digital “The terms of the settlement include an independent review of the autopsy file and an express waiver of any claims that might be brought as a result of that process.”
The city will certainly pay the Greenbergs a concealed quantity as component of the negotiation, their lawyer, Joseph Podraza, informed Fox News Digital.
“I felt like we made Ellen proud,” Sandee stated together with her spouse in an on-camera meeting withFox News Digital
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“We have Osbourne now saying it should not be a suicide, the original pathologist who handled the case all the way through,” Podraza stated.
“And regardless of what the city does with it, the key was Osbourne and his verification. If they continue to live in a fallacy that this is suicide, that’s a choice they make, and their credibility will be shot. We would hope that the city will do the right thing and also designate this case what it is — a homicide.”
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![Ellen Greenberg smiling with her arm around a man](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/08/1200/675/Ellen-Greenberg-in-kitchen.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Ellen Greenberg, left, in an undated family members image. (Greenberg family members)
At the moment of her fatality, Greenberg had actually sent save-the-date notifications for her wedding event with Sam Goldberg, that stated he returned home from a fitness center, damaged down the door and located his future wife’s body in their shared home in Manayunk, a silent area in Philadelphia.
“When Ellen took her own life, it left me bewildered. She was a wonderful and a kind person who had everything to live for. When she died, a part of me died with her,” Goldberg informed CNN in December in his very first public declaration concerning Greenberg’s fatality.
“Mental illness is very real and has many victims. … I hope and pray that you never lose someone you love like I did to a terrible disease and then be accused by ignorant and misinformed people of causing her death.”
When asked whether Goldberg has actually straight touched with the Greenbergs pertaining to Ellen’s instance, Podraza stated that he has not.
“There has been no communication with Sam, nor has he ever reached out to us to assist or endorse our efforts,” Podraza stated, including that absolutely nothing has actually altered because Osbourne reversed his “suicide” judgment.
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![Ellen Greenberg with her parents, Dr. Josh and Sandee Greenberg](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2024/10/1200/675/josh-ellen-and-sandee-greenberg.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Ellen Greenberg with her moms and dads,Dr Josh and Sandee Greenberg. (Greenberg family members)
![Dr. Josh and Sandee Greenberg in Philadelphia after a settlement was reached with the city in their daughter Ellen's case](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/02/1200/675/greenbergs-after-settlement.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Dr Josh and Sandee Greenberg remained in Philadelphia Monday, when a negotiation was gotten to with the city in their little girl’s instance. (Gavin Fish )
Greenberg’s 20 stab injuries consisted of 10 from behind, a minimum of among which can have been brought upon after she was currently dead, according to court papers.
“Nobody could possibly do this to themselves. It just doesn’t make sense,” retired forensic pathologist and clinical supervisorDr Michelle DuPre informedFox News Digital
“One of the first things that I always do, that most forensic pathologists or medical examiners do in cases like this, is we try to simulate the injuries. … I couldn’t take a 10-inch knife and stab myself in the back. The locations with the angles and everything that is described that I saw was just physically, anatomically impossible.”
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“As far as taking 14 years, I mean, this is egregious,” she included, of Osbourne’s turnaround of the self-destruction judgment.
Greenberg was likewise located covered in swellings in various phases of recovery, suggesting she had actually obtained them throughout time, according to the postmortem examination record.
“This was a passion attack,” Podraza stated. “You look at the bruisings, you look at the bruisings to her neck, you look at the bruisings to her wrists and the savagery of the stabbing patterns. To me, there’s no question that this was an attack of passion.”
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Greenberg’s 20 stab injuries consisted of 10 from behind, a minimum of among which can have been brought upon after she was currently dead, according to court papers. (Fox News)
While the several stab injuries have actually long been the emphasis of Greenberg’s fatality, her dad shared a brand-new concept concerning exactly how his little girl might have passed away.
“I think my daughter was strangled,” he informed press reporters in Philadelphia today and verified withFox News Digital
“All the training and everything that I’ve had, you have to consider everything,” Tom Brennan, that independently checked out Greenberg’s fatality for several years, informedPennlive “We have autopsy photographs which indicate there were wounds to the neck. There’s hemorrhage there … which indicates manual strangulation.”
DuPre concurred, including, “There are obviously telltale signs of strangulation.”
COURT LINKED TO ELLEN GREENBERG’S FIANCÉ TOOK THINGS FROM HER ‘SELF-DESTRUCTION’ SCENE PRIOR TO COPS SEARCH
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Old pictures of Ellen Greenberg given by her childhood years close friend. (Justice For Ellen)
Greenberg’s dad preserves she “was being abused” which she had injuries on her body constant with misuse.
While consulting with Fox News Digital after Monday’s negotiation, he outlined what he thinks occurred in the minutes leading up to his little girl’s fatality.
“Ellen was confronting her abuser … and it got out of hand. He hit her on the head. That’s what the gash is from. And then he strangled her,” he stated. “Suicides are the easiest way to cover up a homicide, so all those 20 stab wounds, even the deep ones to the back of the neck and the one in the chest were part of a cover-up.”
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As Greenberg’s fatality obtains a makeover by the city’s clinical supervisor for the very first time in 14 years, previous murderDet Ted Williams informed Fox News Digital he thinks “there is a need to determine who killed her.”
“Whether ruled undetermined or a homicide, further investigation, it appears, is warranted,” Williams stated.
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Ellen Greenberg as an instructor (Ellen Greenberg’s family members)
Pennsylvania Gov Josh Shapiro, that acquired Greenberg’s instance after the self-destruction decision in 2011 as chief law officer at the time, responded to Osbourne’s brand-new category throughout an interview Thursday, ABC 27 reported.
Shapiro stated his examination as chief law officer “pointed toward a suicide,” including that it depends on the Chester County District Attorney’s Office to make a decision whether Osbourne’s brand-new decision suffices to press the instance ahead.
“It has to have some evidence with it, not just someone feeling different. But, certainly, if there’s some evidence that this medical examiner has uncovered – I’m not familiar with that, I’m no longer the AG,” Shapiro stated. “If they have new evidence, new information, they should share that immediately.”
An independent examination by the Chester County DA was launched approximately 2 years back after Shapiro and Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner recused themselves from the instance.
The Chester County DA’s workplace introduced in November that it was “currently unable to move forward with criminal charges” however was relocating Greenberg’s instance to an “inactive” condition and leaving it open up to reconsider if the DA obtains brand-new details.
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![Ellen Greenberg in formal attire](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/08/1200/675/Ellen-Greenberg-at-a-wedding.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Ellen Greenberg, left, in an undated family members image. (Greenberg family members)
Before today’s negotiation with the city, the Greenbergs had actually been knotted in lawful fights with the federal government since their little girl’s fatality, dealing with the decision that it was a self-destruction and declaring a “conspiracy” to “cover up Ellen’s murder in order to hide the authorities’ grossly botched investigation,” according to court documents.
Now, offered Osbourne’s recanting, Podraza states “a criminal investigation should be automatic.”
“We would participate in who is going to handle it and how it will be handled to ensure that it’s objective, fair and effective,” he included. “We’re not going to let it just sit. It’s been 14 years. … We intend to cross that goal line and hold whoever is responsible for her murder … responsible.”
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“Ellen was a person, a citizen of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, and she deserves to have justice,” Dr Josh Greenberg stated.
Philadelphia Police did not promptly react to Fox News Digital’s ask for remark. They have actually formerly decreased to talk about the instance, mentioning the continuous lawful conflict. Goldberg did not promptly react for remark.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz added to this record.