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January 17, 2023 46 mins

In January of 2011, a 27-year-old elementary school teacher was discovered dead on her kitchen floor with over 20 stab wounds. Despite the fact that ten of the stab wounds were made from behind her, police ruled her death a suicide. But as of August 2022, the DA has reopened her case. This is the mysterious death of Ellen Greenberg.

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https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-ellen-rae-greenberg-justiceforellen?signed=true

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CASE SOURCES

1. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/parents-ellen-greenberg-believe-new-evidence-submitted-philadelphia-attorney-general-n1286606?fbclid=IwAR3ywjj2yzvTWk2mr9LSRsCKIl6G5gDT2NrYDBpKmZsBrk0YrszuDHBs0NU

2. The News Pocket: https://thenewspocket.com/where-is-samuel-goldberg-now/

3. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64780765/ellen-rae-greenberg

4. Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-ellen-rae-greenberg-justiceforellen?signed=true

5. Nancy Grace: https://nation.foxnews.com/watch/31691c3728887edfc62176a63cafc30a/

6. Justice for Ellen: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForEllen2019

7. Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11173629/Friend-woman-suicide-reinvestigated-missed-call-died.html

8. Autopsy: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5759528-Autopsy-RPT

9. Whyy: https://whyy.org/articles/neighbor-greenbergs-voice-stood-out-in-a-crowd/

10. Sam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-goldberg-724534b/

11. Police report: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5759550-Me-Inv-RPT.html

12. True Crime Society: https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/10/11/ellen-rae-greenberg-murder-or-suicide/

13. Crime Scoop: https://www.crimescoop.org/news/ten-years-ago-ellen-greenberg-was-fatally-stabbed-20-times-10-times-in-the-back-of-the-neck-why-is-her-horrific-death-still-being-called-a-suicide

14. Investigation Discovery: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/news/da-reopens-case-of-teacher-found-with-20-stab-wounds-whose-death-was-ruled-a-suicide

15. CBS 21: https://local21news.com/news/local/new-evidence-brought-forward-in-controversial-suicide-case


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