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Old 12-24-2006, 03:33 PM
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Ellen Robb: Phila suburbs

This one is just a few miles from me. It isn't the sort of neighborhood that a random burglar would go sniffing around in. I think she knew her killer:

http://www.timesherald.com/site/news...id=33380&rfi=6


http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...y/16310590.htm

http://www.timesherald.com/site/news...id=33380&rfi=6
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Old 12-24-2006, 07:09 PM
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I said the same thing to my hubby as we watched the news last night!
Howdy neighbor!
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Old 12-25-2006, 11:59 AM
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Sounds like Ellen may have been very depressed. Still, it is darn near impossible to blungeon yourself to death:

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/16314207.htm
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Old 12-26-2006, 06:19 AM
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The husband said that he saw his wife in the morning before he left for work but aren't all colleges on Christmas break? I wonder if anyone saw him at the college? Also wonder where the 12 yr old daughter was when her mother was murdered or was she conviently at a friend's home? I also wonder why the were estranged. Lots of questions with no answers.

I hope the wife got a few good scratches in so LE can get some DNA from under her fingernails. Poor thing.
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Old 12-28-2006, 12:10 PM
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Angry focus on husband

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?se...cal&id=4884302


Police Following Leads in Woman's Murder


UPPER MERION TOWNSHIP, Pa. - December 27, 2006 - Sources tell Action News the husband of a murdered Montgomery County woman remains the focus of their investigation.
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Old 12-28-2006, 12:55 PM
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Husbands and boyfriends are always the focus early

on...Sometimes I think it has more to do with the police being lazy..and hoping the "significant other" will be the real killer so they won't have to work very hard.
The child could have been at a sleepover....that happens a lot with close family friends...girl children especially like to have those and their moms tend to encourage it.My daughter has been to a couple of those, although none recently.
Of course you look at the husband but you don't want to have tunnelvision. You look at burglaries in the area.You look at drug problems in the area.Junkies often will perform burglaries to support their habits.So is anything missing from the home? Has her ATM or bank card been used? Did she carry around alot of cash with her ? Stuff like that.
You also look to see if any recent work has been done at the home.Any home improvements where some workers might have come there and been inside the home.
We'll see if the husband has an alibi.I hope he does..I hope he didn't do it .That will make the case much more interesting.
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Old 11-19-2008, 05:10 PM
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Ex-Ivy league professor only get 5-10 for killing wife!?

This is just sick if you ask me. only getting 5-10 years for killing his wife with a metal bar, then staging the murder to look like a burglary gone wrong! I know someone serving a longer sentence for forging a check once! What a slap to the face!!

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?se...cal&id=6514729
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Old 11-19-2008, 05:17 PM
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Old 11-19-2008, 05:39 PM
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not that I am condoning the sentence in any way, but perhaps due to his age and health he was given a lighter sentence.

I know, I know - he really should rot for what he did, but since he wasn't sentenced to life do they not have to take in to account his remaing life expectancy?
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Old 11-19-2008, 07:28 PM
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This is just sick if you ask me. only getting 5-10 years for killing his wife with a metal bar, then staging the murder to look like a burglary gone wrong! I know someone serving a longer sentence for forging a check once! What a slap to the face!!

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?se...cal&id=6514729

This is just so wrong on so many levels.. the judges in the Philadelphia area seem to be giving so many poor sentances.. they are an injustice to the victims and their families and frankly its a slap in the face to them and to the public. I am outraged at the number of light sentances .. and when you consider the brutal assault, the motive and the victimization of both the victim and their child as well as the life long damage he has caused to his child.. this sentance is a joke..
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Old 11-21-2008, 10:48 PM
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Ellen was victimized again. This time by the judicial system and court. It is OUTRAGEOUS what went down.
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Old 11-21-2008, 11:01 PM
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I don't understand this sentence. This is very wrong. The judges are making a mockery of the judicial system and human life. I would hope that the people will vote them out...never to stand in judgment and to disregard another human being ever again. For shame on them...an embarrassment for our system.
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Old 11-23-2008, 01:57 PM
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I have a good friend who is both a former prosecutor and criminal defense lawyer. He knows the DA and the defense lawyers in this case. He says that the state's case against Robb was very weak. Had he not pled guilty, there is a good chance that he would not have been convicted by a jury.

They have already said that there will be no appeals. I think this is the best deal the DA felt he could get.

Keep in mind that the plea bargain may have also avoided having Olivia testify.
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Old 11-24-2008, 05:43 AM
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I guess the sentence speaks loudly of the value the justice system put on Ellen's life. We shouldn't be surprised. The killer should have gotten enough years so that he would die in prison. There was no doubt that he murdered his wife. I think a common sense jury would have figured it out if we could.
Some judges have less sense then most 4 yr olds have. I swear there are judges on benches who are for the killer instead of thinking of what happened to the victim and the victim's family. It just makes me so angry. This sentence just isn't right. He should have gotten at least 20 years and have had to serve every one of them. That would have been better then LWOP for him.
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