The body of a woman had been found in the kitchen of her apartment 10 years ago, the body larded with 20 stab wounds. The investigators concluded to a suicide but many questions remain.
Last week, an American judge ordered the imminent reopening of the investigation into the death of Ellen Greenberg, a young woman who died ten years ago. The body of the 27-year-old teacher was found in her home, stabbed 20 times. The investigation carried out at the time had concluded in a suicide, reports the Washington Post .
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On the afternoon of January 26, 2011, Ellen Greenberg sent her students home as a blizzard hit the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The teacher was found dead in the kitchen of her apartment by her husband a few hours later, a knife stuck in her chest.
Investigators in charge of investigating his death issue several opinions during the five weeks of investigation. They first think of suicide. There is no visible defensive wound on the victim’s body and no sign of a struggle on the one who was alone in her apartment, whose door was locked from the inside, according to information from the Washington Post. Ellen’s death is then classified as a homicide after examination by the medical examiner. A thorough investigation concludes in the suicide of the teacher.
“It does not mean anything”
Ellen Greenberg’s parents have always believed their daughter was murdered and believe the forensic pathologist changed his findings under pressure from investigators. “It does not mean anything”Greenberg’s parents’ attorney, Joseph Podraza, told the Washington Post. The parents “want to know what happened to their daughterHe adds.
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Some of the report’s conclusions raise questions and have been denied by experts. The lock on the apartment could be easily locked from the outside, according to Guy D’Andrea, assistant district attorney in the Philadelphia Homicide Unit in 2015, interviewed by the Daily Mail . Ellen’s ability to stab herself ten times in the neck and head and ten times in the stomach, abdomen and chest is also questioned by the expert. To explain the absence of defensive wounds on Ellen’s body, Guy D’Andrea points out that the order in which the stab wounds were carried is not known, except the last, in the heart, and that it is likely that one of the first stab wounds severed the victim’s spinal cord, preventing him from defending himself.
The behavior of the fiancé considered suspicious
Noted forensic pathologist Cyril H. Wecht, commissioned by Ellen’s parents, noted that suicide victims rarely stab themselves repeatedly or through their clothes the way Ellen did. For Guy D’Andrea, the behavior of the fiancé is suspect. He called the emergency services more than an hour after trying to reach his wife and when they ask her to perform first aid, he retorts “Do I really have to do it?». «It stuck in my head », Says the expert. On the other hand, the investigators who spoke with the Daily Mail noted that there was little blood at the scene of the tragedy and that no luminol test had been carried out to determine if the apartment had been cleaned after the death of the teacher.
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Ellen Greenberg’s parents filed a lawsuit against the medical examiner’s office, challenging the finding of the autopsy report, and the judge issued an order paving the way for a civil trial. The date will be fixed later. “We look forward to trial in hopes of securing justice for Ellen» Ellen’s mother Sandra Greenberg told CBS Philly .
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