Behind the Locked Door, "Justice for Ellen"

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 13 August 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

For more than ten years, the family of Ellen Greenberg has been looking for answers and justice. The 27-year-old first grade teacher and bride-to-be was found stabbed behind the locked door of her apartment. In fact, she was stabbed 20 times, including wounds to her back and head. The original finding by the medical examiner determined homicide. So, why does the final ruling say Ellen Greenberg committed suicide? Listen to former death scene investigator Joseph Scott Morgan's analysis, then join him as he and Nancy Grace recreate the crime scene and hear from Ellen Greenberg's parents in Teacher Death Mystery: A Nancy Grace Investigation, streaming now on Fox Nation.

Was it suicide, or did something more sinister happen to Ellen Greenberg?

Follow the push for justice with Teacher Death Mystery: A Nancy Grace Investigation, and Behind the Locked Door with Joseph Scott Morgan.

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0:00.0	There's a well-worn adage that talks about death by a thousand cuts.
0:25.4	It implies that it's slow and it's painful, something that no one would ever want to endure.
0:33.9	For years, I handle cases involving sharp instruments.
0:37.6	I have to say that in all of my years as a death investigator, I don't believe I've ever
0:43.6	encountered a case involving this many stab wounds and so many unanswered questions.
0:53.3	I'm talking about 20, not a thousand, but 20 cuts, the case of Ellen Greenberg.
1:01.1	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan and this is Body Bags.
1:09.2	Today I'm joined by my friend Jackie Howard, who's the executive producer of Crime Stories
1:14.8	with Nancy Grace.
1:16.3	Jackie, won't you tell us about this case?
1:18.2	Joe Ellen Greenberg was a bride to be.
1:20.6	She had just sent out the safe to dates for her upcoming wedding, by all accounts she was
1:25.0	excited about this wedding.
1:27.5	Her fiance and live-in boyfriend went to the gym in their apartment complex, he came
1:33.9	back up and found the door locked.
1:36.4	At that time, he began beating on the door, calling, texting, but Ellen did not answer.
1:41.5	He tried to get into the door, but fiance finally manages to break the door down and I'm
1:46.9	sure most people are thinking why didn't you just use a key.
1:49.3	The door had a lock on it, like you have at a hotel that has a bar that swings across
1:55.6	the opening of the door to make it impossible to open the door from the outside, even if
2:01.4	you have a key.
2:02.8	So he's trying to get in, Ellen does not answer, he finally manages to break the door down.
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