Lead investigator for Dallas County Public Defender’s Office charged in stabbing death of his wife

The lead investigator in the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office, who spent years investigating capital murder cases, was charged in the stabbing death of his wife. He remained in custody Monday.

Jimmy Spurger, 54, was ordered held on $150,000 bond on a charge of murder after his arrest Friday in the death of Maria Spurger, 53, according to Dallas County Jail records and a police news release.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit in the case, a request was made to Dallas Fire Rescue for a welfare check call at the couple’s apartment in Dallas.

When no one answered the door after several knocks, Dallas Fire Rescue forced open the apartment’s door, but had to clear furniture blocking the front door to be able to fully open it, according to the affidavit.

“DFR found Complainant Maria Spurger who was unresponsive and lying on the couch with what appeared to be a knife lodged in her neck,” the affidavit states.

The responders then found Jimmy Spurger sitting on the bed in the bedroom, but he did not respond to their questions about his well being, the document states.

They left the apartment and called police, who later found Maria Spurger covered…

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