In the consult, we discuss cases involving violence, sexual violence, abduction, and murder.

Sometimes the cases we discuss involve children.

Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to the consult. I'm Julia Cowley, retired FBI agent and profiler, and I'm joined by my colleagues.

Angela Serser.

Susan Costler Drew.

And Bob Drew.

Angela, Susan, and Bob are also retired FBI profilers, and we work together in the FBI's

behavioral analysis unit.

Today we'll be concluding our analysis of Ellen Greenberg's death

on January 26, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And I want to remind listeners that we discuss

suicide in this case, so please use discretion. Ellen was found by her fiance Sam Goldberg in the six-floor apartment they shared.

Sam claimed he had left their apartment to work out in the complex's gym and returned approximately 30 minutes later to find the swing bar lock engaged from the inside.

He stated that he ultimately forced his way in and discovered Ellen dead on the

kitchen floor with a knife in her chest. The autopsy revealed she had been stabbed 20 times to the chest,

abdomen, head, and back of the neck. This case is highly controversial because her death was

initially ruled a homicide but was later changed to a suicide.

Ellen's parents, Joshua and Sandra Greenberg, have pursued legal action to have the manner of death officially changed to either undetermined or homicide.

So far in our coverage, we've gone over the case facts, crime scene details, the autopsy, and the 911 call.

So if you haven't listened to our previous episodes, please go back and do so.

In this episode, we'll be going over Ellen's victimology because it is a key component to helping us understand what happened to her.

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