Dallas public defender’s chief investigator charged with wife’s murder after bloody apartment discovery
Jimmy Spurger Jr., a Dallas County capital murder investigator, is accused of stabbing his wife Maria just days after filing divorce papers.
TL;DR
- Jimmy Spurger Jr., 54, chief investigator for Dallas County Public Defender’s Office, is accused of murdering his wife, Maria Spurger.
- Maria Spurger was found stabbed to death in their downtown Dallas apartment.
- The incident occurred less than two weeks after Spurger filed for divorce.
- Spurger was found covered in blood at the scene and was taken to the hospital.
- He has over 20 years of law enforcement experience, specializing in homicide investigations.
- Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins ordered Spurger suspended from his position.