Time for another mystery.
But unlike the others I’ve written on, this one is pretty dark and gruesome.
‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.’
That’s the advice we’ve heard from time to time as we’ve grown up.
That would seem to be the mindset that the Governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, wants us to believe that Ellen Greenberg had as she allegedly stabbed herself to death.
(You know, the person that Kamala Harris might pick to be her VP.)
The pain of the first stab apparently wasn’t bad enough to stop Ellen.
And so she persisted and continued to stab herself. Including the back of the neck.
Until she arrived at the 20th blow which finally did the job.
Now, who in their right mind would actually believe such utter nonsense?
Josh Shapiro, that’s who.
I don’t mean to make light of a gruesome obvious murder, I’m just stating the nonsense he wants us to believe.
AND that’s not all.
The medical examiner found a deep stab wound to the back of her neck that likely occurred after she died.
Hi @JoshShapiroPA!
Did you cover up the murder of Ellen Greenberg bc of your ties to her fiancé’s family?
Stabbed 22 times even 2 after she was dead and you called it a suicide? pic.twitter.com/aNHkE2Wcra
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 1, 2024
Yes, Josh Shapiro has a political interest in making sure the case of Ellen Greenberg is still ruled a suicide.
Ellen was stabbed 20 times. It was not a suicide.
Shapiro, Krasner & Kenney all know it.#JusticeforEllen pic.twitter.com/cLlj7N3Nuf
— Fast Eddie Caiazzo (@EddieCaiazzo) July 5, 2023
Just refused to reopen the case, Jack? Seems odd. pic.twitter.com/tVbxjFDvyi
— Sowell Goodman (@BettrCallSowell) August 1, 2024
Time to REOPEN the case!
BREAKING: PA Supreme Court orders review of death of Ellen Greenberg case that Josh Shapiro ruled a suicide after she was stabbed 20 times in the chest and backhttps://t.co/CNKEfCsxi3https://t.co/CNKEfCsxi3
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 1, 2024
The Post Millennial reports:
With the announcement of Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris that she will begin campaigning in Philadelphia, Penn. with her yet-to-be-named running mate, many speculated that her selection would be Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro. The pick would be a hard sell for the radical base because of Shapiro’s Jewish roots but a 2011 case that is now headed to the state supreme court could be an even bigger threat to the campaign.
In 2011, 27-year-old Ellen Greenberg, a first-grade teacher at Juniata Park Academy, died in an apartment she shared with her fiancé, Sam Goldberg in Manayunk. Her body was found with a knife in her chest on the floor of the kitchen and the Philadelphia Assistant Medical Examiner Marlon Osbourne found 20 stab and slash wounds, half of which were in the back of her neck and head.
“Philadelphia Medical Examiner Marlon Osbourne initially ruled her death a homicide,” NPR reports, “noting the large number of stab wounds, including 10 to the back of her neck. After police publicly challenged the findings, Osbourne switched the ruling to suicide without explanation.”
Once you scratch the surface of Ellen Greenberg's death, the fact that the Assistant Medical Examiner changed her death to a "suicide" seems ludicrous.
20 stab wounds, evidence of some being post-mortem, and investigative norms violated at every turn. pic.twitter.com/6XxTcmTgmq
— Artie | Thoughtfully Mindless Podcast (@ArtieTMPodcast) February 8, 2024
NBC adds:
A court, on Tuesday, ruled that the family of Ellen Greenberg, a 27-year-old teacher who was found dead in her Manayunk apartment after being stabbed 20 times, could depose a former Philadelphia prosecutor who said he has doubts that her death was, indeed, a suicide.
ADVERTISEMENTThe ruling comes as the family continues a years-long court fight with the City of Philadelphia over Ellen’s manner of death. In 2011, her death was ruled a suicide but, her parents believe she was murdered.
On Tuesday, attorneys for the Greenberg family asked to question Guy D’Andrea, a former assistant district attorney who worked on the case, as part of the ongoing court fight, in a move that representatives for the city had tried to quash.
However, the court ruled that D’Andrea could be deposed on or before May 6.
Greenberg’s parents, Josh and Sandee, celebrated the court’s decision in a statement to NBC10.
“We are pleased and so should every parent in America. Ellen’s death is so obviously a murder. This case is riddled with delay tactics!” Greenberg’s parents said.
But, what new light could D’Andrea shed on this 13 year old investigation?
Ellen Greenberg’s death
On January 26, 2011, Greenberg, who was a teacher at Juniata Park Academy for four years, was found dead by her fiancé inside a unit at the Venice Loft Condominiums along the 4600 block of Flat Rock Road in the city’s Manayunk neighborhood.
Her fiancé was returning from the gym and he told police that he found the apartment door locked and had to break in to get back inside where he found her seated on the kitchen floor, according to court documents.
An autopsy the next day revealed Greenberg had suffered 20 stab wounds to her chest, abdomen, head and neck.
A knife was also found embedded 10 centimeters into her chest.
Philadelphia’s then medical examiner, Dr. Marlon Osbourne, initially ruled Greenberg’s death a homicide.
However, on February 28, 2011, the Philadelphia Police Department declared that her death had been ruled a suicide.
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Sure that police department is corrupt to it’s absolute core!
This clearly sounds like a crime of passion.
Yeah, suicide 🙄
A total of 20 stab wounds were found on Ellen’s body. Ten of the stab wounds were to the back of her neck, one stab wound was to the back of her scalp, another wound was on her stomach, and eight wounds were found on her chest. pic.twitter.com/NNpEleT9O5— Jerry Sizzler (@JerrySizler) July 26, 2023
Detective Tom Brennan was called into the case by the grieving parents.
He stated:
“I then asked Dr. Osbourne why he changed the cause and manner of death from homicide to suicide. Dr. Osbourne responded, ‘I changed it at the insistence of the police because they said there was a lack of defense wounds.’”
Brennan then asked: “Since when do the police have anything to do with making a medical decision regarding the cause and manner of death?”
“Dr. Osbourne did not respond to the question,” Brennan wrote in his memo.
The call was terminated shortly thereafter.
Brennan said he knew he was onto something.
He now had to wonder about something else:
“What other secrets had been buried with Ellen Greenberg?”
And yet, the media ignores that…
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