Dallas Public Defender Investigator, 54, Charged in Wife's Stabbing Death After 35-Year Marriage
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 9
Dallas Public Defender Investigator, 54, Charged in Wife's Stabbing Death After 35-Year Marriage
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 9
Summary
Jimmy Spurger Jr., 54, was jailed on a first-degree murder charge after his wife Maria Spurger was found Friday night with a knife in her neck inside their downtown Dallas apartment.
Firefighters answering a 10:40 p.m. welfare check forced open a door blocked by furniture, found Maria unresponsive on a couch, and discovered Spurger in a bedroom covered in blood; police later found a small knife and bloodied empty pill bottles.
Court records show Spurger filed for divorce on Oct. 26, less than two weeks before the killing, and Maria had not been served as of a Nov. 3 docket entry.
Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins said Sunday he ordered Spurger suspended and his access revoked; Spurger had served 11 months as chief investigator after more than 13 years in the public defender's office.
The case carries added scrutiny because Spurger previously spent more than 20 years in law enforcement, including homicide and family-violence investigations, while police say no motive has been released and the investigation remains open.