Ellen Greenberg was a 27-year-old Jewish woman who was found dead on the floor of her apartment in Manayunk on the blizzard night of Jan. 26, 2011, and was found by her fiancé, Sam Goldberg. The result of around 20 stab wounds, Greenberg’s death was ruled a suicide, a contention that has been disputed by her family, which has spent the 14 years since her death questioning that finding.
Earlier this year, the pathologist who had initially ruled Greenberg’s death a suicide agreed, as part of a lawsuit settlement, to sign a document stating that he no longer believes Greenberg died via suicide. The city also agreed to a financial settlement with the Greenbergs and to reexamine the case, with a mid-October deadline looming for an update. Now, Greenberg’s death and her family’s fight for justi