A BRIDE-TO-BE who died after suffering from over 20 stab wounds, including some in her back, took her own life, according to a second death investigation.
Outraged family members still aren’t convinced that schoolteacher Ellen Greenberg, 27, had died by suicide when her body was discovered in her Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, apartment on January 26, 2011.
She was found by her fiance Sam Goldberg, who told cops that he had to force himself into the apartment when Greenberg didn’t answer.
The horrified husband-to-be, who hasn’t been accused of any wrongdoing, saw 10 stab wounds in Greenberg’s abdomen and chest and 10 in her neck and the back of her head.
A 10-inch knife was lodged in her chest and she was covered with bruises, Goldberg told investigators.
Mystery surrounded the case as officials first deemed her death a homicide, but abruptly said the wounds were self-inflicted.
Greenberg’s family has long been calling for officials to take a second look at the case, and has spearheaded lawsuits, petitions, and the Hulu documentary Death in Apartment 603.
This year, the pathologist who investigated her body reversed his findings and said he didn’t believe she died by suicide, CNN reported.
However, on Monday, the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office reaffirmed its previous findings and concluded, “the manner of Ellen Greenberg’s death is best classified as ‘suicide.’”
In the report, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Lindsay Simon wrote that Greenberg had been suffering from anxiety over the grades she was giving her students.
Speaking of the wounds on the back of her neck, Simon admitted they were “unusual” but said the teacher was capable of inflicting them herself.
She also noted that Goldberg, who has long been scrutinized by the public, was not abusive toward her.
Goldberg’s timeline of how he discovered his fiancee’s body after her death has been corroborated by police interview, keycard swipes, surveillance, and text and phone logs, Simon wrote.
He didn’t have any defensive wounds, and there was no sign of a struggle in her apartment.
Simon said that she reviewed a cache of evidence, including the autopsy, police documents, pictures, and information found by experts hired by the Greenberg family.
Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/15346473/ellen-greenberg-autopsy-second-findings/
