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Dallas investigator charged in wife's fatal stabbing

Jimmy Spurger Jr., 54, the chief investigator for the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office, faces a first-degree felony murder charge in the fatal stabbing of his wife, Maria, in their downtown Dallas apartment Friday night. An arrest affidavit says emergency crews found her with a knife in her neck and Spurger covered in blood in another room. He had filed for divorce on Oct. 26.

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