Overview
- Andrew Jimenez, 45, entered a not guilty plea Wednesday and remains held without bail.
- Prosecutors say the murder charge includes an allegation that he used an axe as a deadly weapon.
- Police say he went to an LAPD station at 4 a.m. in January to request a welfare check, and officers later found his wife, Mayra Jimenez, 55, dead in their North Hollywood home in what they called a domestic violence case.
- He is due back in court May 12, when a judge is expected to set a date for a preliminary hearing to decide if the case moves to trial.
- The victim taught third grade at Wilshire Park Elementary, and the Glendale Fire Department placed Jimenez, who joined the agency in 2008, on administrative leave.