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Philly Insists Woman Stabbed 23 Times Killed Herself

32-page report on Ellen Greenberg's death notes discovery of additional wounds

(Newser) - Philadelphia officials have reaffirmed the suicide ruling in the controversial 2011 death of Ellen Greenberg, despite a new review uncovering three additional stab wounds and 20 more bruises than originally documented. Chief Medical Examiner Lindsay Simon's court-ordered review, prompted by a settlement with Greenberg's parents, brings the total...

Doctor Who Ruled Stabbed Woman Killed Herself Flips

With lawsuits settled, Ellen Greenberg's manner of death to be reexamined

(Newser) - The pathologist who determined Ellen Greenberg, a first-grade teacher stabbed 20 times in her Philadelphia apartment in 2011, had died by suicide has changed his mind—again. Dr. Marlon Osbourne, who initially ruled the death a homicide before switching to suicide, signed a document Friday indicating he no longer believes...

Ellen Greenberg's Parents Insist Her Death Wasn't Suicide

She was found with 20 stab wounds in 2011

(Newser) - We've reported before on the case of Ellen Greenberg , a 27-year-old who was found dead from 20 stab wounds on Jan. 26, 2011, in the Philadelphia apartment she shared with her fiance. Her death was initially ruled a homicide but then changed to suicide , a classification her parents have...

'Suicide' of Woman Stabbed 20 Times Gets a Court Review

Woman found dead in 2011 was initially ruled a homicide before ME changed it to suicide

(Newser) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the family of a Philadelphia woman whose 2011 stabbing death was initially ruled a homicide before the medical examiner switched it to suicide after police objected. First-grade teacher Ellen Greenberg, 27, was found in her apartment with 20 stab...

Court Hears Case of Woman Stabbed 20 Times in 'Suicide'

Ellen Greenberg's parents may soon take their case to trial

(Newser) - After more than a decade fighting the Philadelphia medical examiner's office on their daughter's cause of death, lawyers for Ellen Greenberg's parents made their case in front of a Pennsylvania appeals court Tuesday. "We are cautiously optimistic that the panel will find the estate of Ellen...

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