The husband of missing San Antonio reporter Suzanne Simpson has been officially charged with her murder, more than a month after her disappearance.
Suzanne Clark Simpson, 51, was last seen on October 6 in Olmos Park, a suburb of Texas City, after allegedly fighting with Brad Simpson, her husband of 22 years.
On Thursday afternoon, Simpson, 53, was formally charged after deputies took him from the Bexar County Jail and questioned him. He was later returned to prison.
According News4 San AntonioYour arrest affidavit will remain sealed for the next 30 days.
Simpson was arrested three days after his wife disappeared and originally charged with unlawful restraint and assault causing bodily injury.
Suzanne Clark Simpson, 51, was last seen on October 6 in Olmos Park, a suburb of Texas City.
On Thursday afternoon, Simpson, 53, was formally charged after deputies took him from the Bexar County Jail and questioned him.
He was later also charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and ultimately tampering/fabricating physical evidence.
Suzanne was last seen outside her luxury $1.5 million home, before the couple walked into nearby bushland, where a neighbor heard screams.
She has not been seen since, and officers in the area are exhaustively searching for her remains.
It has since emerged that Simpson had sent frantic text messages to his friend and business partner James Valle Cotter, telling him: “I don’t have much time.”
Cotter has been charged with tampering with evidence after police discovered an AK-47 inside the wall of his home.
Police allege Cotter helped Simpson hide a gun that could be connected to his wife’s disappearance.
According to an arrest affidavit, Simpson texted Cotter the day after formally reporting Suzanne missing, writing, “If you’re in Bandera, can you pick me up at your house?”
“I don’t have much time,” the initial text read, according to KENS5.
A secondary text allegedly read: “Sorry for the urgency but you’re all I have, especially now… social media is destroying me.”
Suzanne was last seen outside her luxury $1.5 million home, before the couple walked into nearby bushland, where a neighbor heard screams.
A haunting photograph of Suzanne that same day shows her walking through The Argyle after attending a party.
Texas authorities say his wife, who worked for Nix Realty Company, disappeared after attending a party at The Argyle in the Alamo Heights neighborhood.
A haunting photograph of Suzanne that same day shows her walking through the complex, wearing a knee-length dark dress with her hair loose over her shoulders.
Several hours after this photo was taken, neighbors claim they heard an aggressive fight between Suzanne and her husband.
That neighbor claims he saw Simpson hitting and holding his wife, before the two walked away into a nearby wooded area.
Shortly after that interaction, the neighbor alleges he heard screaming in the woods before Simpson was allegedly seen driving away in his truck.
In his arrest warrant affidavit, it was revealed that he called his brother, Barton, after Suzanne disappeared and “apologized for all the trouble he had caused.”
The affidavit also revealed that the couple’s youngest daughter told school staff “that her mom and dad were ‘fighting.'”
He told staff that “his father had punched his mother in the face and possibly pushed her against a wall.”
Several hours after this photo was taken, neighbors claim they heard an aggressive fight between Suzanne and her husband outside their home, as seen here.
Police had searched a landfill in San Antonio last month where they say there is a “very good chance” of finding it.
The young woman added that ‘her mother had a bruise on her elbow and that her father had taken her cell phone.’
Her murder charge came just hours after her daughter, Chandler Simpson, 20, spoke out on social media, claiming her mother had been abused by her father.
The young Simpson claimed that he “took my mother’s life in a state of rage and control.”
In her post, Chandler said, “In our community, this should not be happening and I will not stop speaking as my mother’s voice until she is found.”
‘As my mother’s daughter, I will tell our story again and again. With every breath, I’ll make sure you remember his name.
‘Suzanne Simpson was a victim of abuse and a victim of this community. Beyond being a victim, she was a phenomenal mother, hard-working, motivated, loving and kind.’
