A Texas court will consider a bid from Suzanne Simpson's husband, her loss and death suspect, to abandon his murder charges next month.
Suzanne Simpson, the 51-year-old mother of four, went missing on October 6, 2024. She reportedly reportedly fought her husband, Brad Simpson, of 22 years, in front of her home in Ormo Spark in the San Antonio area. Officials “deliberately and intentionally believe that “Suzanne's death” was “on Sunday, October 6th or around.” records show.
Brad Simpson's attorney Stephen Gilmore said at a court hearing Wednesday that he believes there is “sufficient evidence to advance the motion” indictment charges of Brad claiming murder, tampering with evidence and tampering with possession of a weapon. According to Kens5.
“I'll just ask for a hearing about it within 30 days,” he said.
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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)
Brad is now rescheduled at 9am on April 22 when the Wednesday hearing was rescheduled from February when both prosecutors and Simpson's defense attorneys said they needed more time to make the discovery in the case. The lawyer is still sifting through the discovery pages.
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, an exclusive, retweet club in Alamo Heights. According to the arrest affidavit, bystanders witnessed the couple having a “verbal altercation” while they were in the party.
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Suzanne and Brad Simpson reportedly had an argument in Argyle before she disappeared.
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.
Around 10pm, a family friend's neighbor reported that they saw Brad and Suzanne arguing loudly and “struggling physically” in front of his house.
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Missing Texas Mama Suzanne Simpson is portrayed along with her husband, Brad Simpson. (Facebook/Suzanne Simpson)
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.
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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Tuesday, November 12th, 2024, at the Simpsons' home in San Antonio, Texas. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
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.
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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Home Depot in Born, Texas, Wednesday, November 13th, 2024. According to the affidavit, Blood Simpson's truck confirmed that his wife, Suzanne Simpson and Suzuzanne Simpson, had passed away on October 7, 2024, when they purchased items such as Quikrete cement, garbage bags, Clorox Bleach and INECT repellent. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
A friend of Suzanne's report that she went missing on the evening of October 7th. When police contacted Brad about his wife's loss, he allegedly told them he hadn't seen her at about 11pm on October 6th.
On October 8th, Brad exchanged text messages with longtime friend and business partner James “Val” Cotter.
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The exterior of the Gate Community in San Antonio, Texas, James Cotter's home on Wednesday, November 13th, 2024. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
“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.
Brad Simpson is said to have murdered his wife, Suzanne Simpson. (Kendall County Sheriff's Office)
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 lawyer could not be contacted for comment.
Mollie Markowitz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
