Stabbed 20 Times But Young Teacher’s Death Ruled a Suicide; Feds Now Involved
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🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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This week, the parents of 27-year-old Elle Greenberg are hopeful, after fighting for nearly 15 years to have their daughter’s death ruled a homicide. Greenberg was found dead by her fiancé in January of 2011 with more than 20 stab wounds, some in the back of her neck, and a 10 inch knife in her chest. 2 weeks later, investigators ruled it a suicide, but now the medical examiner who performed Greenberg’s original autopsy is saying her death should NOT be designated as a suicide.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Friday, January 16th. |
| 0:09.4 | And when you hear that a woman was stabbed more than 20 times, but her death has ruled a suicide, you're going to have questions. |
| 0:20.1 | But now, here we are 15 years after the death |
| 0:23.1 | of Ellen Greenberg, the federal government seems to have some questions about this, too. |
| 0:30.0 | Finally, and with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Fascinating case, that's the first |
| 0:34.3 | question. How is it possible that someone who is stabbed 20 times, you're going to tell me that's a suicide? Yes. And imagine being the parents of Ellen Greenberg |
| 0:41.0 | and you find out that your 27-year-old daughter who is seemingly happy engaged, she has a fiancé, |
| 0:47.8 | she's a school teacher, that all of a sudden she is found in her kitchen in Philadelphia |
| 0:53.9 | with all of these stab wounds, including a 10- is found in her kitchen in Philadelphia with all of these stab wounds, |
| 0:55.7 | including a 10-inch knife in her chest, that she died by suicide and not by homicide that has |
| 1:03.9 | never sat well with her parents who have said our daughter did not commit suicide. We know that |
| 1:10.3 | she was murdered. However, |
| 1:13.0 | her official cause of death is suicide. To anybody with common sense, that just doesn't make |
| 1:20.0 | sense. Now, you're curious and you want to hear some more answers, and we'll get into some of the |
| 1:23.9 | back and forth, but one medical examiner rules it a homicide and comes back |
| 1:27.5 | and said a suicide. And then another group says, no, we think it's a suicide. And another group says, |
| 1:31.0 | so it's been a lot of back and forth. The official ruling, we should say, is in fact that she died |
| 1:36.8 | by suicide. There has, at least as far as I have seen, Roams, never actually had a suspect, |
| 1:43.5 | never had anybody under investigation, in this |
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