Parents of teacher found dead with 20 stab wounds offer theory on how she died after 'suicide' ruling reversed

After 14 years, the City of Philadelphia volition reexamine the case of Ellen Greenberg, a teacher whose 2011 decease was ruled a termination aft she was recovered with astir 2 twelve stab wounds and covered successful bruises. And her begetter believes investigators should beryllium looking astatine strangulation arsenic a anticipation for his daughter's origin of death. 

Greenberg, 27, was recovered successful her room with 20 stab wounds and a weapon successful her thorax with a half-made effect crockery connected the countertop during a blizzard Jan. 26, 2011. The forensic pathologist with the metropolis aesculapian examiner's bureau astatine the time, Dr. Marlon Osbourne, initially ruled Greenberg's decease a homicide successful 2011. Then, helium reversed people aft gathering with constabulary down closed doors and officially ruled it a suicide, according to tribunal records. 

Just 1 week ago, Osbourne backtracked connected his termination ruling.

"It is my nonrecreational sentiment Ellen's mode of decease should beryllium designated arsenic thing different than suicide," helium wrote. "Since issuing the amended decease certificate, I person go alert of further accusation I did not person astatine the clip of issuing the amended decease certificate which whitethorn person impacted my opinion." 

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Sandee Greenberg was successful Philadelphia Monday, erstwhile a colony was reached with the metropolis successful her daughter's case. (Gavin Fish)

Days later, the City of Philadelphia settled a suit with Greenberg's parents, Dr. Josh and Sandee Greenberg, that accused section officials and the aesculapian examiner's office, including Osbourne, of participating successful a "concealed conspiracy for the intent of disguising Ellen’s homicide arsenic a suicide," according to ineligible documents. 

"A colony statement betwixt the City of Philadelphia and the household of Ellen Greenberg has been reached," a typical for the City of Philadelphia's Law Department confirmed with Fox News Digital. "The presumption of the colony see an autarkic reappraisal of the autopsy record and an explicit waiver of immoderate claims that mightiness beryllium brought arsenic a effect of that process."

The metropolis volition wage the Greenbergs an undisclosed magnitude arsenic portion of the settlement, their attorney, Joseph Podraza, told Fox News Digital.

"I felt similar we made Ellen proud," Sandee said alongside her hubby successful an on-camera interrogation with Fox News Digital. 

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"We person Osbourne present saying it should not beryllium a suicide, the archetypal pathologist who handled the lawsuit each the mode through," Podraza said.

"And careless of what the metropolis does with it, the cardinal was Osbourne and his verification. If they proceed to unrecorded successful a fallacy that this is suicide, that's a prime they make, and their credibility volition beryllium shot. We would anticipation that the metropolis volition bash the close happening and besides designate this lawsuit what it is — a homicide."

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Ellen Greenberg, left, successful an undated household photo. (Greenberg family)

At the clip of her death, Greenberg had sent retired save-the-date notices for her wedding with Sam Goldberg, who said helium returned location from a gym, broke down the doorway and recovered his fiancée's assemblage successful their shared flat successful Manayunk, a quiescent vicinity successful Philadelphia. 

"When Ellen took her ain life, it near maine bewildered. She was a fantastic and a benignant idiosyncratic who had everything to unrecorded for. When she died, a portion of maine died with her," Goldberg told CNN successful December successful his archetypal nationalist connection astir Greenberg's death. 

"Mental unwellness is precise existent and has galore victims. … I anticipation and commune that you ne'er suffer idiosyncratic you emotion similar I did to a unspeakable illness and past beryllium accused by ignorant and misinformed radical of causing her death."

When asked whether Goldberg has straight been successful interaction with the Greenbergs regarding Ellen's case, Podraza said that helium has not. 

"There has been nary connection with Sam, nor has helium ever reached retired to america to assistance oregon endorse our efforts," Podraza said, adding that thing has changed since Osbourne reversed his "suicide" ruling.

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Ellen Greenberg with her parents, Dr. Josh and Sandee Greenberg. (Greenberg family)

Dr. Josh and Sandee Greenberg were successful Philadelphia Monday, erstwhile a colony was reached with the metropolis successful their daughter's case. (Gavin Fish )

Greenberg's 20 stab wounds included 10 from behind, astatine slightest 1 of which could person been inflicted aft she was already dead, according to tribunal documents. 

"Nobody could perchance bash this to themselves. It conscionable doesn't marque sense," retired forensic pathologist and aesculapian examiner Dr. Michelle DuPre told Fox News Digital. 

