Ohio woman sentenced to life for fatal stabbing of 3-year-old boy outside grocery store

CLEVELAND (WKRC) — A Cuyahoga County judge sentenced Bionca Ellis to life in prison without parole for the murder of 3-year-old Julian Wood in a parking lot attack that prosecutors called “among the most heartbreaking” they have seen.

Prosecutors said Ellis, 34, followed Julian and his mother, Margot Wood, from a Giant Eagle grocery store in North Olmsted on June 3, 2024, before attacking them with knives stolen from a nearby thrift store.

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