Dallas County Public Defender's Chief Investigator Arrested and Charged with Wife's Murder
Court documents say police found Maria Teresa Spurger stabbed to death after a welfare check and later arrested her husband on a murder warrant.
- Police arrested Jimmy Harold Spurger, chief investigator for the Dallas County Public Defender, on Saturday and charged him with murder after his wife, Maria Teresa Spurger, was found stabbed to death in their downtown apartment.
- Dallas Fire-Rescue responders forced entry into the apartment at 2323 North Akard Street around 10:40 p.m. Friday to conduct a welfare check after finding furniture placed behind the door to block access.
- Inside the residence, responders found Maria Teresa Spurger unresponsive on a couch with a knife lodged in her neck, while officers discovered Spurger in a bedroom with blood on him and multiple empty pill bottles in the kitchen.
- Magistrate Jessica Warren signed an arrest warrant setting no bond on Saturday; Spurger was transported to Methodist Central Hospital after police suspected pill ingestion, then booked into the Lew Sterrett Jail.
- Spurger had served as chief investigator for 11 months leading the Investigative Division, following more than 20 years in law enforcement including the Capital Murder Division. He and his wife had been married approximately 35 years.
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POLITICS: Dallas Public Defender’s Chief Investigator Charged in Wife’s Stabbing Death – The Beltway Report
The chief investigator for the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office has been charged with murder after his wife of roughly 35 years was found stabbed to death inside their downtown Dallas apartment Friday night, less than two weeks after he filed for divorce. Jimmy Spurger Jr., 54, faces a first-degree felony murder charge in the death of Maria Spurger. Firefighters responding to a welfare check around 10:40 p.m. Friday found her on a couch wi…
Dallas Public Defender’s Chief Investigator Charged in Wife’s Stabbing Death
The chief investigator for the Dallas County Public Defender's Office has been charged with murder after his wife of roughly 35 years was found stabbed to death inside their downtown Dallas apartment Friday night, less than two weeks after he filed for divorce. Jimmy Spurger Jr., 54, faces a first-degree felony murder charge in the death of Maria Spurger.
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