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.

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.

It was midday on June 3, 2024, and 37-year-old Margot Wood and Julian were shopping at a Giant Eagle supermarket in North Olmsted, a suburb of Cleveland. Bionca Ellis was next door at a Volunteers of America Thrift Store, where she "stole two knives," authorities said.

Ellis is said to have then walked next door into the supermarket, "spotted" the mother and son, and "followe

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