Update: 3YO Dies In What Police Say Was Random Stabbing In Ohio Grocery Parking Lot

[Sugar Cookie]

A 3-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by a woman as he sat in a grocery cart in a supermarket parking lot. Investigators said Tuesday that they believe it was a random attack.

The boy's mother also was stabbed, but her injuries were not life-threatening, said Sgt. Matt Beck, a detective with North Olmsted police.

Officers arrested 32-year-old Bionca Ellis, of Cleveland, while she was walking away from the scene with a knife in her hand on Monday, police said. She was being held on a charge of aggravated murder.

Ellis was inside the Giant Eagle grocery when she saw the boy and his mother near the front of the store and then followed them into the parking lot in North Olmsted, a Cleveland suburb, Beck said.

The boy's mother was about to load her groceries into her vehicle when Ellis ran at them with a knife, stabbing both of them, police said. The boy later died at a hospital.

The county medical examiner identified the boy as 3-year-old Julian Wood. His mother, Margot Wood, was treated at a hospital, police said. Investigators said Ellis had no known previous interactions with the mother and her son.

3-year-old dies in what police say was random stabbing in Ohio grocery parking lot

Investigators said Tuesday that they believe it was a random attack. The boy's mother also was stabbed, but her injuries were not life-threatening, said Sgt. Matt Beck, a detective with North Olmsted police. Officers arrested 32-year-old Bionca Ellis, of Cleveland, while she was walking away...

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[Leenoah]

"Believed it was a random attack."

You don't say? You mean, she wasn't trying to defend herself from a baby charging at her?!!!"

 

[Sugar Cookie]

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[BuffettGirl]

That mugshot looks like she's trying to squeeze her titties into a box for some weird reason... Mental illness or drugs?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

We won't be lucky enough to see this human shit stain executed.

 

[DivineRAiNz]

That's horrible. I feel bad for the parents.. the father is devastated. Will she be competent to stand trial?.. Unless she jumped out of her tree to put on this show, she seems out there some where.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Bionca Ellis, 32, charged with stabbing a three-year-old boy to death outside an Ohio supermarket had only just been cut loose by a judge three days before the frenzied attack — despite being referred for a mental health evaluation.

But it has since emerged that Ellis had another run in for cops just days earlier after she taken into custody on May 29 for a probation violation tied to a petty theft arrest, records obtained by Fox 8 show.

During her arraignment for the probation violation arrest, a Rocky River Municipal Court magistrate ordered Ellis — who had been accused of stealing $69 worth of merch from Walmart — to undergo a psych check after it became unclear if she was paying attention or falling asleep during the proceedings.

Ellis then ended up back on the streets on May 31 after a different magistrate, Judge Brian Hagan, ordered she be released from custody.

“There wasn’t any red flags shooting up that pole,” Hagan said as he defended his decision to cut her loose. “There wasn’t any indications here. No sign of mental distress. No sign of previous, violent acts.”

The judge added that the mental health team that carries out evaluations for the court didn’t have anyone available, which meant Ellis — who has no known violent criminal history — would’ve been kept locked up for days on a minor case.

Despite the bloodshed, Judge Hagan said he wouldn’t do anything differently in releasing Ellis on the initial arrest.

“I’m confident in the way this court handled the matter,” Hagan said. “We did it by the letter of the law. There was nothing there to send up the alarms.”

Deranged suspect who stabbed toddler to death outside supermarket was freed from jail just days earlier as judge defends decision

Bionca Ellis, 32, was arrested after she allegedly butchered the toddler, Julian Wood, with a kitchen knife at a Giant Eagle grocery store in North Olmsted on June 3 in what cops described as a “ra…

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Judge Brian Hagan

I hope this uncaring prick actually becomes a victim himself.

 

[GoneWest]

Minor charge or not, it was a probation violation. Her probation should have been revoked. What an asshole.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Hate to say it this booger eating bitch is going to get sent to a hospital and released back into the community with no one knowing it.

 

[HijabiGirl]

Hate to say it this booger eating bitch is going to get sent to a hospital and released back into the community with no one knowing it.

That may not be accurate. If she is found not guilty by reason of insanity the likely outcome is she is sent to a forensic state psych facility. Interestingly they usually spend many more years in that institution than they would in prison. In my undergrad years I was part of a study to determine if people realized this statistical fact. At the time I was surprised because my perception was insanity defense meant they walked free.

