A friend of Teresa Spurger said she always lovingly talked about her husband Jimmy Spurger Jr., the chief investigator for the Dallas County Public Defender's Office now accused of murdering her.

What we know: Jimmy Harold Spurger Jr., 54, was taken into custody Saturday morning and booked into the Lew Sterrett Jail on a first-degree murder warrant.

According to an arrest affidavit, Dallas Fire-Rescue first responders arrived at an apartment in the 2323 block of North Akard Street around 10:40 p.m. Friday to conduct a welfare check.