The eldest daughter of still-missing Texas real estate agent Suzanne Clark Simpson has bluntly accused her father of killing her because he tried to leave her.
“My mother was a victim of abuse from my father,” Chander Simpson, 20, wrote in a series of messages on Instagram. san antonio express news Wednesday, exactly one month after the 51-year-old mother was last seen getting into a violent fight at her home.
“My father took my mother's life in a state of anger and control,” she said of Brad Simpson, 53, who was charged with domestic violence and tampering with evidence.
“My mother died trying to leave my father,” the grieving daughter claimed.
Police said Simpson, a mother of four, disappeared on Oct. 6 after she was heard arguing with her husband at their Olmos Park home. Her body has not yet been found.
Simpson's mother, Barbara Clark, who believes her daughter to be dead, said her husband had accused her of physical abuse just an hour before she disappeared.
Chandler accused people of turning a blind eye to domestic violence.
“This has no place in our community and I will not stop speaking for mothers until they are found. I am committed to supporting all victims of domestic violence and assault. “I will forever represent you,” she wrote.
“Now is the time to speak. Speak for my mother. Speak for yourself. Your voice will be heard. My mother speaks for her life, for her family, and for herself. I fought for it.”
Her father, a local real estate mogul, was arrested on October 9 and charged with unlawful restraint and assault causing injury to a family member.
On Oct. 6, neighbors heard them fighting outside the home — at which time they heard screams coming from nearby woods, officials previously said.
The husband was later charged with additional felonies, including tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and possession of a prohibited weapon, for allegedly having a business partner conceal an AK-47. He is being held on bonds totaling $3 million.
His business partner, James Valle Cotter, was also arrested last month on suspicion of tampering with evidence and is being held on $500,000 bail.
Chandler called on anyone standing by his mother to “please be present” when her father appears in court next Wednesday.
“Please stand with us in silence for our mother,” she wrote. “Justice will be served and my mother will be brought home.”
Brad and Suzanne have been married for 22 years and have three other children, ages 15, 8, and 5, the Express-News reported.
“As my mother's daughter, we will tell our story over and over again,” her eldest son wrote.
“Every time I take a breath, I will make sure to remember her name. Suzanne Simpson was a victim of abuse and a victim of this community. She was a wonderful, loving and kind mother.”
