Overview
- Police say Alexander Stephenson, 53, turned himself in on Sunday after his estranged wife, Amethyst Stephenson, 47, was found fatally stabbed at her Ellicott City home.
- After surrendering, he was treated at Baltimore’s Shock Trauma for non-life-threatening self-inflicted wounds and was arrested upon release.
- Stephenson is charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, and violating a protective order, and he waived a bail review on Tuesday.
- Charging documents state the victim’s son called 911 after witnessing the attack in a bedroom closet and seeing Stephenson cut his wrists before fleeing.
- Court records show the victim obtained temporary and final protective orders last month, and Stephenson faced separate Carroll County charges for assault and violating that order before being released, prompting advocates to stress coordinated responses beyond protective orders.