Why Was There No Death Investigation In The Case Of Ellen Greenberg?
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 12 February 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
That’s the question at the center of the baffling, gut-punch of a case surrounding Ellen Greenberg. The 27-year-old teacher was found dead in her Philly apartment in 2011 with more stab wounds than an overenthusiastic slasher flick, yet the official ruling somehow bounced from homicide to suicide, and now… maybe not suicide? Medical examiners, law enforcement, and officials seem to be playing a twisted game of hot potato with the truth, while Ellen’s parents have been fighting tooth and nail for justice.
Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to break down the psychological toll of a case like this—not just on the family, but on anyone trying to make sense of the inexplicable. From the ex-fiancé’s bizarre 911 call to the crime scene getting scrubbed cleaner than a hospital room overnight, the red flags here are flapping in hurricane-force winds. Why did officials push the suicide narrative so hard? And more importantly—who benefits from keeping this case buried?
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:05.0 | That it is. Today we are taking another look at the baffling story of Ellen Greenberg. |
| 0:13.7 | This is a case that we've been talking about for quite some time. |
| 0:19.0 | But now finally, maybe getting closer to maybe some justice here, Ellen Greenberg, |
| 0:25.1 | the 27-year-old teacher from Philly, whose death back in 2011 has more twists than a roller coaster. |
| 0:32.3 | Ellen was found in her apartment with over 20 stab wounds. And while her death was called a homicide, |
| 0:39.6 | it was then switched to suicide. Now the medical examiner is backtracking and saying it might have been a suicide after |
| 0:45.7 | all, saying it was something other than a suicide. Shavon Scott, psychotherapist and author joining us. |
| 0:53.0 | Javon, from your perspective, how do you think these back and forth conclusions |
| 0:56.7 | affect the family's ability to cope with a loss like this of their daughter? |
| 1:02.9 | And we're talking now all the way back to 2011, 23 or almost 13, 14 years now. |
| 1:10.4 | Yeah, 14 years of hell for the family. |
| 1:13.4 | And I think this has just been absolutely tormenting for them, |
| 1:17.9 | knowing that there was something, a grave injustice, |
| 1:22.5 | something terribly wrong with the medical examiner. |
| 1:26.0 | I mean, what's his name, Marlon Osborne. It's insane. |
| 1:32.2 | And the allegation that she killed herself by stabbing herself in the back, and it just is probably |
| 1:41.3 | the weirdest one we've seen as far as being a potential cover-up, screw-up, |
| 1:47.1 | who knows what the whole story is. |
| 1:49.5 | But I would imagine the family is greatly relieved at this point that at least it's going to be looked at. |
| 1:56.9 | Yes. |
| 1:57.5 | I mean, that's the plan anyway. |
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