Ten years after elementary school teacher Ellen Greenberg, 27, was found dead in her home in Philadelphia in the US state of Pennsylvania, Greenberg’s parents are still fighting a battle against the authorities.
Earlier this week, the case took a new turn. Greenberg’s parents now have the opportunity to present what they believe is new evidence before a court, writes CBS Philadelphia.
The goal is to get the authorities to turn around, because Greenberg’s parents and the Philadelphia police strongly disagree on an important issue:
Was Greenberg killed on January 26, 2011, or did she choose to take her own life?
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Two different stories
Police believe the 27-year-old caused his own death, and came to the conclusion after first investigating the death as a murder.
Greenberg’s parents have never calmed down with the conclusion of the police, and in particular the forensic pathologists.
Since 2011, Greenberg’s parents and relatives have fought to get the authorities and forensic scientists to change their position.
They have hired a number of forensic experts, who believe they have found discrepancies in the police conclusions, skriver Washington Post.
The case has been contradictory from the outset.
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Knife injuries to the body
Greenberg was found dead on the evening of January 26, 2011. She was lying on the floor in the kitchen of the apartment the 27-year-old shared with her fiancé.
The apartment was locked from the inside, the police were able to determine by examining a door lock. There was no trace of fighting in the apartment, nor any trace of burglary.
Therefore, the police first concluded that the death was self-inflicted, but the body of Greenberg told a different story.
The 27-year-old had been stabbed 20 times. Forensic scientists found stab wounds in Greenberg’s abdomen, chest, head and in the neck and neck region.
Several of the knife wounds in the 27-year-old’s neck and neck region appeared to have been inflicted from behind.
Therefore, the police sounded the murder alarm, before a few weeks later again characterized the death as a suicide.
