A health worker who stated the 2011 demise of a Philadelphia instructor discovered with 20 stabs wounds was a murder — then reversed himself to say suicide — now admits the case is one thing “apart from suicide.’’
For greater than a decade, the household of Ellen Greenberg, 27, has fought to overturn the town ME’s ruling that the demise of their daughter, whose physique was discovered riddled with stab wounds — together with 10 to the again of her head and neck — was suicide.
Philadelphia Medical Examiner Marlon Osbourne initially dominated Greenberg’s demise a murder due to the massive variety of stab wounds, however when police challenged his discovering, the ME switched his ruling to suicide with out a proof.
Osbourne has now modified course once more, writing in a press release filed Saturday, “It’s my skilled opinion Ellen’s method of demise ought to be designated as one thing apart from suicide,” WPVI reported.
His feedback come as certainly one of two civil instances filed by Greenberg’s mother and father accusing the town of emotional misery for allegedly mishandling Ellen’s demise investigation and masking it up goes to trial Monday.
Osbourne stated his newest willpower was made after new data associated to the case got here to mild.
“For instance, whether or not Ellen’s fiancé was witnessed coming into the condo earlier than putting the 9-1-1 name on January 26, 2011; whether or not the door was pressured open as reported; whether or not Ellen’s physique was moved by another person contained in the condo together with her at or close to the time of her demise,” Osbourne wrote.
Greenberg’s fiancé has by no means been suspected by authorities of foul play.
The submitting comes as a decide dominated that Osbourne should testify at a trial alongside one other health worker, Sam Gulino, and murder Detective John McNamee, who had been concerned within the case.
It additionally comes as Greenberg’s mother and father, Josh and Sandee Greenberg, have fought for years to have the suicide ruling modified again to murder or undetermined.
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