Teacher's 23-stab-wound death ruled suicide again despite expert claims of homicide

A long-awaited review of the death of Philadelphia tutor Ellen Greenberg controversially ruled a suicide by stab wounds in has reaffirmed the finding but experts still say the evidence tells a different story Dr Lindsay Simon the city's chief healthcare examiner was tasked with reviewing the work of Dr Marlon Osbourne who was the assistant physiological examiner who conducted the original autopsy Dr Osbourne initially identified the cause of death as multiple stab wounds and the manner as homicide but later changed the manner to suicide However he changed his opinion again earlier this year writing to the court that it is my professional opinion Ellen's manner of death should be designated as something other than suicide ELLEN GREENBERG S CONTROVERSIAL DEATH RULED SUICIDE AGAIN NEW OVERVIEW DEEPLY FLAWED SAYS LAWYERThe review came after years of legal maneuvering from Greenberg's parents Dr Josh Greenberg and Sandee Greenberg who had requested that the Philadelphia Physiological Examiner's Office revise the official cause of death from suicide to undetermined The key stab wounds to the base of the brain and deeper into the upper spinal column are inconsistent with being self-inflicted because of the location and associated injuries noted Dr Priya Banerjee a board-certified forensic pathologist who reviewed Dr Simon's document PARENTS OF TRAINER EXPOSED DEAD WITH STAB WOUNDS OFFER THEORY ON HOW SHE DIED AFTER SUICIDE' RULING REVERSEDBased on that wound she reported Fox News Digital that she believes Greenberg's death was a homicide Read Dr Simon's analysis While the distribution of injuries is admittedly uncommon the fact remains that Ellen would be capable of inflicting these injuries herself Dr Simon wrote Joe Podraza a lawyer for Greenberg's parents has declared that this wound was inflicted after Greenberg's heart stopped beating But Dr Simon suggested that the wound came during the autopsy and not in her apartment It still sounds undetermined to me at this point noted Joseph Giacalone a former NYPD cold episode investigator and a criminal justice professor at Penn State Lehigh Valley Dr Simon is trying to piece together something from years ago with paperwork slides and photographs She also had to rely on a Philadelphia study that has been problematic from the start he announced A cleanup crew destroyed the crime scene before police revealed up with a search warrant DEATH OF PROFESSOR WITH STAB WOUNDS TO BE REEXAMINED AS PARENTS SETTLE WITH CITYFingerprint testing on a knife exposed in her chest returned only two non-usable prints according to Dr Simon's record She also identified three additional stab wounds and more bruises that were not mentioned in Dr Osbourne's earlier findings Although Greenberg was detected with bruises on various parts of her body in addition to the stab wounds Dr Simon declared she demonstrated no signs of defensive injuries She also discounted marks on her wrists as evidence she may have been held or bound while being stabbed FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME ORGANIZATION ON X While the absence of 'defensive injuries' does not eliminate the possibility of homicide the lack of defensive injuries must be explained Dr Simon wrote She identified and ruled out four probable explanations the attack was over before the victim could defend herself she was intoxicated and unable to defend herself she was physically restrained or she suffered an incapacitating injury at the beginning of the attack A prior review by Dr Wayne Ross on behalf of Greenberg's parents ascertained evidence that the victim could have been strangled and had her wrists restrained rendering her defenseless but Dr Simon disagreed with his findings JUDGE DUMBFOUNDED BY ERROR AT SITE OF 'SUICIDE' WHERE PROFESSOR WAS UNVEILED STABBED TIMES While the shape of the contusions on Ellen's forearms could hypothetically be caused by fingers the undersigned only identified three contusions on Ellen's right forearm and three contusions on Ellen's left forearm Dr Simon wrote This would indicate an incomplete grip on the forearms if the contusions were indeed caused by fingers Also the contusions on the right forearm appeared to the undersigned to be of different ages Identifying the age of the bruises visually can be problematic and inaccurate however according to Dr Banerjee WATCH 'TEACHER DEATH MYSTERY' ON FOX NATION So they could be from that one matter or multiple or unrelated matters she declared A contributing factor to Dr Simon's findings was multiple reports that Greenberg was suffering from anxiety and stress primarily due to her work as a school coach According to text messages sent on the day of her death she reported a friend that grades were due that night and she was struggling to have them done by the deadline I wanna scream she wrote The grading process was apparently a major predicament for her according to Dr Simon's description and she narrated friends and her therapist that she was considering quitting her job GET REAL TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB Let's face it millions of people have anxiety or depression at one time or another and never kill themselves disclosed John Kelly a New Jersey-based criminal profiler and psychotherapist who has been following the episode for years Severe depression can be a factor in suicides but not inevitably he mentioned Greenberg had been seeking medicine for anxiety which is cited in Dr Simon's summary but she was not diagnosed with depression For stress she had been prescribed Zoloft and then Klonopin JUDGE TIED TO ELLEN GREENBERG'S FIANC TOOK ITEMS FROM HER 'SUICIDE' SCENE BEFORE POLICE SEARCHAccording to a review from the Centers for Syndrome Control and Prevention about of suicide casualties have a documented mental soundness condition Of those have been diagnosed with depression compared to with anxiety disorder The same CDC analysis also examined undetermined deaths finding involved precipitating circumstances such as a mental vitality issue and of those included an anxiety disorder assessment Multiple outside experts including the late and renowned forensic pathologist Dr Cyril Wecht have reviewed Greenberg's death over the years While Dr Simon included analyses from Dr Wecht and others in her analysis she disagreed with their conclusions that suicide was unlikely or inconsistent with the evidence She also included the findings of Dr Jonathan Arden who agreed with the suicide designation citing the locations of the injuries as well as internet searches detected on Greenberg's laptop related to the phrase suicide