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On the evening of Oct. 6, 2024, Suzanne Clark Simpson and her partner, Brad Simpson participated in a celebration at The Argyle, an exclusive club in Alamo Levels where it is reported a spoken run-in happened in between both.
Hours later on, a next-door neighbor on East Olmos Drive reported listening to the pair combating beyond their home. The witness reported seeing a physical battle prior to Suzanne damaged totally free and fled, Brad complied with till the next-door neighbor forgot them.
The next-door neighbor later on informed cops he later on listened to screams originating from the woody location throughout from his home. An hour later on, he listened to Brad’s vehicle launch and leave the location prior to returning home an hour later on.
Suzanne has actually not been seen because.
The following day, when she stopped working to get her 5-year-old from institution, her pals collected to review her loss. A good friend of Suzanne called Brad with her worries. When she discovered Brad had actually not called the cops concerning Suzanne, she notified him that she would certainly be submitting a missing out on individuals report herself.
At 9:57 p.m. complying with that telephone call, the very first missing out on individuals record was submitted by Suzanne’s pal.
Fourteen mins later on, at 10:11 p.m., Brad Simpson left a voicemail for the Olmos Park cops principal reporting his spouse as missing out on.
2 days later on, on Oct. 9, Simpson was jailed in Kendall Region on costs of attack– family members physical violence and illegal restriction.
Today, Brad Simpson stays in Bexar Region Prison dealing with costs of murder, damaging a remains, damaging physical proof and property of a banned tool.
The complying with details originates from public documents consisting of the apprehension testimony for Brad Simpson. Unsealed by a court on Nov. 12, the records offer information on the loss of Suzanne and the situation versus her partner.
The evening of her disappearance
Oct. 6, 2024 was a Sunday evening. Suzanne and her 5-year-old child left The Argyle at around 8:30 p.m. and headed to an H-E-B where they remained till 8:51 p.m. according to video clip security video acquired throughout the examination.
Shortly after they went back to the Simpson home, mobile documents assessed by Texas Division of Public Safety and security Wrongdoer Experts exposed that at 9:15 p.m. Suzanne called a family members pal and headed to their home in Alamo Levels. At 9:16 p.m. she called her mommy to report that she had actually been attacked by her partner, triggering her discomfort in her arm, back and neck.
At that exact same time, Suzanne’s mobile solution was put on hold at the demand of the account customer. Records showed that Brad Simpson accessed the AT&T application at the exact same time the demand to suspend her phone was made.
The testimony reveals that Suzanne reached her pal’s home at 9:25 p.m., while information of her return home have actually not been exposed, quickly after 10 p.m. a next-door neighbor observed Brad and Suzanne in a physical battle. Suzanne would certainly escape and run westward, with Brad chasing her as they left their lawn.
The witness reported later on listening to screams originating from the woody location throughout from his home and seeing Brad leave the location in his black GMC Sierra vehicle.
FBI forensic inspectors suggested detectives that at 11:09 p.m. via the following day, Simpson started closing his phone on and off in cycles, which avoided information collection.
This shut down cycle, FBI forensic inspectors claim, is described as “Lock Down” setting and is commonly done by an individual that intends to stay clear of discovery.
The complying with days
Brad Simpson would certainly drop their child off at institution the following day. When Suzanne did disappoint to get her kid as she usually did, her pals ended up being worried and fulfilled to review her lack. A good friend reported her missing out on to the cops.
Brad Simpson informed the cops principal of the Olmos Cops Division in a voicemail that he had actually not seen his spouse because 11 p.m. the evening prior to which she had actually shed her cellular phone while at H-E-B.
The following early morning in an adhere to up meeting, Simpson informed cops he had actually last seen his spouse the early morning of Oct. 7, at 6:30 a.m. as he was delegating leave his kid at institution, opposing his declaration made in the initial record.
During the examination, a police officer spoke to an institution therapist at Howard Early Youth Facility, that passed on that the kid mentioned that on Sunday night in your home, her father had actually pressed her mommy versus the wall surface and struck her in the face, injuring her mommy’s joint. She stated her daddy transformed her mommy’s phone off due to the fact that they were combating.
Suzanne Simpson’s 20-year-old child would ultimately offer the last recognized ping on the “Locate My” application putting her mommy’s phone at the Simpson home at 10:22 p.m. on Sunday evening, over an hour after she left H-E-B.
Following a first examination, Simpson would certainly be jailed in a surrounding region on costs of assault-family physical violence and illegal restriction on Oct. 9.
The examination unfolds
Over the complying with week, Texas Rangers acquired and assessed place information from Brad Simpson’s phone and vehicle along with security video mapping the motion of his vehicle on the days after Suzanne Simpson’s loss.
Video video from the Olmos Park H-E-B revealed Brad Simpson’s vehicle at 12:33 a.m. Oct. 7 with a big ice breast in his freight bed.
That exact same day video clip footage from Howard Early Childhood years Facility revealed the vehicle leaving his child at 7:53 a.m., with a minimum of 2 white garbage bags with red string and what seemed a big ice breast in the freight bed.
At 9:12 a.m. video from a Whataburger drive-thru electronic camera in Kendall Region revealed his associate 3 white garbage backs, a big, durable trash bin, an ice breast and “a big cumbersome thing covered and safeguarded in a blue tarpaulin covered with a steel fire wood shelf on the top in a fashion to hide and evaluate the tarpaulin down”.
The Texas Rangers made use of geolocation information on Simpson’s cellular phone to position him at or near a Home Depot in Kendall Region. Monitoring video in the shop’s car park revealed Simpson speaking with one more guy. That guy informed a ranger in a succeeding meeting that Simpson had actually approached him and requested for instructions to the nearby dump in Boerne. The guy utilized his phone to offer him instructions to the Kendall Region Solid Waste website.
Inside the shop, video recorded him buying 2 bags of Quikrete concrete, an orange building and construction container with a cover, a box of 32-count strong trash can, one 30-ounce Clorox anti-bacterial spray and bug spray with money.
After leaving the Home Depot, detectives claim Simpson once more got in a “Lock Down” setting cycle of powering on and off his mobile tool. Car place information later on put his vehicle near the strong waste website. Monitoring video from a neighboring service recorded his vehicle repeling from the waste website.
At 11:15 a.m., video from a filling station in Boerne recorded Simpson buying gas and 2 1-gallon containers of water, evaluation of the video revealed that the 3 white garbage bags were no more in the freight bed of his vehicle however all various other things stayed. Simpson had actually additionally transformed his footwear from shoes to “cowboy-style boots.”
Location information from the lorry tracked Simpson heading west towards Bandera and right into Medina Region. He remained to transform his cellular phone on and off.
A permit plate visitor electronic camera recorded the vehicle going back to Boerne at 1:41 p.m. with heaven tarpaulin no more noticeable and the fire wood shelf rearranged in the vehicle bed.
At 3:27 p.m. video reveals Simpson grabbing his child from institution with just the ice breast and the durable trash bin staying noticeable in the vehicle bed.
At 4:07 p.m. Simpson would certainly take his automobile to the Bubble Bathroom Carwash where he was observed on electronic camera cleaning up the chauffeur front side and back left guest side of the lorry where cops would certainly later on discover dried out concrete dashes.
On Oct. 8, Texas rangers acquired an apprehension warrant for the preliminary costs of assault-family physical violence and illegal restriction.
Simpson was jailed in Kendall Region on Oct. 9 where authorities claim “he did not show up amazed at the time of his apprehension neither did he examine why he was being jailed.” He invoked his right to a lawyer while being examined over the physical run-in in between him and Suzanne on the evening of Oct. 6.
After the Arrest
Texas Rangers implemented a search warrant on the Simpson home quickly after the apprehension. Throughout the search they observed an indention on the wall surface at the end of the staircase, detectives spoke to among the Simpson little girls and validated it had actually not existed when she formerly went to.
Rangers asked the Simpson’s housemaid to determine the kind of trash can the family members made use of. She defined the bags as white with red deals with.
Later that mid-day a search warrant was implemented at Brad Simpson’s residential or commercial property in Bandera, where they found a ground-level shed website with a charred laptop computer and numerous mobile gadgets. 3 cellular phones coming from Simpson were later on recouped from the shed pit.
Search warrants were acquired for phone call information documents for both Brad and Suzanne’s mobile solutions and the phone Simpson carried him at the time of his apprehension. FBI and Texas Division of Public Safety and security experts would certainly discover 2 notes in his tool labelled “This following life” and “Last will and testimony.”
Both notes were developed on Oct. 8, in them he excused literally attacking Suzanne in August of 2023 and once more on the evening of her loss.
On Oct. 10, Texas Rangers implemented a search warrant on his vehicle where they discovered blood that would certainly later on be recognized as coming from Brad. That exact same day they spoke with James Wedge, a long time service affiliate and pal of Brad Simpson.
Upon evaluating message interaction in between both, authorities would certainly discover messages sent out throughout the day on Oct. 8.
At 4:35 p.m., Simpson texted Wedge “If you remain in Bandera can you carry butt and satisfy me at your home?” … “I do not have much time …”
Cotter reacted, “I will certainly exist in 40 mins.”
Simpson reacted, “OK, see to it and leave all that crap right into the pump home, specifically the weapon.”
At 8:31 p.m., Wedge sent out Simpson the complying with message, “Overcome below!! I will not inform any individual.” Adhered to by, “You’re my sibling.”
On Oct. 21, detectives implemented a search at Wedge’s home. There they found an AK-47 rifle concealed behind a wall-mounted tv in his room. He is charged of concealing the AK-47 for Brad 2 days after Suzanne vanished.
Cotter was jailed and billed with damaging proof and property of a banned tool. He published bond on Nov. 8.
On Oct. 23, the rangers spoke with Suzanne’s individual lender that revealed that Brad would consistently remove Suzanne’s phone. The lender informed rangers that Suzanne suggested her in August of 2024, that if she went missing out on to seek her in a lake.
After the Murder Charge
On Nov. 7, Brad Simpson was officially billed with murder while captive at the Bexar Region Prison.
A Bexar Region grand court later on fingered him on 4 matters: murder, damaging a remains, damaging physical proof and property of a banned tool. He was arraigned in December and got in an appeal of innocent. That exact same month, James Wedge was additionally fingered.
In the very first months of 2025, Simpson’s defense lawyer looked for to compromise the costs. They submitted movements to subdue components of the charge, suggesting district attorneys had actually stopped working to define what act triggered Suzanne’s fatality.
Without a body, the protection asserted, the murder cost was as well obscure.
The state responded to that the proof– security video, electronic documents and witness testament– developed sufficient for the situation to progress.
On April 29, Court Joel Perez rejected the protection’s activity to subdue the charge, ruling district attorneys had actually declared sufficient to allow the murder cost stand.
2 months later on, in a June hearing, Perez purchased district attorneys to complete handing over all exploration by Aug. 1. That consisted of records and data held by Olmos Park cops, the Texas Rangers and numerous forensic laboratories.
Defense lawyers said that they were still missing out on vital proof. While district attorneys recognized the hold-ups they said that the range of the examination– covering numerous areas, firms and forensic testimonials– made the procedure facility.
When the Aug. 1 due date passed, district attorneys went back to court. On Aug. 5, district attorneys informed the court that the July 4 Hillside Nation floodings had actually drawn Texas Rangers and various other detectives right into catastrophe reaction setting, holding up the Simpson situation.
They additionally indicated technological troubles formatting hundreds of declare transfer. Perez gave the demand, offering the state added time.
In the exact same hearing, Perez changed Simpson’s no-contact order to permit restricted discussions with his kid Rowan concerning parenting problems, while remaining to prevent any type of conversation of the situation.
As exploration target dates were pressed back, district attorneys gained ground with subpoenas. In August, the state provided subpoenas for all Youngster Safety Solution and Texas Division of Household and safety solution documents connecting to the Simpson family members and their 4 youngsters.
But despite that expansion, troubles proceeded. At a Sept. 8 hearing, Perez kept in mind that exploration still had not been totally total which data format stayed a problem. He expanded the due date once more, this time around to Sept. 22.
In the exact same hearing, Perez changed Simpson’s no-contact order to permit restricted discussions with his kid Rowan concerning parenting problems, while remaining to prevent any type of conversation of the situation.
On Sept. 9, the state summoned treatment documents from both youngest Simpson youngsters prolonging back to Oct. 9, 2024.
On Sept. 17, Court Perez listened to disagreements from James Wedge’s lawyers, that asked to have his general practitioner ankle joint display got rid of. The state said that because of the recurring examination and Suzanne Simpson’s body still not being discovered they would certainly not consent to the demand. Perez rejected the demand, however stated he would certainly consider it at a later day.
Wedge is readied to go back to court later on this month.
Five days later on, when Simpson showed up in court on Sept. 22, Perez ruled that both district attorneys and defense lawyer currently had the exploration products they required to continue.
He set up the pretrial hearings for Jan. 20, 2026 and established court choice to start Feb. 13, with juror surveys and choice to comply with.
The Simpson family members’s Olmos Park home– where detectives think Suzanne was last seen active– was cost around $1.2 million in September. That cash will certainly be made use of to repay the home loan and real estate tax that have actually accumulated with the staying funds participated in a trust fund for the Simpson family members youngsters.
Back in the court room, district attorneys gained ground with one more round of subpoenas in the last days of September.
On Sept. 26, they asked for economic documents from Brad Simpson’s Chase and Financial institution of America accounts, in addition to card deals linked to Suzanne’s Financial institution of America, TD Financial institution and UBS accounts.
After that on Sept. 29, district attorneys summoned Suzanne’s Financial institution of America documents going back to June 1, 2024.
The most current round of subpoenas began Sept. 30 as the state is looking for extra documents from James Wedge’s Chase savings account and Suzanne’s Financial institution of America account, once more– both kept in mind as unserved at the time of coverage.
With Suzanne Simpson’s body still obscure and pretrial hearings established for Jan. 20, Brad Simpson stays in the Bexar Region Prison.
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