PHILADELPHIA (Court TV) — Less than a year after reopening the investigation into the death of Ellen Greenberg, the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office has declared her death a suicide.

Ellen Greenberg shows off her engagement ring in a photo. (ABC News/Hulu)

Greenberg was found stabbed to death on Jan. 26, 2011, with more than 20 stab wounds to her body. Those wounds included 10 on her back; the knife was found plunged into her heart. Assistant medical examiner Dr. Marion Osbourne initially ruled Greenberg’s death a homicide, but changed that to suicide after a closed-door meeting with Philadelphia police and members of the district attorney’s office four days later.

In Feb. 2025, Osbourne again changed his ruling, saying he now believes Greenberg was murdered . The Office of the

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