Nancy Grace on Ellen Greenberg Case: 'Suicide Did Not Happen'

Doubts Surrounding Ellen Greenberg's Death

• 💡 Nancy Grace asserts that Ellen Greenberg's death, ruled a suicide, "did not happen" and details her investigation in her new book, "What Happened to Ellen?"
• 🎯 The official ruling of suicide is questioned due to the 20 stab wounds, including 10 to the back, and a wound deep enough to slice the dura mater.
• ⚠️ Grace highlights that the initial medical examiner ruled the death a homicide upon inspection.

Alleged Pressure and Procedural Irregularities

• ⚖️ A closed-door meeting involving police, the DA's office, and the medical examiner allegedly led to the ruling change.
• 🗣️ The assistant DA involved reportedly received immunity over the meeting's events.
• 👨‍⚕️ Dr. Marlon Osborne, the medical examiner, stated in a deposition that police pressured and persuaded him to alter his initial homicide ruling to suicide.

Questionable Scene Investigation

• ❓ Grace questions why police would push for a suicide ruling when the scene initially suggested homicide.
• 🏠 Police arriving at the scene, seeing the body and a latched door, allegedly jumped to the conclusion of suicide without thorough investigation.
• 🔬 No luminol testing was performed, and crucial measurements of the body and weapon placement were not taken.

Suspicious Actions After Death

• 🧹 The apartment was sanitized by a professional crime scene cleaner the day after the death, at the suggestion of the police, to allow the fiance's family to retrieve belongings.
• 📹 A video recording of the apartment before and after cleaning, which could have preserved visual evidence, was lost by the police.

Fiance's Account and Contradictory Evidence

• 👨‍💼 The fiance, Sam, who was living with Ellen, called the police to the scene; his family, some of whom are lawyers, were present during his questioning.
• 🚗 Ellen had come home early due to a blizzard and stopped for gas, actions inconsistent with planning suicide.
• 🍽️ She was reportedly making a fruit salad, and the fiance claimed he worked out for 45 minutes before finding her.
• 🩸 The presence of dried blood on her face from nose to ear, inconsistent with her being found sitting upright, suggests she was previously lying on her side or back.
• ✋ The fact that she was found holding a pristine white dish towel in her left hand while allegedly stabbing herself 20 times is presented as further evidence against suicide.