Woman Who Fatally Stabbed 3-Year-Old Boy in Shopping Cart at Grocery Store Parking Lot Sentenced to Life

An Ohio woman has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after fatally stabbing a 3-year-old boy outside a North Olmsted grocery store.

According to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, 34-year-old Bionca Ellis stole two knives from the Volunteers of America Thrift Store located next to the Giant Eagle supermarket on June 3, 2024. After entering the supermarket, Ellis encountered 3-year-old Julian Wood and his mother, 37-year-old Margot Wood. She followed them into the parking lot, where she attacked — stabbing the toddler multiple times as he sat in a shopping cart.

Julian’s mother tried to pull him out of the cart but was also stabbed during the assault, prosecutors said…

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