Texas courts are expected to hear arguments from defense attorneys representing Suzanne Simpson’s husband. Her loss and murder suspects clearly indicate whether his murder charges should be abandoned.
Suzanne Simpson, 51 The real estate agent and mother of four went missing on October 6, 2024 after fighting her husband Brad Simpson of 22 before fighting in front of a home in Ormo Spark in the San Antonio area. Authorities believe Brad caused Suzanne’s death.
“In the grand scheme of things… if the pre-trial complaint was like the Corleone brothers, I think the move to whim is probably Fred,” Brian Wies, legal analyst, criminal appellant and post-conviction counsel, told Fox News Digital.
“I’m not very sure what Brad Simpson’s lawyers are interested in. …I think there’s a question of the attitude and means of death,” Wies said. “But… even if you succeed, you’re just asking the nation to draft sufficient accusations.”
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Brad Simpson appears in court for a pre-trial hearing held in Bexar County, Texas on Thursday, December 19, 2024. Simpson is facing charges of murdering his wife Suzanne in October and allegedly hiding her body. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
Based on 45 years of experience in the Appeal Act, Wyss said the typical move to destroy has not been successful.
Stephen Gilmore, Brad Simpson’s attorney, said at a court hearing in March that he believes he has “sufficient evidence to advance the motion” on the indictment that he has charged with claiming murder and tampering with and banning evidence and possession of a prohibited weapon. According to Kens5.
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Missing Texas Mama Suzanne Simpson is portrayed along with her husband, Brad Simpson. (Facebook/Suzanne Simpson)
Brad is currently scheduled to appear in court at 9am CST on Tuesday. The hearing was rescheduled from February, then again from March when both prosecutors and Simpson’s defense attorneys said they needed more time to make a discovery in a case that has attracted the public attention.
“Suzanne could have been whose wife, whose sister, whose mother, whose BFF.”
“These people, unlike many victims of violent crimes, came from a seemingly wealthy background, so looking through that lens means you can see why it became a national story,” Wies explained.
Joey Contreras of PLLC’s Ramos Del Cueto said similarly that prosecutors either “inappropriately prosecuted a violation” or that they would not give defendants “sufficient time to build up defense.”
Suzanne Simpson has been missing since October 2024. (Olmo Spark Police)
“Ideally, I think the practical issue is to buy what this does. [Brad Simpson] Many times, and time, always work in your defense. Because let’s say he got his relief and it was cancelled.
“We’re at a disadvantage because we don’t know where the state is. [Suzanne’s] The body, and how she was killed. ”
“It’s very atypical for murder,” Contreras said. “Usually, if you have a body with three bullet holes, it’s very easy to charge it very specifically. In this case, the state doesn’t have that. So you’ll have a bit of a dominance in defense. … They’re forcing the hand of the state.”
But if the state accepts a motion to destroy it, Brad Simpson could be rebooted, said Ronald Ramos of Ramos del Quet.
Battle Night and Suzanne’s disappearance came on October 6th, when the Simpsons and their 5-year-old daughter attended a party at the Argyle Club. (Olmo Spark Police/Kendall County Sheriff’s Office)
“Texas law allows for prosecution of murder without a body.”
On the night of the fight and the night of Suzanne’s loss of the Simpsons and their five-year-old daughter attended a party at Argyle, a luxury, retweet club in Alamo Heights. Bystanders witnessed the couple having a “verbal altercation” while they were in the party, according to the arrest affidavit.
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After the party, Suzanne and her daughter apparently went to the grocery store and soon afterwards arrived at their home. Later that night, Suzanne calls a friend of her family to tell her she was stopping by and calls her mother to tell her that Brad was injured after attacking her.
General views of the Suzanne and Brad Simpson’s House in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, November 12th, 2024. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
Around 10pm, a family friend’s neighbor reported seeing Brad and Suzanne arguing loudly and “struggling physically” in front of his house.
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Neighbors observed that Suzanne was “trying to grasp when Mr. Simpson tried to pull her down.” The neighbors also observed him chasing after his wife and trying to grab her, according to the documents. The neighbor later heard screams coming from the wooded area across from his house.
Suzanne Simpson’s sister, Teresa Clark, will walk away after addressing the court as Brad Simpson appears before the hearing for a pretrial hearing in Bexar County, Texas on Thursday, December 19, 2024. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
About an hour after seeing Suzanne and Brad Simpson fighting in front of their home, the same neighbor returned about an hour after Brad’s truck left the area.
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The next day, surveillance footage from various locations around San Antonio said that Brad was driving the truck with garbage bags, sturdy trash cans, ice chests and “large bulky items wrapped in blue tarp.” When security footage from the second half of the day captured Brad at a gas station, his truck disappeared from sight.
Brad Simpson appears in court for a pre-trial hearing held in Bexar County, Texas on Thursday, December 19, 2024. Simpson is facing charges of murdering his wife Suzanne in October and allegedly hiding her body. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
He apparently saw him buying two bags of cement, a construction bucket, a sturdy garbage bag box, a Clorox disinfectant spray and a cash repellent at a nearby Home Depot. Later that day, after picking up his daughter from school, he saw him wash the truck.
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A friend of Suzanne’s report that she missed the evening of October 7th. Police contacted Brad. Regarding his wife’s disappearance, he allegedly told them he hadn’t seen her on October 6th around 11pm
On October 8th, Brad exchanged text messages with longtime friend and business partner James “Val” Cotter.
James Valle Cotter, 65, was accused of tampering or producing physical evidence with intent to undermine the investigation, according to Bexar County Court records. His bond was set at $500,000. (Bexar County Jail)
“If you’re in Bandera, you can get it to meet me at your home – can you get it?” Simpson is said to have texted Cotter. “I don’t have much time.”
In a later text to Brad, Cotter wrote, “Go here!! I won’t tell anyone,” and “You are my brother.”
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Cotter was accused of tampering with evidence intended to undermine the investigation and possession of a weapon prohibited in Suzanne’s disappearance. He posted the bonds in November 2024.
General Perspectives of Home Depot in Born, Texas, Wednesday, November 13th, 2024. According to the affidavit, Brad Simpson’s truck was observed here on October 7, 2024, and purchased items containing keycrete cement, Clorox bleach and his wife’s disappearance of his wife, Suzanne Simpson, and his disappearance of Zuzanne Simpson. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
Authorities arrested Brad Simpson on October 9, 2024 and Cotter on October 21, 2024. The next day, investigators found a ground-level burn site with a burnt laptop and multiple cellular devices at a Simpson facility in Bandera County. They also searched his truck to identify the dirt that tested “presumably positive for blood” and was determined to be Blood’s blood.
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In December, Bexar County Criminal and Criminal District Attorney Joe Gonzalez announced that Simpson “hidden” and “hidden” a “round-trip SAW” two days after his wife’s loss, and authorities notified the family that her DNA had been identified in the SAW.
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Simpson remains in the Bexar County Jail, with bonds totaling $3 million, with federal holdings from the Bureau of Alcohol, cigarettes, firearms and explosives held for arms charging. His public defense attorney could not be contacted for comment.
Mollie Markowitz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
