32-year-old Bionca Ellis was seen stalking 3-year-old Julian Wood and his mother before killing the boy with a knife. When the arraignment hearing began, Ellis refused to answer questions from the judge and was caught smirking. After answering "no" to almost every one of the judge's questions, Ellis finally pleaded not guilty to the charges. Bond was set at $5 million.

The Wood's family has raised over $210,000 to support Margot's husband Jared, covering Julian's funeral costs, legal expenses, and helping his wife recover The family said they were overwhelmed by the support they received from friends and strangers at the beginning of a "long journey to recovery." 'Our family is overwhelmed with sadness,' they wrote in a collective statement. 'We have no explanation as to how or why this happened, it was a random act of violence. There was no prior altercation, they did not know each other… this was a malicious random act.' 'She has devastated our family beyond words, she took something from us we can never get back.'