Ellen Greenberg

Ellen Greenberg, a 27-year-old Philadelphia teacher, was found dead in her apartment on January 26, 2011, with a knife embedded in her chest and approximately 20 stab wounds. The Medical Examiner initially ruled her death a homicide, but pathologist Marlon Osbourne reversed the ruling to suicide weeks later without explanation, citing web searches for suicide methods and text messages showing mental distress. Her family has spent over a decade challenging the suicide classification through civil litigation and expert forensic review, arguing the evidence—including the nature and number of wounds, the locked apartment, and inconsistencies in the body's position—is inconsistent with suicide.