An Anne Arundel County man is charged with murdering his estranged wife, just three weeks after he was released from jail where hewas placed for violating a protective order.
Family members found Ivy Mayhew, 31, dead in her Arnold home on Sunday, with cords wrapped around her neck. Aubrey Mayhew Jr., 31, her estranged husband, had told her family he “did something bad” to her and thought he killed her, prompting them to check on her, charging documents said.
The couple married in January 2000 and filed for divorce in July 2001, though the divorce was never finalized, according to Anne Arundel County Circuit Court records.
They had a history of domestic disputes, court records show.
Ivy Mayhew?s mother, Madeleine Parkinson, filed for custody of their two children, ages 11 and 4, Monday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court. In the request she wrote: “My daughter told me to please raise her children if anything ever happened to her, which I promised I would. Because she feared for her life and children.”
According to court records, Ivy Mayhew sought a protective order against her husband a year ago, explaining that he shoved her and put his hands around her throat in front of their 3-year-old son.
“He said, ?You?re lucky the kids are around. Wait until we?re alone,?” she wrote in her request for the order.
Neither party showed up in court for a hearing on her request, and the protective order wasn?t issued.
In January, she requested and received another protective order.
Aubrey Mayhew Jr. was arrested July 22 on charges of assaulting her and violating the protective order.
According to charging documents, Aubrey Mayhew Jr. attempted to run Ivy Mayhew off the road while she was driving with a male companion on College Parkway. He pulled his truck in front of her SUV, got out, and tried to force his way in through the vehicles window of her vehicle, documents said. Ivy Mayhew told police that she continued to drive, but he yelled, cursed and grabbed at the steering wheel.
He remained in jail for two days before being released on personal recognizance. His trial was scheduled for Oct. 12.
