The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the family of a Philadelphia woman whose 2011 stabbing death was initially ruled a homicide before the medical examiner switched it to suicide after police objected. First-grade teacher Ellen Greenberg, 27, was found in her apartment with 20 stab wounds, reports the AP . Police considered her death a suicide because her apartment door was locked from the inside and her boyfriend—who said he found her after breaking down the door—had no defensive wounds.
Philadelphia Medical Examiner Marlon Osbourne initially ruled her death a homicide, noting the large number of stab wounds, including 10 to the back of her neck. After police publicly challenged the findings, Osbourne switched the ruling to suicide without explanation. Greenberg’s parents are seeking to have the ruling changed back to homicide. The city has objected, arguing that state law
‘Suicide’ of Woman Stabbed 20 Times Gets a Court Review
