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CLEVELAND — The issue of mental health may be front and center in the high-profile case of a woman accused of killing a toddler.
Records show Ellis became agitated and began fighting nurses, doctors and police officers in a psych room. Bakersfield police told Cleveland police they only knew Ellis from an assault case. Records from Bakersfield showed Ellis was arrested a month earlier at a hospital when she refused to leave after being discharged.Suspect in North Olmsted toddler stabbing death had run-in with police in California In Cleveland police records, Bakersfield police went on to say Ellis isn’t named in any homicide cases there.
During a pre-trial hearing on Monday, Ellis rocked in her chair and often leaned her head to the side.She’s accused of stealing knives from a thrift store and stabbing to death 3-year-old Julian Wood in a North Olmsted Giant Eagle parking lot. Prosecutors are waiting for Wood's autopsy report, which is expected in the next three to four weeks.
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