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Cleveland woman sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing 3-year-old boy

Bionca Ellis, diagnosed with schizophrenia, was sentenced after a jury found she knowingly stabbed a 3-year-old and his mother in a grocery store parking lot in a 2024 attack.

  • A Cleveland woman, Bionca Ellis, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for fatally stabbing a 3-year-old boy, Julian Wood, in June 2024.
  • Ellis attacked Julian and his mother while they were in a grocery cart outside a supermarket, injuring the mother as well.
  • The judge said Ellis' mental illness did not excuse her actions and called for increased mental health support systems.
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A judge in northeastern Ohio on Monday sentenced a woman to life imprisonment without parole for the fatal stabbing of a 3-year-old child while sitting in a supermarket cart. 34-year-old Bionca Ellis from Cleveland remained silent as Cuyahoga County common court judge John Russo sentenced him for the June 2024 attack that killed Julian Wood, 3 years old, and injured his mother, Margot Wood. In early October, a jury found Ellis guilty of aggravat…

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Cleveland woman sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing 3-year-old boy

An Ohio judge has sentenced a Cleveland woman to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally stabbing a 3-year-old boy as he sat in a grocery cart outside a supermarket in North Olmsted.

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News 5 Cleveland broke the news in on Monday, October 27, 2025.
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