 

[hiitsme]

I remember this! This was close to me! Inexcusable! He was soooo cute!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

She should have been involuntarily committed but it seems everyone dropped the ball and allowed this nut to run the streets.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The FOX 8 I-Team has found a woman charged with killing a toddler at a North Olmsted grocery store will, in fact, stand trial.

Bionca Ellis has now been found competent for trial.

The case has outraged Northeast Ohio.


Back in June, police say 3-year-old Julian Wood died when Ellis stabbed him as he was with his mother in an unprovoked attack. It happened in the parking lot of a Giant Eagle store. Investigators found Ellis did not know the boy or his mother.

In September, doctors found Ellis incompetent for trial.

The court said Ellis deals with multiple mental health disorders, and she was ordered to a mental health facility for treatment. Doctors said they believed she could be restored to competency.

At a hearing on Tuesday, a Cuyahoga County judge said, “It is the opinion with reasonable medical certainty, Ms. Ellis has been stabilized.”

Doctors believe Ellis now understands court proceedings and can assist in her own defense.

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[cubby]

Too bad some other nutcase didn't take her out before now. She needs to never get out, ever.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Bionca Ellis, 34, was found guilty of all nine charges in the stabbing of 3-year-old Julian Wood and his mother, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office announced. Those charges included aggravated murder, attempted murder, felonious assault, and endangering children.

Woman stabbed toddler sitting in a shopping cart next to his mom in grocery store parking lot

A woman sat stoically in an Ohio courtroom on Wednesday as she learned she had been convicted of killing a toddler in a grocery store's parking lot.

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[Sugar Cookie]

The mother of a 3-year-old boy took a deep breath when she stepped to the podium to address the Ohio judge at the sentencing hearing for the woman convicted of stabbing her son to death as he sat in a shopping cart outside a grocery store.

"I watched my son take his, his first breaths when he was born and I watched him take his last in my arms — covered in his blood," Margaret told the court on Monday. "A mother should never have to bury their child. A mother is supposed to go first, not her children. A mother shouldn't receive her child's death certificate at 3 years old and his cause of death is by homicide. That woman murdering my son replays in my head every single day. It is my living nightmare."

A jury convicted Ellis of murder, attempted murder, felonious assault and endangering children. On Monday, a judge sentenced Ellis to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Wood went on to say how the last sounds she will ever hear from him are his screams, and the last images are his "pain and fear before he was gone."

"I could still see the terror in his eyes," she said. "And it haunts me every day."

The convicted murderer apologized in a brief statement.

Mom laments murder of her toddler son who was stabbed to death right in front of her at store

Margaret Wood and her son Julian Wood on June 3, 2024, were shopping at a Giant Eagle supermarket in North Olmsted, Ohio, when Bionca Ellis ran up to them and repeatedly stabbed the boy, killing him.

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Around the 52 minute mark her lawyer starts speaking - It was very interesting and he stressed she was polite and behaved during the trial.

This video is just of the sentencing - He seems to be a very thoughtful judge.

He was very kind to the Ellis family as well as the Julian's family.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Bionca Ellis has filed an appeal of her life-without-parole sentence for the stabbing death of 3-year-old Julian Wood outside a North Olmsted grocery store.

The notice was submitted Tuesday to the 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals by Cuyahoga County public defenders Erika Cunliffe and Frank Cavallo. The filing seeks review of the maximum punishment imposed by Common Pleas Judge John Russo on Oct. 27 and requests a full trial transcript.

Ellis, 34, was convicted last month of aggravated murder and attempted murder in the June 3, 2024, attack outside a Giant Eagle. Prosecutors said Ellis stole a knife from a nearby thrift store before stabbing Julian and injuring his mother, Margot Wood, in a random attack.

Jurors rejected Ellis’ insanity defense, finding she understood the wrongfulness of her actions despite a documented history of schizophrenia.

After sentencing, defense attorney Fernando Mack said he disagreed with the verdict and believed Ellis should have been found not guilty by reason of insanity. He argued that, under that outcome, Ellis would have been confined to a psychiatric hospital for decades rather than prison.

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