The DNA of missing Texas mother Suzanne Simpson was found on a hand saw hidden from police by her real estate mogul husband, who is charged with murder, according to court filings.
We reported on Tuesday that the indictment against Brad Simpson, 51, included major evidentiary developments. turnip.
The indictment lists a hand-held mesh saw that contained some of Suzanne's DNA, and authorities said Simpson intentionally tried to hide the saw in order to thwart the investigation into his wife's disappearance. .
Suzanne, 22 years old. Bexar County Jail
Brad had been physically abusive in the hours before his disappearance. olmos park police
According to court documents reviewed by the outlet, Brad Simpson also tried to hide a fully automatic rifle that was not registered with the ATF or the National Firearms Registry.
The father of four was arrested and formally charged with the disappearance and murder of his 51-year-old wife on Thursday.
Hours before Suzanne disappeared from her home on October 6, the couple got into a public argument at Toney Country Club.
In the time between the argument and her disappearance, Suzanne called her mother and revealed that her husband, a real estate tycoon, had been physically abusive.
Neighbors told police at the time that they witnessed the couple fighting outside their Olmos Park home between 10 and 11 p.m.
Before Suzanne disappeared. facebook
The neighbor said he saw the couple go into the woods, and a short time later heard “a couple of screams” coming from there.
Neighbors said Brad left his home alone in a pickup truck about an hour after going into the woods.
Brad was first arrested on October 9th after his wife of 22 years reported him missing on Monday, October 7th. He was rearrested and ultimately charged earlier this week.
Police say an irate husband was also seen buying Clorox wipes and cement the day after he heard his wife screaming in the woods.
According to the affidavit, bulky trash bags and an ice cooler were covered with a tarp on the flatbed of his pickup truck as he entered the Whataburger on Oct. 7.
Simpson is charged with tampering with physical evidence with intent to disfigure a human corpse and crimes related to his wife's murder, but the indictment does not detail how Suzanne was killed. Her body has not yet been found.
From a surveillance camera near the country club where she was.
She had a public fight with her husband, Brad. Olmos PD
After her father's arrest, his eldest daughter, Chandler Simpson, accused him of murdering her mother.
“My mother was a victim of abuse from my father,” the 20-year-old wrote in a series of Instagram posts.
“My father took my mother's life in a state of anger and control,” she said. “My mother died trying to get away from my father.”
Brad's former business partner, James Valle Cotter, 65, was also arrested at his home last month on a third-degree felony charge of tampering with evidence with intent to obstruct an investigation, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Cotter tried to dispose of the weapon police believe was used to kill Suzanne on behalf of Simpson.
Suzanne's body has not yet been recovered.
