The Glendale firefighter accused of brutally killing his spouse with an ax appeared stone-faced in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday, saying nothing as a choose set the subsequent main step in his homicide case.
Andrew Jimenez, 45, was escorted into the courtroom on the Clara Shortridge Foltz Legal Justice Heart sporting jail-issued clothes and restraints on each his arms and legs. All through the listening to, Jimenez remained silent, staring straight forward with a solemn expression.
Reasonably than sitting alongside his authorized group, the choose directed Jimenez to a wood chair towards the courtroom wall. A number of protection attorneys represented him through the continuing, whereas prosecutors stood at a separate desk.
The listening to lasted solely about three minutes. Prosecutors and protection attorneys agreed to schedule a preliminary listening to for Oct. 21, 2026, the place witnesses are anticipated to testify and proof within the case will start to be introduced.
As deputy sheriffs escorted Jimenez from the courtroom, certainly one of his attorneys briefly spoke with him. He confirmed little outward emotion through the look, showing neither tearful nor visibly remorseful.
Jimenez has beforehand pleaded not responsible to 1 depend of homicide.
The case stems from the Jan. 21 killing of his spouse, 46-year-old Mayra Jimenez, a schoolteacher who was discovered lifeless contained in the couple’s North Hollywood house after struggling deadly blunt-force accidents. Prosecutors allege Andrew Jimenez attacked her with an ax through the lethal confrontation.
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Authorities arrested Jimenez the identical day after he allegedly approached Los Angeles cops and requested them to conduct a welfare examine on the house. When officers arrived, they found his spouse’s physique, and Jimenez was taken into custody.
Throughout an earlier stage of the case, a former lawyer for Jimenez beforehand revealed to The Publish his shopper had found writings in his spouse’s diary indicating she had been untrue shortly earlier than the killing. That lawyer later withdrew from representing him. These claims haven’t been confirmed in courtroom, and prosecutors haven’t recognized a motive as a part of the prison costs.
Jimenez, who joined the Glendale Fireplace Division as a paramedic in 2008 earlier than being promoted to firefighter in 2024, stays in custody with out bail.
If convicted of homicide, he faces a possible sentence of 26 years to life in state jail.
