Overview
- Los Angeles County prosecutors charged Andrew Jimenez, 45, with one count of murder and alleged he used an axe as a deadly weapon, with arraignment set for Friday and a potential sentence of 26 years to life.
- Police say Jimenez went to an LAPD station to request a welfare check before officers found his wife, 55-year-old Mayra Jimenez, dead with severe blunt-force injuries at their North Hollywood home.
- Investigators recovered an axe at the scene, and earlier reports indicated the husband was detained after questioning; court records show he is held on $2 million bail.
- The Glendale Fire Department placed Jimenez on administrative leave and said it is cooperating with the LAPD, which is leading the homicide investigation.
- LAPD officials describe the killing as an isolated domestic-violence incident with no ongoing public safety threat, and a diary-related infidelity claim raised by the family’s attorney remains uncorroborated.