Sources say the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania asked to review information in the Ellen Greenberg case, a first-grade Pennsylvania teacher found stabbed over 20 times in her Manayunk apartment.
According to NBC 10 Philadelphia, the federal government requested documents last month from the Philadelphia Police Department and other official agencies, in connection with the case.
So far, it’s uncertain when federal investigators became involved and if/when they will release additional details.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that although the sources wanted to remain anonymous, a U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesperson said that the agency would “neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation.”
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ellen was found deceased in her apartment in 2011. Greenberg’s fiancé, Sam Goldberg, said he left for the gym while Ellen chopped up fruit in the kitchen.
He returned home to find the front door locked, with the swing lock attached to the inside side of the door.
Goldberg said he called and texted Ellen numerous times, but when he couldn’t get an answer and couldn’t get help from the apartment management, he broke the lock and walked inside.
Ellen was found slumped over in the kitchen, with “some of her upper body/shoulders resting against the lower half of the white kitchen cabinets,” according to court documents.
Goldberg has not been named a suspect in the case.
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace, who co-authored the book,”What Happened to Ellen?: An American Miscarriage of Justice,” questioned the cause of death during CrimeCon Denver, referencing Ellen’s behavior shortly before the stabbings.
“She filled up her car with gas…forward-thinking. When you’re suicidal, you’re not thinking about filling up your car,” Grace said.
Nancy Grace Highlights Ellen Greenberg’s Controversial Death at CrimeCon Denver
Meanwhile, the attorney for the Greenberg family, Joseph Podraza Jr., said that Ellen’s parents, Dr. Josh and Sandee Greenberg, are “ecstatic” about the information.
“If that is in fact correct and accurate, that the federal government is going to investigate … this is exactly what we’ve wanted all along,” Podraza Jr. said.
“It’s unfortunate it’s taken more than seven years to get to this point but we are really grateful and thankful to the U.S. attorneys and, of course, are available to assist in any way we can in helping their investigation.”
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[Feature Photo: Ellen Greenberg/Family Handout]