Parents of Ellen Greenberg, 27, a Philadelphia teacher Whose death in 2011 was ruled a suicide After being found with nearly two dozen stab wounds and bruises, he appeared in court last week, where a judge told him the city’s suicide announcement was “shocking”.
On January 6, 2011, Greenberg was found stabbed in the chest with 20 knife wounds in his kitchen and a half-made fruit salad on the countertop during a blizzard.
His parents, Dr. Josh and Sandy Greenberg, are Engaged in legal battle with government since daughter’s deathFighting the determination that it was a suicide.
Oral arguments were heard in a Philadelphia courtroom on December 11 as part of a 2022 lawsuit filed by Greenberg, who accused local officials and the medical examiner’s office of covering up her daughter’s death and “purposefully concealing Ellen’s murder.” He has been accused of participating in a “conspiracy”. A suicide,” according to legal documents.
It was the first time Greenberg sat in a courtroom and heard arguments in his daughter’s case.
“I think we’re advocating for him,” Sandy said in a statement to Fox News Digital after the hearing. “We are getting closer to justice for Ellen. We are very determined and are not giving up.”
At the time of her death, Greenberg had sent out a save-the-date notice for her wedding to Sam Goldberg, who she said returned home from the gym, broke down the door, and found his fiancée’s body in their shared apartment in Manayunk. A quiet neighborhood in Philadelphia.
According to court records, for an hour before Goldberg called 911, he sent Greenberg numerous calls, emails and terrifying text messages.
Between 5:32 p.m. and 5:54 p.m., Goldberg’s last nine messages to Greenberg included the following: “Hello,” “Open the door,” “What are you doing,” “I’m angry,” “Hello,” “You better have some excuse,” “What the hell,” “Ahh,” and “You have no idea.”
Goldberg called 911 at 6:33 p.m., and physicians pronounced Greenberg dead shortly thereafter.
According to court documents, Dr. Marlon Osborn, a forensic pathologist with the city medical examiner’s office at the time, initially ruled Greenberg’s death a homicide. Then after meeting with police behind closed doors, he turned around and officially ruled it a suicide.
Greenberg has argued that the officers involved in his daughter’s case “grossly botched” the investigation and conspired to cover it up as a result. Greenberg also accused him of intentionally causing emotional distress to the couple.
“I don’t think anyone disagrees that the crime scene should have been handled differently,” Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Erdos said during a Dec. 11 hearing. Greenberg family attorney Joe Podraza confirmed this to Fox News Digital. “The fact that the death certificate still lists the cause of death as suicide is shocking.”
According to court records, Greenberg and outside investigators have questioned why authorities allowed the crime scene to be professionally cleaned and sanitized before detectives arrived with a search warrant.
The documents state, “As Dr. Osborn was performing her autopsy … it was finally concluded that Ellen’s death was a homicide, the premises where Ellen was murdered was thoroughly cleaned Was.”
Greenberg also questions why Goldberg’s uncle, James Schwartzman, a prominent Pennsylvania judge, was allowed to enter the apartment and remove numerous items, including Allen’s computer and cellphone.
During last week’s hearing, Erdős dismissed one of the defendants in the lawsuit against the city officials involved, but withheld judgment on the other four defendants. Erdos asked Podraza to file a brief explaining how he wants to show the jury that the remaining defendants directly and knowingly, not just negligently, caused emotional distress to the Greenbergs.
“It is a steep climb but not an impossible climb. … You have a fighting chance,” Erdos said during the hearing in reference to the Greenbergs’ lawsuit.
The dismissed defendant was Lindsay Emery, a former pathologist with the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office, who in 2019 was asked to examine a section of Greenberg’s preserved spinal column. The other four defendants named in the suit include Osborn, the former city pathologist who performed Greenberg’s autopsy; former Chief Medical Examiner Sam Gulino; Retired homicide Sgt. Tim Cooney; And homicide date. John McNamee.
Over the years, forensic pathologists, crime scene experts, former law enforcement officers, and lawyers have expressed skepticism about Greenberg’s decision to commit suicide. And with Goldberg recently breaking his silence on his bride-to-be’s death, it appears he’s believing otherwise.
“When Ellen took her own life, I was heartbroken. She was a wonderful and kind person who had everything to live for. When she died, a part of me died with her,” Goldberg told CNN in his first public statement about Greenberg’s death.
“Unimaginably, over the years, I have had to endure the unimaginable demise of my future wife and the pitiful and despicable attempts to defile my reputation and her privacy by creating a story that embraces lies, distortions and falsehoods. Has been made.” Avoid the truth. Mental illness is very real and it has many victims.”
According to court documents, Greenberg’s 20 wounds included 10 blows to the back, at least one of which may have been inflicted after he was already dead. According to the autopsy report, she was also found covered with injuries at various stages of healing, implying that she had suffered injuries over a period of time.
“My daughter was being abused,” her father previously told Fox News Digital. “She sustained injuries on her body due to the abuse.”
Dr. Cyril Wecht, a renowned forensic pathologist who conducted an independent review of the autopsy, found the evidence “highly suspicious of murder”.
wechat, who died in maypreviously told Fox News Digital that after looking at the forensic evidence, he believed it was “highly, highly unlikely” that Greenberg might have died by suicide.
Greenberg’s parents previously said that Dr. Ellen Berman, a psychiatrist, diagnosed the 27-year-old with anxiety before her death. The psychiatrist also said Greenberg did not have suicidal thoughts or feelings.
In addition to her latest lawsuit, Greenberg previously filed another active lawsuit in 2019, aimed at changing the designation of “suicide” on her death certificate to “homicide” or “undetermined.” That case is pending before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Philadelphia police did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. He has previously refused to discuss the matter. Goldberg did not immediately respond for comment.
A representative for Schwartzman previously responded to claims that he had removed items from the scene on his own behalf, telling Fox News Digital that police had given Schwartzman permission to go inside and take Greenberg’s belongings, confirming that It happened that he had removed her computers and cellphones.
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