Health worker reverses suicide ruling for instructor discovered lifeless with 20 stab wounds

The unique medical expert within the case of Ellen Greenberg, a Philadelphia instructor whose 2011 loss of life was dominated a suicide after she was discovered with practically two dozen stab wounds and coated in bruises, has reversed his suicide ruling for the primary time as Greenberg’s mother and father enter their best courtroom battle but.

It has been 14 years since 27-year-old Greenberg was present in her kitchen with 20 stab wounds and a knife in her chest with a half-made fruit salad on the countertop throughout a blizzard on Jan. 26, 2011. 

A decide on Friday dominated {that a} 2022 lawsuit filed by her mother and father, Dr. Josh and Sandee Greenberg, in opposition to the town of Philadelphia can transfer to trial, which was a significant growth within the case, Joseph Podraza, an legal professional representing the Greenbergs, confirmed with Fox Information Digital.

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A break up picture exhibits Ellen Greenberg smiling in an undated household photograph, and a computer-generated photograph based mostly on an post-mortem report displaying knives the place she had been stabbed 20 instances. (Greenberg household)

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The forensic pathologist with the town medical expert’s workplace, Dr. Marlon Osbourne, backtracked on his suicide ruling, main as much as the trial, in line with authorized paperwork. 

“It’s my skilled opinion Ellen’s method of loss of life ought to be designated as one thing aside from suicide,” Osbourne wrote. 

The previous Philadelphia pathologist initially dominated Greenberg’s loss of life a murder in 2011, in line with courtroom paperwork. Then he reversed course after assembly with police behind closed doorways and formally deemed it a suicide.

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“Since issuing the amended loss of life certificates, I’ve turn out to be conscious of extra data I didn’t have on the time of issuing the amended loss of life certificates which can have impacted my opinion,” he added in his current assertion.

The Greenbergs entered a Philadelphia courtroom Monday morning to start the trial of their case, which accuses native officers and the medical expert’s workplace, together with Osbourne, of protecting up their daughter’s loss of life and collaborating in a “hid conspiracy for the aim of disguising Ellen’s murder as a suicide,” in line with authorized paperwork. 

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Ellen Greenberg in an undated household photograph with fiance Sam Goldberg. (Greenberg household)

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“I don’t suppose anybody disagrees the crime scene ought to have been dealt with in another way,” Frequent Pleas Courtroom Choose Michael Erdos stated throughout oral arguments heard in courtroom in early December, Podraza beforehand instructed Fox Information Digital. “The actual fact the loss of life certificates nonetheless lists the reason for loss of life as suicide is puzzling.”

“I really feel like we’re advocating for her,” Sandee stated in an announcement to Fox Information Digital after the December listening to. “We’re getting nearer to justice for Ellen. We’re very decided and never giving up.”

The Greenbergs have been entangled in authorized battles with the federal government ever since their daughter’s loss of life, preventing the willpower that it was a suicide, and so they have argued that officers concerned of their daughter’s case “grossly botched” the investigation and conspired to cowl it up because of this. 

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Ellen Greenberg together with her mother and father, Dr. Josh and Sandee Greenberg. (Ellen Greenberg’s household)

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On the time of her loss of life, Greenberg had despatched out save-the-date notices for her marriage ceremony with Sam Goldberg, who stated he returned dwelling from a health club, broke down the door and located his fiancée’s physique of their shared condominium in Manayunk, a quiet neighborhood in Philadelphia. 

Greenberg’s 20 stab wounds included 10 from behind, at the very least one among which might have been inflicted after she was already lifeless, in line with courtroom paperwork. She was additionally discovered coated in bruises in several phases of therapeutic, implying she had acquired them over the course of a while, in line with the post-mortem report. 

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The Greenbergs and outdoors investigators have questioned why authorities allowed the crime scene to be professionally cleaned and sanitized earlier than detectives arrived with a search warrant, and so they have additionally questioned why Goldberg’s uncle, James Schwartzman, a outstanding Pennsylvania decide, was allowed to enter the condominium and take away various Greenberg’s belongings, together with her pc and cellphone, in line with courtroom data. 

A consultant for Schwartzman beforehand instructed Fox Information Digital that police gave him permission to go in and take Greenberg’s belongings, confirming he had eliminated her computer systems and cellphones. 

“The door was broken and unsecure, and he took out objects that he thought may be stolen,” the consultant for Schwartzman defined on his behalf. 

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Ellen Greenberg labored as a instructor. (Ellen Greenberg’s household)

Along with their newest lawsuit, the Greenbergs filed one other lawsuit in 2019, aiming to have the designation of “suicide” on her loss of life certificates changed with “murder” or “undetermined.” That case is pending earlier than the Pennsylvania Supreme Courtroom.

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Philadelphia police didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark. They’ve beforehand declined to debate the case, citing the continuing civil litigation. Goldberg didn’t instantly reply for remark. 

Fox Information Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.