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The woman accused of killing a 3-year-old Ohio boy smiled and giggled in court Monday. Bionca Ellis, 32, is charged with killing Julian Wood and wounding his mother, Margot Wood, according to WKYC. Eliis was arraigned Monday before Judge Nancy Margaret Russo. As Russo read the indictment against Ellis, the defendant bobbed and smiled. That was not the only unusual behavior. During a video hearing, that preceded Ellis’s appearance in court, Russo had to instruct Ellis to raise her head, and when asked if she had read her indictment replied, “I don’t know.” Ellis was later brought into court, wh…