"One of the archetypal things that I ever do, that astir forensic pathologists oregon aesculapian examiners bash successful cases similar this, is we effort to simulate the injuries. … I couldn't instrumentality a 10-inch weapon and stab myself successful the back. The locations with the angles and everything that is described that I saw was conscionable physically, anatomically impossible."

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"As acold arsenic taking 14 years, I mean, this is egregious," she added, successful notation to Osbourne's reversal of the termination ruling. 

Greenberg was besides recovered covered successful bruises successful antithetic stages of healing, implying she had received them implicit the people of immoderate time, according to the autopsy report. 

"This was a passionateness attack," Podraza said. "You look astatine the bruisings, you look astatine the bruisings to her neck, you look astatine the bruisings to her wrists and the savagery of the stabbing patterns. To me, there's nary question that this was an onslaught of passion." 

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Greenberg's 20 stab wounds included 10 from behind, astatine slightest 1 of which could person been inflicted aft she was already dead, according to tribunal documents.  (Fox News)

While the galore stab wounds person agelong been the absorption of Greenberg's death, her begetter shared a caller mentation astir however his girl whitethorn person died. 

"I deliberation my girl was strangled," helium told reporters successful Philadelphia this week and confirmed with Fox News Digital. 

"All the grooming and everything that I’ve had, you person to see everything," Tom Brennan, who privately investigated Greenberg's decease for years, told Pennlive. "We person autopsy photographs which bespeak determination were wounds to the neck. There’s hemorrhage determination … which indicates manual strangulation."

DuPre agreed, adding, "There are evidently telltale signs of strangulation."

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Old photos of Ellen Greenberg provided by her puerility friend. (Justice For Ellen)

Greenberg's begetter maintains she "was being abused" and that she had injuries connected her assemblage consistent with abuse.

While speaking with Fox News Digital aft Monday's settlement, helium elaborate what helium believes took spot successful the moments starring up to his daughter's death. 

"Ellen was confronting her abuser … and it got retired of hand. He deed her connected the head. That's what the gash is from. And past helium strangled her," helium said. "Suicides are the easiest mode to screen up a homicide, truthful each those 20 stab wounds, adjacent the heavy ones to the backmost of the cervix and the 1 successful the thorax were portion of a cover-up."

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As Greenberg's decease gets a caller look by the city's aesculapian examiner for the archetypal clip successful 14 years, erstwhile homicide Det. Ted Williams told Fox News Digital helium believes "there is simply a request to find who killed her." 

"Whether ruled undetermined oregon a homicide, further investigation, it appears, is warranted," Williams said.

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Ellen Greenberg arsenic a teacher  (Ellen Greenberg's family)

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who inherited Greenberg's lawsuit aft the termination determination successful 2011 arsenic lawyer wide astatine the time, reacted to Osbourne's caller classification during a property league Thursday, ABC 27 reported. 

Shapiro said his probe arsenic lawyer wide "pointed toward a suicide," adding that it's up to the Chester County District Attorney's Office to determine whether Osbourne's caller determination is capable to propulsion the lawsuit forward. 

"It has to person immoderate grounds with it, not conscionable idiosyncratic feeling different. But, certainly, if there’s immoderate grounds that this aesculapian examiner has uncovered – I’m not acquainted with that, I’m nary longer the AG," Shapiro said. "If they person caller evidence, caller information, they should stock that immediately."

An autarkic probe by the Chester County DA was initiated astir 2 years agone aft Shapiro and Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner recused themselves from the case. 

The Chester County DA's bureau announced successful November that it was "currently incapable to determination guardant with transgression charges" but was moving Greenberg's lawsuit to an "inactive" presumption and leaving it unfastened to reexamine if the DA gets caller information.

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Ellen Greenberg, left, successful an undated household photo. (Greenberg family)

Before this week's colony with the city, the Greenbergs had been entangled successful ineligible battles with the authorities ever since their daughter's death, warring the determination that it was a termination and alleging a "conspiracy" to "cover up Ellen’s execution successful bid to fell the authorities’ grossly botched investigation," according to tribunal records.

Now, fixed Osbourne's recanting, Podraza says "a transgression investigation should beryllium automatic."

"We would enactment successful who is going to grip it and however it volition beryllium handled to guarantee that it's objective, just and effective," helium added. "We're not going to fto it conscionable sit. It's been 14 years. … We mean to transverse that extremity enactment and clasp whoever is liable for her execution … responsible."

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"Ellen was a person, a national of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, and she deserves to person justice," Dr. Josh Greenberg said.

Philadelphia Police did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. They person antecedently declined to sermon the case, citing the ongoing ineligible dispute. Goldberg did not instantly respond for comment. 

Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.