School Teacher Who Was Stabbed 20 Times Death Ruled A Suicide Again

After years of legal battles the family of Ellen Greenberg did not get the results they were expecting.

Former schoolteacher Ellen Greenberg’s death has been ruled a suicide for the second time.

The details surrounding Greenberg’s case is quite bizarre considering she was discovered dead inside of her apartment with 20 stab wounds that were located on her back, neck, head and chest.

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Philadelphia Medical Examiner re-rules Ellen Greenberg's 2011 death by 20 stab wounds a suicidehttps://t.co/rHqkA7kw5E

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) October 13, 2025

Fox News provided more details on the suicide ruling:

Ellen Greenberg’s death has once again been ruled a suicide, following a new review by the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office, according to media reports.

Per People, the report reaffirms that Greenberg, a 27-year-old Philadelphia schoolteacher, died by suicide despite sustaining 20 stab wounds to her back, neck, and head, with a knife found protruding from her chest.

Greenberg, who taught first grade at Juniata Park Academy, was found dead in her locked apartment on January 26, 2011, after returning home early from work due because of a snowstorm.

Her fiancé, Samuel Goldberg, said he discovered her body after forcing open the door when she didn’t respond. Goldberg was never a suspect and was never charged with any crime.

The circumstances, including multiple stab wounds and no signs of forced entry, have fueled years of debate and legal challenges from her family over whether her death was self-inflicted.

The new ruling sparked backlash, with the Greenberg family attorney Joseph Podraza Jr. saying in a statement that the review was “a deeply flawed attempt to justify a predetermined conclusion.”

“It includes false claims like the assertion that a stab wound in Ellen’s spinal column was made during the autopsy, a theory rejected by every credible expert, including the City’s own neuropathologist,” Podraza said in a statement to Fox New Digital.

Pennsylvania forensic neuropathologist Dr. Wayne Ross believes Greenberg’s suicide was staged.

Watch him explain here:

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“Does it make any sense to anybody? Of course not.”

Dr. Ross says the stab wounds and blood spatter at the Ellen Greenberg scene don’t add up. pic.twitter.com/PjjWIKry0V

— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) February 7, 2025

Here’s what the stabbing would of looked like:

#EllenGreenberg Medical Examiner report claims Ellen Greenberg stabbed herself..#MakeItMakeSense #JusticeForEllenGreenberg pic.twitter.com/MCLs3tRnqc

— DeadbeatPrincessParody (@BadMomBree) October 14, 2025

ABC News covered the tragic story: