Wife of jogger believed killed by former Texas A&M receiver commits

The widow of Dave Stevens, the jogger murdered on White Rock Trail earlier this month, has been found dead in a suspected suicide.

KDFW reported that 54-year-old Patti Stevens was found dead Sunday at her home in Sunnyvale, east of downtown Dallas.

A week later, Patti Stevens told the Dallas Morning News that the loss of her husband had crushed her.

Stevens and her husband, Dave, were married for 25 years after moving to the Dallas area in 1989. The suspect in the killing is former Texas A&M receiver Thomas Johnson, who was arrested October. 13 after police said he admitted to the crime. "People need to know that this was a wonderful person going out and doing what he loved to do".

He was found safe a few days later, but did not return to the team. She became a physical therapist and he became an engineer.

The precise cause of death remains unreported, pending an announcement by the county medical examiner, the sheriff's office said.

Patti Stevens had said a week after her husband was killed that she had trouble sleeping, eating and even thinking clearly. Authorities say Johnson called 911 shortly after David Stevens was killed and told the dispatcher "I just committed capital murder".

He is being held in Dallas County jail, with bail set at $500,000. Friends and family have said Johnson is a schizophrenic who had become delusional and resistant to help, according to the Morning News.

"It appears Mr. Johnson picked this victim at random".