PA Supreme Court will hear an appeal from the family of a woman who was stabbed to death in 2011. The death was ruled a homicide, but then oddly changed to suicide after there was some objection to it. Some folks believe Josh Shapiro had some influence on this, but more research is needed to determine if that's true or not. Many people can't believe that a woman who was stabbed 20 times, including in the back of her neck, could have committed suicide.
They allegedly changed it to suicide because the door was locked from the inside and her boyfriend broke in to find her. But has anyone ruled out that he may have stabbed her, then locked the door on his way out (if he had a key, or it was a lock that you can lock on the way out), and then broke in to make it look a certain way? There are so many possible scenarios to consider, and professionals should take another look. The family appears to believe it was murder and the family may be finally getting their justice. Fox 29 in Philadelphia reported on the victim, Ellen Greenberg, and the review of her family's appeal:
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. 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 "makes clear that a medical examiner can be wrong as to the manner of death yet cannot be compelled to change it."
