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A woman's body in advanced stages of decomposition and found in a remote field is believed to be that of Ellen Beth Greenberg, a 42-year-old disabled woman from Northampton County who has been missing since June 24. It remains unknown why she disappeared.
(via LehighValleyLive.com)
The grim discovery came Sunday morning in a Northampton County field. It was a woman's body in advanced stages of decomposition, but authorities here believe it is that of Ellen Beth Greenberg, a 42-year-old disabled woman reported missing on June 24, our sister website, LehighValleyLive.com, reports.
An autopsy is expected to confirm the identification and list the cause and manner of death as early as today.
However, it is still not know why Greenberg disappeared.
"We have no idea," replied father Norman Wruble on an earlier occasion when his daughter was missing. "She would never do anything like this."
Background from LehighValleyLive.com:
Greenberg graduated from Beaver College, now Arcadia University, outside of Philadelphia and is a former elementary school teacher. She self-published five children's books with the main character centering around a crime-solving cat named "Inspector Spencer."
Spencer also is the name of Greenberg's real cat, which mother Sandra Wruble said has been wandering room to room searching for his owner.
Greenberg worked at Panera Bread in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, but didn't show up to work when she was scheduled on June 26.
Her parents depicted Greenberg as a woman of strength.
She had two surgeries to remove benign brain tumors -- once at age 14 and the other, age 37. The first surgery left Greenberg with right-side weakness and occasional seizures, Sandra Wruble said.
However, her daughter hadn't suffered from a seizure within the past five years, she said.
The second surgery left Greenberg without the ability to use her right arm and she developed expressive aphasia, which makes it difficult to speak and write, Sandra Wruble said.
Following the second surgery, Greenberg no longer could carry on her teaching job or drive. She then moved in with her parents, the couple said.