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Which Philly nigger did it?

A "deeply flawed" investigation into the 2011 death of
Philadelphia teacher Ellen Greenberg included a crime-scene
cleanup undertaken the day before police arrived at her
apartment with a search warrant, according to appellate court
documents.

Greenberg, 27, was discovered with a knife in her chest in her
apartment during a January blizzard – covered in stab wounds and
bruises.

In a Wednesday ruling, an appellate panel ruled that Greenberg's
parents lacked standing in a civil lawsuit but excoriated the
Philadelphia pathologist, Dr. Marlon Osbourne, who ruled her
death by 20 stab wounds, including 10 to the back of the head
and neck, a "suicide."

Her parents had sued the city, its medical examiner's office and
Osbourne, hoping to compel them to change the ruling to
"homicide" or "undetermined."

But even as the majority of an appellate panel ruled against her
parents Wednesday, the judges tore into city police, prosecutors
and the medical examiner's office behind the "deeply flawed"
investigation in a 32-page decision.

"The facts surrounding this matter are extremely disturbing and
the Parents’ tireless efforts over the past 12 years to learn
exactly what happened to their daughter on the evening of
January 26, 2011, warrant our sincere sympathy," Commonwealth
Judge Ellen Ceisler wrote. "The experts they enlisted have all
raised serious factual questions about Dr. Osbourne’s and Dr.
[Sam] Gulino’s conclusions, and even the [medical examiner's
office] now concedes that there 'is no dispute that evidence in
the record could support other conclusions about the manner of
death.'"

Ceisler outlined glaring flaws in the investigation: Osbourne's
initial finding was that the death was a homicide – but his
determination came after the crime scene had been cleaned up and
before police arrived with a search warrant.

"The majority opinion is a road map on how to commit murder and
to not be held accountable."

— Joe Podraza, attorney for Ellen Greenberg's parents
"The building’s property manager, Melissa Ware, later explained
that an unnamed [Philadelphia Police Department] representative
had advised her to call a third-party service to have the
apartment thoroughly cleaned," the decision states. "There is no
evidence in the record that Ms. Ware, the unidentified cleaning
service, or the PPD representative were ever interviewed by
investigating authorities."

Items were also taken out of the apartment by her fiance's
uncle, including Greenberg's purse, three laptops and two
cellphones, Joe Podraza, the attorney for Ellen's parents,
Sandee and Dr. Josh Greenberg, told Fox News Digital.

According to the lawyer, Ware took video of the scene before the
cleanup crew arrived and gave it to Philadelphia police, but it
is currently unaccounted for.

A month later, after a secret meeting involving police,
prosecutors and the pathologists, Greenberg's death certificate
was revised. Officially, her brutal death was and remains a
suicide.

"Astonishingly," Ceisler wrote, the security guard who
Greenberg's fiance claimed was present when he found the body
denied having been there, in writing.

Additionally, Ceisler quoted a new admission from officials that
the evidence "could support other conclusions" than a suicide,
which Podraza called a "remarkable admission."

The lone dissenter on the panel of three, Judge Patricia
McCullough, argued that Greenberg has "been deprived of her
status as a victim" due to the suicide determination on what she
called "the erroneous death certificate," because suicide is not
a crime under state law.

"The majority opinion is a road map on how to commit murder and
to not be held accountable," Podraza said. "That's the most
astounding aspect of the opinion: You have, as I read it, three
judges saying this young woman was murdered, the investigation
is grossly flawed and embarrassing, there is a murderer or
murderers out there, but our hands are tied and nobody can do
anything except the government officials, and you're therefore
subject to their whims."

The Chester County District Attorney's Office is conducting an
outside review of Greenberg's death, and her family are also
pursuing a separate civil lawsuit alleging a cover-up of
evidence in her death.

The parents plan to appeal Wednesday's decision to the state's
Supreme Court, Podraza said.

"The fact that we have presented that magnitude of evidence that
could support a murder conviction or a murder prosecution, cries
out for further investigation and plainly undermines a
determination of suicide," he said.

A Philadelphia spokeswoman told Fox News Digital the city is
"pleased" with the ruling.

"The City is now, and has always been, deeply sympathetic to
Joshua and Sandra Greenberg's pain and deep grief over the loss
of their daughter," she said in a statement. "If Mr. and Mrs.
Greenberg have new evidence about their daughter’s death, we
urge them to present it to the investigators in Chester County,
as they have the authority to reopen the investigation."

Osbourne now works in Florida and has not responded to requests
for comment.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/philadelphia-teachers-suspicious- suicide-crime-scene-cleaned-before-police-arrived-search-warrant

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