CLEVELAND — For the first time, eyewitnesses publicly recounted the stabbing of a 3-year-old boy and his mother at a North Olmsted grocery store in June 2024.

On Tuesday, prosecutors called their first witnesses in the trial of the woman accused of the stabbing that killed Julian Wood and injured his mother, Margot Wood. The state spent the first day of witness testimony sharing videos, images, and 911 calls to establish a timeline and details about how the incident unfolded.

Bionca Ellis, 34, has been charged with two counts each of murder, attempted murder and felonious assault, and one count each of aggravated murder, endangering children, tampering with evidence and aggravated theft.

The first witness, North Olmsted Police Officer Danielle Shook, detailed an encounter with Bionca El

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