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Schizophrenic Woman Convicted of Fatally Stabbing 3-Year-Old Boy
17 Oct, 2025
Summary
- Bionca Ellis, 34, found guilty of murdering 3-year-old Julian Wood
- Stabbed Julian multiple times as he sat in a shopping cart
- Ellis has a history of schizophrenia, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity
On October 15, 2025, a jury in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, found Bionca Ellis, 34, guilty of the brutal murder of 3-year-old Julian Wood. The tragic incident occurred on June 3, 2024, outside a Giant Eagle supermarket in Cleveland.
According to the evidence presented, Ellis had stolen two knives from a nearby thrift store and then followed Julian and his mother, Margot Wood, into the supermarket. As Margot was loading groceries into her car, Ellis immediately stabbed Julian multiple times while he was sitting in the shopping cart. Margot tried to pull her son out of the cart but was also stabbed in the shoulder.
Eyewitness Travis Bush testified that he confronted Ellis about the attack, but she simply shrugged in response. Nearby witnesses called the police, and Ellis was arrested at the scene while walking away with a knife in her hand.
