PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Federal investigators may get involved in the case of Ellen Greenberg, the Philadelphia school teacher who was found stabbed to death in her Manayunk apartment in 2011.
Greenberg was 27 years old when she was found stabbed to death inside her sixth-floor apartment nearly 15 years ago. She had around 20 stab wounds all over her body, including to her neck, head, torso and back.
The medical examiner at the time first ruled her death a homicide, but then changed it to suicide. After fighting with the city for years to relist the cause of death as a homicide, Greenberg’s family reached a settlement last year with the city. As part of the agreement, a new medical examiner reviewed the case.
That examiner also ruled Greenberg's death a suicide.
The case has been at a standstill, but sources have told our partners at NBC10 that the U.S. Attorney's Office has recently requested documents from the Philadelphia Police Department and other agencies.
The U.S. Attorney's Office would not comment.
Joe Podraza, the Greenberg family’s attorney, said Ellen's death was a homicide, not a suicide.
"The family is incredibly ecstatic by the receipt of the news that the federal prosecutors may get involved in looking into Ellen's homicide,” Podraza said. “They couldn't be more appreciative if that in fact comes to pass … certainly the federal prosecutors are welcome and the parents will do everything they can to assist in whatever the federal government wants."
The City of Philadelphia said it would neither confirm nor deny that the U.S. Attorney’s Office requested information related to the Ellen Greenberg case.