Ellen Greenberg was found stabbed to death in her apartment, with at least 20 stab wounds. She was stabbed in the back of the neck and head. The last wound was a stab to the chest, the knife left embedded there. Her death was originally ruled a homicide by the Philadelphia Medical Examiner. However, the police disagreed and publicly challenged the medical examiner. Months after her homicide, the Medical Examiner, Marlon Osbourne, without warning or explanation, reclassified the death a suicide. Since then, Ellen Greenberg's parents have fought to have her death ruled homicide or inconclusive, only to find out that Pennsylvania state law says a "medical examiner can be wrong as to the manner of death yet cannot be compelled to change it.”
The Chester County District Attorney's office announces they can not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime was committed when their daughter Ellen Due to this, the investigation into the death of Ellen Greenberg is now placed as "inactive." The Chester County District Attorney's office says detectives reviewed investigations of the case conducted by the Philadelphia Police and Attorney General's office. The detectives also conducted new interviews and consulted with an independent forensic expert. A spokesperson for the Chester County DA's office says “This standard of proof—beyond a reasonable doubt—makes the criminal investigation different than other legal cases or issues that surround Ms. Greenberg’s death."
The Chester County DA's announcement of moving the death investigation of Ellen Greenberg to "inactive" does not change the fact that there is no statute of limitations for criminal homicide in Pennsylvania and they are not closing the case. The case will remain "open and inactive".
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