The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office isn’t just standing by the suicide ruling in Ellen Greenberg’s controversial 2011 death by 23 stab wounds.
It’s doubling down, citing 10 findings the office says confirms Ellen took her own life. The conclusions are part of new, 35-page report based on a six-month re-examination of all the evidence in the case.
But the Philadelphia lawyers hired by Ellen Greenberg’s parents to challenge the suicide ruling aren’t having any of it.
Attorney Joe Podraza called the new report “a deeply flawed attempt to justify a predetermined conclusion. It includes false claims … ignoring key evidence that contradicts suicide.”
“This report is tripe, an embarrassment to the city, and an insult to Ellen and her family. Ellen’s family just wanted the truth. It