Medical examiner stands by ruling that Philly woman stabbed 20 times died by suicide

S CASE IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED BY HOMICIDE. >> NOW TO A STORY OF TREMENDOUS CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF A PHILADELPHIA TEACHER. A NEW REPORT RULED THE DEATH AS A SUICIDE. >> ELLEN GREENBERG DIED IN 2011 AFTER BEING STABBED MORE THAN 20 TIMES. AND NOW, FOR THE SECOND TIME, DOCTORS SAYING THE EVIDENCE SHOWS IT WAS BY HER OWN DOING. TONIGHT, HER FAMILY FIERCELY DISPUTING THAT. >> ACTION NEWS REPORTER CHEYENNE CORIN JOINS US NOW LIVE OUTSIDE PHILADELPHIA POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH THIS STORY TONIGHT. CHEYENNE. >> GOOD EVENING, GRAY AND SHARI. THIS REVIEW ISSUED BY THE PHILADELPHIA MEDICAL EXAMINER IS 32 PAGES LONG. IN THE END, ELLEN GREENBERG'S DEATH WAS AGAIN RULED A SUICIDE. TODAY, WE SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY'S LAWYER AHEAD OF ANOTHER HEARING TOMORROW, AND HE CALLED THIS REPORT AN EMBARRASSMENT. >> DESPITE HAVING ANTICIPATED THIS AND BEEN EXPECTING IT. THERE'S ALWAYS THAT LITTLE GLIMMER OF HOPE. >> AFTER ANOTHER REVIEW OF HER CONTROVERSIAL DEATH, IT WAS AGAIN RULED THAT ELLEN GREENBERG DIED BY SUICIDE ON JANUARY 26TH, 2011. THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL TEACHER WAS FOUND IN HER LOCKED APARTMENT BY HER FIANCE. SHE LIVED WITH. AUTOPSY RESULTS SHOWED SHE HAD BEEN STABBED 20 TIMES IN THE NECK, BACK, HEAD AND HEART. SHE ALSO HAD 11 BRUISES. >> THE QUESTION FOR THE M.E. WAS NEVER WHETHER HE DID IT. IT WAS WHETHER SHE DID. >> ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THREE SUPERFICIAL STAB WOUNDS AND 20 MORE BRUISES WERE REVEALED IN THIS REVIEW. HOWEVER, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WROTE, WHILE THIS DISTRIBUTION OF INJURIES IS ADMITTEDLY UNUSUAL, ELLEN WOULD BE CAPABLE OF INFLICTING THESE INJURIES HERSELF, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE STRUGGLED WITH ANXIETY. >> THIS REPORT, IF YOU READ IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, SEEMS TO BE WRITTEN MORE TO EXCULPATE. ELLEN'S FIANCE. >> THIS LATEST CONCLUSION GOES AGAINST THE LATEST STATEMENT MADE BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WHO ORIGINALLY CONDUCTED THE AUTOPSY. THE PATHOLOGIST FIRST RULED GREENBERG'S DEATH A HOMICIDE. WEEKS LATER, HE SWITCHED IT TO A SUICIDE, A CONCLUSION THAT HAS REMAINED FOR 14 YEARS. BUT IN JANUARY, HE SAID GREENBERG'S DEATH SHOULD BE DESIGNATED SOMETHING OTHER THAN SUICIDE. >> THE FIGHT ISN'T OVER. >> WE SPOKE TO ELLEN'S PARENTS RECENTLY BEFORE THE DOCU SERIES ABOUT HER DEATH WAS RELEASED ON HULU. THIS LATEST REVIEW CAME AFTER THE OFFICE WAS ORDERED TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT AND UNBIASED REVIEW, FOLLOWING THE FAMILY'S LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY. >> THE STORY IS JUST SO COMPELLING AND WE'VE DISCOVERED SO MANY. INCONSISTENCIES. >> AND THE FAMILY'S LAWYER SAID THEY DID NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE THIS REPORT LAST FRIDAY BEFORE THE NEXT COURT DATE. THERE ACTUALLY IS ANOTHER SCHEDULED HEARING TOMORROW, AND THEY SAY THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT'S TO COME. LIVE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS, CHEYENNE FOR ACTION NEWS AT TEN ON PHL 17. SHAR