2011 freaky 'suicide' of young woman is now haunting Dem Governor Josh Shapiro...

It was a horrific murder case that seemed really cut and dry—it was also a true crime story that made the rounds on TV in the mid-2000s. But this one came with a really bizarre twist. Instead of ruling the brutal stabbing death of Ellen Greenberg—a teacher stabbed twenty grisly times—as a homicide, officials called it a suicide.

And one of the top officials who signed off on this mind-boggling suicide decision was none other than Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s prosecutor at the time and the state’s current Dem governor.

What was he thinking back then? Was he just another soft-on-crime Dem, or was there a deeper reason he let this case slide?

Well, we just might get our answer soon…

Now, that incredibly shady decision is finally being called into question, as Ellen’s death is being reexamined.

Tonight on the Hill – Over ten years ago, Ellen Greenberg's death was ruled a suicide after her body was found riddled with stab wounds. Now, her cause of death is being reexamined. NewsNation's @BrianEntin presses Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro on the controversial suicide… pic.twitter.com/uANcpmndn5

— Blake Burman (@BlakeBurman) February 7, 2025

A lot of people now believe that prosecutor Josh Shapiro was more than happy to sweep this case under the rug to protect his political future. Because let’s be honest—how does anyone, with a straight face, call this a suicide?

Think about it. We’re supposed to believe that Ellen Greenberg: 1) chose to end her life by stabbing herself and 2) managed to do it 20 times—including multiple stab wounds to the back of her head and neck. When she was found, a five-inch kitchen knife was still lodged in her chest.

Shapiro thought this was a suicide:

Ellen, a 27-year-old elementary school teacher, had been stabbed 20 times mainly to the back of her head and neck but her death was ruled a suicide

It made no sense in 2011, and it makes no sense in 2025.

Ellen’s parents recently spoke with the Daily Mail, sharing their frustration over how Governor Shapiro handled their daughter’s case—and they have every right to be furious.

Daily Mail:

‘She was being abused,’ she says. ‘After reading the autopsy report many, many, many times, there were bruises in various stages of healing from abuse.’

Now after 14 years, Philadelphia authorities have finally agreed to reopen the investigation into her cause of death after the pathologist walked back his controversial ruling, declaring she died by suicide despite being found with 20 stab wounds – many to the neck and back of the head.

At the time of her death, family and friends of the 27-year-old elementary school teacher had noticed something wasn’t right.

Ellen was planning her wedding to her boyfriend of three years Sam Goldberg, trying on dresses and sending out ‘Save the dates.’

But she had asked her parents if she could move back in with them at their home in Harrisburg. She had begun seeing a psychiatrist and was prescribed anxiety medication.

She had put it down to stress with work and, according to her psychiatrist, she was not suicidal and she never disclosed any domestic abuse.

Sandee says her daughter never told her anything negative about her relationship with TV producer Goldberg and had never said she was being abused or was in danger.

‘But I knew she was struggling with something. But I didn’t know what,’ she says. ‘I tried to find out. But I just couldn’t get to the bottom of it… At the time I did everything I could.’

She adds: ‘It’s 14 years later. We are obviously suffering as she’s no longer with us. We will never be grandparents. I just wish I could have done more.’

Governor Shapiro has a lot to answer for now that other officials, including the medical examiner, are speaking out and making a lot of waves. The Daily Mail piece goes on:

Now, in a series of bombshell events this past week, Ellen’s parents are finally one step closer to getting justice.

First, Dr Marlon Osbourne who performed Ellen’s autopsy said he had changed his mind about her manner of death and, based on new information, no longer believes she died by suicide.

The day after Ellen’s death, Osbourne, who was a pathologist at Philadelphia’s Medical Examiner’s Office at the time, had ruled Ellen’s death a homicide, citing ‘multiple stab wounds by an unknown person.’

A few weeks later, following a meeting with Philadelphia police, he amended his ruling to suicide.

On Friday January 31, almost exactly 14 years to the day when he carried out the autopsy, Osbourne signed a written declaration saying that ‘it is my professional opinion Ellen’s manner of death should be designated as something other than suicide.’

‘I am now aware that information exists which draws into question, for example, whether Ellen’s fiancé was witnessed entering the apartment before placing the 9-1-1 call on January 26, 2011; whether the door was forced open as reported; whether Ellen’s body was moved by someone else inside the apartment with her at or near the time of her death; and the findings of Lindsey Emery, M.D. from her neuropathological evaluation of Ellen’s cervical segment sample,’ he said.

Three days after his bombshell statement, and just as a civil trial was set to get under way, a settlement was reached in the two remaining lawsuits brought by the Greenbergs against Philadelphia city officials.

While it includes a financial payout to the Greenbergs, the most significant part of the settlement is that the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office has agreed to reopen its investigation into Ellen’s death.

For the Greenbergs, it’s a huge step forward that for a long time seemed so out of reach. ‘It’s taken me several days. I’m still wrapping my head around this,’ says Sandee.

As the dust begins to settle on this nearly 20-year-old botched cold case, you have to wonder—was this shady ruling one of the reasons Kamala Harris didn’t pick Shapiro as her running mate when so many thought she would?

Or maybe Shapiro was the one who kept his distance, realizing that teaming up with Kamala would have been the only case of actual political suicide he couldn’t cover up.

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