CLEVELAND (WJW) — A Cuyahoga County judge confirmed Monday that Bionca Ellis, the woman accused of killing a 3-year-old boy in a stabbing outside a local grocery store in June of 2024, will stand trial Oct. 1.
Ellis, 34, of Cleveland, went before a Cuyahoga County judge Monday morning. The judge also set one final pretrial hearing for Sept. 4 at 8:30 a.m. ahead of the October trial date.
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Ellis is charged with killing 3-year-old Julian Wood, in what authorities have said was an unprovoked attack .
She’s accused of fatally stabbing Wood in the face and the back and also injuring his mother outside a Giant Eagle in North Olmsted on June 3, 2024. Ellis was arrested at the scene with a knife, according to police…