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Detective Perspective

112: Ellen Greenberg (Part 3)

Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

On January 26, 2011, 27-year-old Ellen Greenberg left work early when a snowstorm hit Philadelphia. She stopped for gas on her way home, then spent the afternoon grading papers in the apartment she shared with her fiancé, Sam.

That evening, Sam called 911 to report that he had found Ellen in the kitchen with a knife in her chest. She had been stabbed twenty times, including multiple wounds to the back of her head and neck.

At first, the Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide. But weeks later, the ruling was changed to suicide, shocking many.

Ellen’s parents have spent more than a decade fighting that decision, convinced their daughter didn’t take her own life, and that the truth about what happened to her is still being covered up.

Editor: Shannon Keirce
Research/Writing: Haley Gray

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm I'm Hey everyone, welcome back to Detective Perspective.

0:28.4

My name is Derek Lavasser.

0:30.0

I'm a licensed private investigator and former police detective.

0:33.9

Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case and story format.

0:37.0

I'll then give you my perspective on the investigation and provide contact information for the individuals or organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you can contact them directly, and maybe you can help solve a case.

0:49.8

So if you're someone who's interested in true crime specifically unsolved cases and you would like to hear my opinion on those investigations,

0:57.2

please consider subscribing whether you're watching on YouTube or listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever platform you use.

1:05.2

All right, so I'm not going to spend too much time on the opening.

1:07.6

I just want to say thank you for all the feedback and the kind words regarding

1:11.5

my episode with Dr. Priya. You guys all seem to love her. We're going to have her back for sure.

1:18.3

As I said on the episode, we have the new show coming out in 2026. And if any other cases come up

1:24.9

where I need a pathologist to come in and speak about a particular

1:28.6

autopsy that we're discussing, she's available, she's awesome, she would gladly come back

1:34.1

and she was reading some of the comments and stuff and she also wanted to pass along

1:38.3

her thanks for all the kind words. As far as the case, this will be our third and final part

1:43.3

of our coverage on Ellen Greenberg.

1:45.9

I've tried to cover a lot. We're going to cover a lot more tonight. And then I'm going to give my

1:50.6

perspective at the end. But overall, you know, this was an interesting case because technically

1:56.7

it's not unsolved, right? We have two different opinions that have come back and essentially

2:03.0

affirmed the first opinion regarding it being a suicide. But there was just such an outcry for this

2:08.7

one. And in fact, I've had so many people come up to me, family members and friends who know that I

2:14.5

do a podcast and have never mentioned any of the cases I've covered before.

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