Top Dallas County investigator charged with wife's murder

The chief investigator for the Dallas County Public Defender's Office was arrested and charged with stabbing to death his wife of 34 years. Good evening, I'm Steve Eager. Hello everybody, I'm Heather Hayes. 54-year-old Jimmy Spurger Jr. is charged with murder. Police say during a welfare check at the couple's luxury downtown apartment, they found him covered in blood and his wife stabbed to death. Investigators have not publicly released a motive. Fox 4's Alex Boyer live with what a former co-worker has to say about the case. Hey guys, that's exactly right. The big question right now is the motive behind this alleged murder. I can tell you that according to public records, the suspect had just filed for divorce from his wife two weeks ago. A man whose job it is to oversee investigators working with attorneys on criminal defense cases faces his own murder charge. 54-year-old Jimmy Spurger Jr. is accused of killing his longtime wife inside the couple's downtown Dallas apartment Friday night. Jimmy has been an exemplary colleague. It's hard to imagine. That he has been charged with murder. There is clear shock among Spurger's co-workers at the Dallas County Public Defender's Office where Spurger is the chief investigator. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Dallas Fire Rescue responded to the Christopher Luxury Apartments on North Ackard Street in downtown Dallas to conduct a welfare check. They had to force their They're way inside. The affidavit states that firefighters observed furniture placed in front of the door, preventing them from opening it further. Once in, the report notes that firefighters found 53-year-old Maria Spurger unresponsive and lying on the couch with what appeared to be a knife lodged in her neck. Dallas police were called to the apartment and officers found her husband sitting on the bed in the bedroom. Also covered in blood. The officers observed a small knife next to suspect Jimmy Spurger Jr. He was unresponsive. The arrest warrant says The officers also observed multiple empty pill bottles in the kitchen of the apartment residence that were covered in blood. A lot of people ask me, is there a pattern or is there rhyme or reason, as you say, to the domestic violence? Jan Langbein is the CEO of Genesis Women's Shelter and Support in Dallas. Langbein can speak to the specifics of this case, but says domestic violence is an equal opportunity epidemic. The thing is we don't know what's going on behind closed doors and we don't, we have, we can look at some red flags mostly after the fact. According to public records, Jimmy Spurger Jr had filed for divorce last