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Death of Ellen Greenberg

2011 stabbing death in Philadelphia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
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Ellen Rae Greenberg was an American woman who died after sustaining 20 stab wounds. Her death was officially ruled a suicide despite her 20 stab wounds and 11 bruises, sparking extensive debate as to whether the cause of death was actually homicide. The mysterious circumstances surrounding the manner of death have prompted significant political activity, legal action, and global media coverage.

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This entry incorporates text from “Death of Ellen Greenberg” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.