The fiancé of a teacher who was found dead with 20 stab wounds in what was controversially ruled a suicide sent her a slew of texts minutes before her death. Ellen Greenberg, 27, was found dead on the kitchen floor of her apartment in Philadelphia in the middle of a blizzard on January 26, 2011.
![[Greenberg's fiancé Samuel Goldberg, seen here with her, called 911 saying he found her in a pool of blood after forcing his way inside the apartment when she wouldn't answer]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/13/15/93125143-14179269-image-a-7_1734105219814.jpg)
She had 10 stab wounds to her neck and the back of the head, and 10 to her stomach, abdomen and chest - with a 10-inch knife still plunged into her heart. The knife went through her chest and pierced her liver, slashed her aorta and severed the dura mater, the membrane surrounding her spinal column.
![[Over the course of 22 minutes he sent her a total of nine messages while his fiancé lay dead on their kitchen floor. Goldberg is seen here pacing the halls outside of the apartment]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/13/16/91073541-14179269-The_footage_obtained_and_cut_up_by_Fox_News_shows_Goldberg_in_a_-a-9_1734105662662.jpg)
Another wound was more than three inches deep, near the base of her skull, and caused a bleeding stroke. Greenberg's fiancé Samuel Goldberg called 911 saying he found her in a pool of blood after forcing his way inside the apartment when she wouldn't answer.
![[Assistant Philadelphia Medical Examiner Marlon Osbourne initially ruled her death a homicide, but changed it to suicide after a meeting with police and prosecutors]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/13/16/28547186-14179269-Ellen_Greenberg_a_27_year_old_elementary_school_teacher_was_foun-a-20_1734105944241.jpg)
He has spent the past decade as a target of suspicion by those convinced Greenberg was murdered. Assistant Philadelphia Medical Examiner Marlon Osbourne initially ruled her death a homicide, but changed it to suicide after a meeting with police and prosecutors.
![[Greenberg's parents Joshua and Sandee have spent the 13 years since, and hundreds of thousands of dollars, trying to reverse the death certificate change to suicide]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/13/15/28575928-14179269-Greenberg_s_parents_Joshua_and_Sandee_have_spent_the_13_years_si-a-8_1734105289192.jpg)
New details surrounding her death have been revealed in a CNN investigation, which has also uncovered the final text messages from Goldberg. Ellen Greenberg, 27, was found dead on the kitchen floor of her apartment in Philadelphia in the middle of a blizzard on January 26, 2011.
![[She had 10 stab wounds to her neck and the back of the head, and 10 to her stomach, abdomen and chest with a 10-inch knife still plunged into her heart]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/13/16/28548714-14179269-She_had_10_stab_wounds_to_her_neck_and_the_back_of_the_head_and_-m-15_1734105830752.jpg)
