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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Feds Swoop in on Ellen Greenberg Murder Probe

Sep 27, 2026 · 44m

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Federal authorities, including the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI, have stepped in to review the controversial 2011 death of Ellen Greenberg. Federal agencies requested and subpoenaed documents and investigative records from the Philadelphia Police Department and other local entities. Philadelphia's chief medical examiner reaffirmed the manner of death as suicide following an independent autopsy review mandated by a civil settlement, but now federal law enforcement have opened a broader inquiry into how local authorities and the medical examiner handled the investigation. In the moments before a civil case was to get underway, the family of Ellen Greenberg and Philadelphia…