Overview

• Margot Wood told jurors she was loading her car when a woman with a large knife approached, stabbing Julian in the face and back and wounding her shoulder before walking away.
• Witness Travis Bush testified that after being confronted, Ellis shrugged and mouthed the word “so,” which prosecutors highlighted to challenge the insanity claim.
• Security footage and store testimony traced Ellis’ movements from a police station to a thrift store where she took two knives, into Giant Eagle holding a large blade, and then following the victims outside.
• Multiple bystanders, including two nurses, described performing CPR on Julian as police and EMS arrived; he later died from his injuries.
• Defense attorneys concede Ellis killed Julian but argue she was legally insane due to long-standing schizophrenia, with opposing mental-health experts expected as the week-long trial continues.