MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Ellen Greenberg
Ellen Rae Greenberg had everything going for her when she was found dead in the apartment she shares with her fiancé. Police are quick to say she died by suicide – despite the 20 stab wounds she sustained. But her heartbroken parents are sure she was murdered and their search for answers has raised serious questions about the investigation.
Ellen and Sam
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Ellen shows off her engagement ring in 2010
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Ellen and Sam with her parents, Josh and Sandee
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Ellen in the dress she would have worn at her wedding
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Ellen Greenberg and her fiancé Sam Goldberg in the kitchen of their Venice Lofts apartment
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Ellen and her dad, Josh Greenberg
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Ellen and her mom, Sandee Greenberg
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Episode Resources:
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233); for TTY: 1-800-787-3224
Text “START” to 88788
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Nacional de Prevención del Suicidio: 1-888-628-9454
For TTY Users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 1-800-273-8255
Petition to have attorney general re-open Ellen’s case | Justice for Ellen Facebook page
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Episode Source Material
- Philadelphia Inquirer: Philly teacher’s brutal stabbing has experts at odds – Was it a suicide or homicide?, by Stephanie Farr
- Oxygen True Crime: Suicide Or Murder? Philadelphia Teacher’s Baffling Death Still Leaves Her Family Searching For Answers, by Dorian Geiger
- PENNLIVE.COM: Suicide or homicide? Parents’ anguished search for answers lasts years after daughter dies of 20 stab wounds, by Steve Marroni
- Guy D’Andrea goes live to answer your questions on the details regarding Ellen’s death (5-14-2020, Justice for Ellen Facebook page)
- Philadelphia Inquirer: Police leaning toward suicide in teacher death, by Tom Infield and Allison Steele
- CBS Philly: Police Investigate Suspicious Death In Manayunk, by Jericka Duncan
- Ellen Rae Greenberg Obituary
Records (Provided by Greenberg family)
- Philadelphia Medical Examiner Initial Investigative Report
- Philadelphia Police Property Report on Laptops and Cell Phone
- Philadelphia Medical Examiner Autopsy Report
- Philadelphia Medical Examiner Investigative Report April 2011
- Dr. Cyril Wecht Report 2012
- Dr. Wayne Ross Report 2017
- Dr. Henry C. Lee Report 2018
- Detective Scott Eelman report 2018
- Dr. Lewis Lazarus report 2019
- Dr. Wayne Ross Report 2021
- Letter to Sam Gulino from Joseph Podraza 2019
- Declaration of Phillip Hanton
Other Records
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