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A Texas investigator who spent years working on capital murder cases is now accused of killing his wife of roughly 35 years, less than two weeks after filing for divorce.

Jimmy Spurger Jr., 54, the chief investigator for the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office, faces a first-degree felony murder charge after his wife, Maria Spurger, was found stabbed to death inside their downtown Dallas apartment Friday night.

Emergency crews found Maria on a couch with a knife in her neck and her husband sitting on a bed in another room, covered in blood, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox 4 Dallas.

Spurger filed for divorce Oct. 26, less than two weeks before the killing, according to Dallas County court records. The case was still open, with a Nov. 3 entry indicating Maria had not been served with the divorce papers.

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Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins said Sunday that he had ordered Spurger suspended and his access revoked.

"Upon notice of this tragic murder yesterday, I instructed Administration to place the employee on suspension and remove his access," Jenkins wrote on X.

Firefighters received a welfare check call around 10:40 p.m. Friday and went to the couple’s apartment on North Akard Street, according to the affidavit.

No one answered their repeated knocks. When firefighters forced the door open, they found furniture blocking the entrance.

They moved it aside and found Maria unresponsive on the couch. Spurger was sitting on a bed in the bedroom, but he did not answer when firefighters asked whether he was OK.

The crews backed out and called police.

Officers arrived around 11:13 p.m. and found Spurger covered in blood, with a small knife beside him. Several empty pill bottles covered in blood were in the kitchen, according to the affidavit. No one else was found inside.

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Maria was pronounced dead at the apartment. Spurger was taken to Methodist Central Hospital, and investigators said they could not interview him because he may have taken multiple pills.

He was booked into the Dallas County Jail Saturday on a murder charge and is being held without bond, according to jail records.

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Before his arrest, Spurger oversaw investigators who helped public defenders prepare criminal cases, according to the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office website. His biography says he served as chief investigator for 11 months.

He spent more than 13 years with the office, primarily in its Capital Murder Division, where his work included examining evidence and interviewing witnesses.

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Before joining the public defender’s office, Spurger spent more than 20 years in law enforcement, specializing in homicide investigations and crimes against people, according to the website. During his final decade in law enforcement, he supervised child abuse and family violence investigations for the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.

Police have not released a motive and said the killing remains under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective C. Johnson at 214-671-3584 or chanesia.johnson@dallaspolice.gov.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Dallas Police Department for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.

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Tensions flared in a Philadelphia neighborhood Sunday after a bike ride organized to boycott several Jewish-owned restaurants sparked overwhelming backlash from the city's Jewish and pro-Israel communities.

The "boycott ride" targeted at least six restaurants in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square, labeling them "Zionist establishments" and calling for them to leave, according to pro-Palestinian group Philly Bike On Your Left, which organized the event.

As riders cycled through the streets waving Palestinian flags, hundreds of Jewish and pro-Israel community members turned out to oppose the demonstration, with heated exchanges unfolding across several city blocks. Dozens of diners also lined up outside the targeted restaurants in a show of solidarity with the Jewish-owned businesses.

The boycott also drew sharp criticism for taking place on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the 1938 Nazi pogrom against Jews in Germany and Austria marked by widespread anti-Jewish violence, including attacks on homes, synagogues and businesses.

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The Philadelphia police told Fox News that at least three people were arrested in connection with the protest, including a woman accused of assault, a man accused of disorderly conduct and a 17-year-old male accused of assaulting police.

Meanwhile, a female counterprotester reported being assaulted by an unknown individual.

Two officers also sustained minor injuries during the arrest of one individual, according to the outlet. Neither required medical treatment.

No property damage was reported, and conditions returned to normal by late afternoon, police said. 

Police said about 500 people participated in total, including roughly 300 pro-Palestinian demonstrators, 200 of whom were on bicycles, and 200 pro-Israeli counterprotesters.

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Videos circulating on social media showed demonstrators and counterprotesters shouting at one another.

In one video, a restaurant displayed a Palestinian flag alongside a sign reading "No public restroom" on its entrance door.

A man confronted the restaurant on camera, accusing it of sending a message that the Jewish community was not welcome.

The protest, organized in late October, targeted six businesses whose owners organizers accused of being "Zionist business owners."

"We see them for the disgusting humans they are," the group said. 

"There are business owners in our community who have raised funds for the Israeli military, hosted Israeli soldiers, were praised by Benjamin Netanyahu, or expressed support for Israel," the group added.

The demonstration prompted the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia to call for a counter-demonstration in early November.

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"This is antisemitism. It is Jew-Hatred, plain and simple," the organization said.

"The ride falls on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938, when Nazi-organized mobs destroyed thousands of Jewish businesses, homes and synagogues in Germany and Austria, while thousands of Jews were beaten, assaulted and sent to concentration camps. The public targeting of Jewish businesses should alarm every person of conscience. We cannot allow such hatred to become normalized in Philadelphia."

The organizers, however, pushed back against the criticism, claiming their ride had been "grossly misrepresented" and describing themselves as a nonviolent social cycling group.

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"Knots Landing" star Donna Mills is revealing the reason that she has never walked down the aisle despite her 25-year romance with actor Larry Gilman.

During a recent appearance on the "Still Here Hollywood Podcast with Steve Kmetko," the 85-year-old actress, who has been in a relationship with Gilman, 76, since 2001, opened up about why she has chosen to avoid marriage.

"I was always so independent," she told Kmetko. "I’m still very independent."

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"I just didn’t ever want to be subject to whatever you have to do when you get married," Mills continued. "I also didn’t want to say I was going to love somebody forever."

"I don’t know if I would do that or not," she admitted with a laugh.

