Before changing his decision to a suicide, the pathologist who first declared Ellen Greenberg’s loss to be a murder now claims he was mistaken.
In 2011, 27-year-old Philadelphia educator Greenberg was discovered de.ad with 20 stab wounds to her head, chest, belly, and back of her neck.
Greenberg’s parents have insisted that their daughter was killed even after officials said that her loss was a suicide and that only her DNA was discovered on the knife and her clothes.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer and PennLive, Marlon Osbourne, a former employee of the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office, now claims in a sworn declaration that he should not have declared Greenberg’s loss to be a suicide.
In the reported statement, which is a part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit involving Greenberg’s parents, Osbourne wrote, “[Based on my consideration of the new information brought to my attention after leaving my position as Medical Examiner for the City of Philadelphia, along with my original autopsy findings and information considered while I was actively involved in Ellen’s case, it is my professional opinion Ellen’s manner of loss should be designated as something other than suicide.”
When her fiancé, Sam Goldberg, arrived to their Philadelphia home in 2011, he discovered Greenberg de.ad.
According to earlier reports from PEOPLE, Goldberg informed police that the swing bar lock was in use and that was why he couldn’t enter the flat. After forcing his way inside, he found Greenberg de.ad with a 10-inch knife stabbed in her chest.
The lawyer for Greenberg’s parents, Joseph Podraza, previously told Fox News that there were indications of a scuffle in the apartment and that the knife was never fingerprinted.
According to the Inquirer, Podraza claims that Greenberg’s parents, Joshua and Sandra, never desired financial compensation from Osbourne but rather an admission that she did not commit herself.
According to the publication, Podraza said, “I think Dr. Osbourne made a brave and amazing statement.” The only regrettable aspect about it is how late it arrived. Although it ought to have happened sooner, we are appreciative that he made the correct decision.