Overview

• Attorneys are scheduled to present closing arguments Tuesday, with jury deliberations expected to begin soon after.
• Ellis has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and faces 10 felony counts including murder, with outcomes ranging from life in prison to psychiatric commitment.
• Defense expert Dr. Sara West told jurors Ellis was experiencing command hallucinations and could not provide coherent information when evaluated a month later.
• Prosecution expert Dr. Stephen Noffsinger testified Ellis has schizophrenia yet knew right from wrong at the time, and prosecutors argued she was angry over money she believed police withheld.
• Security video and witnesses described Ellis stealing knives, waiting in a store foyer with a knife, trailing the victims outside, stabbing Julian and wounding his mother, then walking away holding a bloodied knife.