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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Killers Amongst US: Bride sends out 'Save-the-Dates,' found stabbed 20 times, RULED SUICIDE! (episode 3)

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Teacher and bride-to-be Ellen Greenberg is found inside a locked apartment stabbed 20 times, including the back of the neck. Her body is discovered by her fiancé after he returns from a workout to find the apartment door locked from the inside. The investigation turns to Greenberg's body. How could someone stab themselves, injuring the spinal cord, yet continue a brutal assault on themselves? And more, how is that ruled a suicide? Joining Nancy Grace today:Sandee Greenberg - MotherJosh Greenberg - FatherDarryl Cohen - Former Assistant District Attorney, Fulton County, Georgia, Defense Attorney Dr. Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Atlanta Ga www.angelaarnoldmd.com Tom Brennan - Private Investigator for the GreenbergsStephanie Farr - Reporter, Philadelphia Inquirer, Twitter: @FarFarrAway

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0:00.0

Hi guys, Nancy Grace here. Welcome back to Killers Amongst Us, a production of I Heart

0:09.4

Media and Crime Online. You go in and out of your home, your garage, your front or back

0:17.8

door. You see the neighbors, you see people going by on the street or in your apartment

0:23.2

building. You see people in the parking lot going in and out all the time. Do you ever

0:28.6

stop and notice them? Today Killers Amongst Us. I'm Nancy Grace. We're talking about the

0:39.0

story of a beautiful young Philly teacher, beautiful on the inside and the outside Ellen

0:45.8

Greenberg. Just 27 years old had just sent out her save the date announcements for her

0:52.2

wedding. She had the world by the tail. What happened? Listen to this. 27 year old Ellen

0:59.8

Greenberg was a first grade teacher in Philadelphia. She and her boyfriend of three years had just

1:05.7

become engaged and began planning their wedding. January 26, 2011, Ellen school let out early due

1:13.8

to an oncoming blizzard. On her way home, she filled up her guest. She was at home with

1:19.7

her fiance until 4.45 p.m. when he reportedly went to the gym in their apartment commons.

1:25.8

When he arrived back to the apartment less than an hour later, he says he found the apartment

1:30.5

locked from the inside. He claims he banged on the door and received no response. Over

1:35.8

the next 22 minutes, he would try to convince Ellen to open the door through text messages.

1:41.6

So what happened? Why wouldn't Ellen come to the door according to the fiance? Take

1:48.2

a listen to our friend, Dr. Oz. At 6.33 p.m., her fiance says he forced open the door to find

1:54.9

Ellen dead on the floor of the kitchen. He stabbed 20 times in the chest, neck and head.

2:01.4

There was a knife still lodged in her chest. Ellen was pronounced dead at 6.40 p.m. Investigators

2:08.1

evaluating the scene and her autopsy ultimately stated that she died by suicide. There were

2:14.4

no obvious signs of an intruder or evidence of a struggle. There was no suicide. I still

2:20.9

don't understand how you can stab yourself 20 plus times, including to the side of your

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