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Mills shared the topic of marriage had also come up between herself and her daughter Chloe, who recently tied the knot herself.

"It’s funny because my daughter asked me that. My daughter just got married," Mills said. "And she just had a baby."

After Kmetko told her that she didn't "look like a grandmother," Mills pointed to a necklace she was wearing that was inscribed with the word "Grandma," which she said was a gift from Chloe.

"She gave me this, and I wear it all the time," Mills said.

Mills explained that she and Chloe have had many conversations about what name her grandson would call her.

"And I said, "'Oh, I know. Glamma,'" Mills told Kmetko with a laugh. "But she didn't like that."

The Daytime Emmy Award winner Chloe adopted as a newborn in 1994 when she was 54. Seven years later, Mills began dating Gilman, whom she has described as an "incredibly kind, funny, wonderful man."

"I love him," she told The Daily Beast in 2022. "I’m lucky to have found him. I found him late, but I found him. Everybody loves him. He’s great."

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Prior to meeting Gilman, Mills and advertising executive Richard Holland, who was previously married to singer Chaka Khan, had an on-and-off relationship for around 20 years starting in 1979.

When asked why she has never married, Mills said, "I don’t remember anyone ever getting down on one knee."

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The "Nope" star also cited her independent streak and explained why she and Gilman never felt the need to marry after meeting later in life.

"I am so freaking independent. I just am. I’m very independent and by the time Larry and I met we were both pretty established," she said. "To combine everything at that point is really difficult. So we just combined our lives but not our finances and stuff like that. It’s much cleaner, much better."

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Mills shared that maintaining her independence had always given her a sense of security, even while sharing her life with a partner.

"I’ve always felt a woman being independent was important," she said. "It made me feel safer, I guess, to know that I can take care of myself. I want someone to be in my life to love and be with, to be a companion and to go places and all that, but if I have to I can take care of myself."

"And really, I had enough marriages as Abby!" she added, referring to the character she played on "Knots Landing."

Mills became a television sensation playing the glamorous and ruthless Abby Cunningham on "Knots Landing" from 1980 to 1989.

Abby tied the knot four times over the course of the hit primetime soap, though one union was annulled almost immediately after the wedding.

Mills and Gilman share a home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood, where they have a vineyard. In 2015, Mills told Closer Weekly that the vineyard was a gift from her longtime partner.

"Larry planted a vineyard for me last year," Donna shared. "He’s really such a good guy."

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The couple went on to launch Mandeville Vineyards, a small-scale wine brand produced from grapes grown on their vineyard in Brentwood's Mandeville Canyon.

Mills, who surprised her fans when she announced that she had launched an OnlyFans account in July, previously discussed how she had received some unusual requests from subscribers, including one involving her vineyard.

In August, Mills appeared on "Creators Inc. Podcast," which is hosted by Andy Bachman, the CEO of the talent agency Creators, Inc., which manages her OnlyFans account.

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During her appearance, Bachman noted that some "foot kink people" had asked to see the actress "stomping on grapes" with her bare feet in her vineyard.

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"I’m gonna do it," Mills said. "I tried to shoot it myself. But you can’t shoot something while you’re stomping, it just doesn’t work."

"I'm going to uh… I'm going to do that very soon… and do it right so that you know people can… really enjoy it," she continued. "I think it's really funny and fun and uh it's the kind of thing that I want to be able to share with the fans."

Hollywood icon, Ann-Margret, was recently photographed outside a Los Angeles hotel in a wheelchair.

The 85-year-old actress was spotted arriving to a hotel for an event, where her staff met her outside and helped her get out of her car.

She was seen smiling as she was being wheeled into the event by her staff, in an all-black outfit, which she paired with a green blazer, glasses and a necklace.

Her appearance at the event occurred only a few months after the actress shared she suffered a fall in her home in April, which led to a broken elbow.

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"I fell the other day and so now my right elbow is broken," Ann-Margret told Parade magazine at the time. "That’s OK. … I have fallen so many times. I don’t intend to, but I do! What can I say?"

Although she was forced to cancel a fan event at the time during which she would be signing autographs, she assured the outlet that she was on the mend, telling them, "Yes I am. I sure am!"

Dubbed "The Female Elvis," Ann-Margret had her breakout performance in the 1963 movie musical, "Bye Bye Birdie," which established her as a leading lady early in her career. She then starred alongside Elvis Presley in the 1964 movie, "Viva Las Vegas."

Her transition to dramatic films came in the 70s, with the actress receiving her first of two Academy Award nominations in 1972 for her role in "Carnal Knowledge."

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Throughout her career, the sex-symbol received five Golden Globe Awards, one Emmy Award, two Academy Award nomination and two Grammy Award nominations.

When speaking with Fox News Digital in June, Ann-Margret shared her love for motorcycles, revealing she rode one for the first as a child in Sweden with her uncle, saying after that "I had to have one of my own." After all these years on a bike, the actress said she has never been scared.

"Isn’t that something?" she said. "I never have been. I love the speed. I try not to go too fast, although I do love the speed. I’m joyful when I get on that bike. I don’t get scared. That’s the problem!"

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She previously spoke to People magazine in February 2024 about her love for motorcycles, noting, "I love speed. Not the drug."

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The performer also spoke to the outlet about her decades-long career in Hollywood, saying she had zero plans to slow down. Ann-Margret described how she took dance lessons early on in life to prove to her parents she was born to entertain.

"I remember wanting to be in show business all my life," Ann-Margret told the outlet. "And I remember one day I said to mother and daddy, ‘I want to talk to you. It’s a very, very important thing for me and I want to get into show business.’"

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