May 28, 2025 • 34 mins
Have you ever wondered what happens when a community's silence becomes deadly? When the screams of a woman in danger go unreported? The chilling disappearance of Suzanne Simpson, a successful luxury realtor and mother of four from the affluent Olmos Park neighborhood of San Antonio, forces us to confront these uncomfortable questions.
Suzanne vanished on October 6, 2024, after attending a party at the Argyle Club. What followed was a husband who waited until 10 PM the next day to report her missing, neighbors who witnessed physical violence but never called police, and a kindergartner who told her teachers what she saw that night. The investigation revealed a disturbing pattern of domestic abuse in a marriage that had spanned over two decades.
We follow the evidence trail that led investigators to charge Brad Simpson with murder, despite never finding Suzanne's body. From surveillance footage tracking his movements to multiple dumping sites, the purchase of cement and trash bags, her DNA found on a reciprocating saw, and his attempts to hide evidence by burning electronics and asking a friend to conceal a gun—the circumstantial case built against him is compelling and disturbing.
Most heartbreaking is the revelation from Suzanne's mother that she had been developing a plan to help her daughter escape, a plan she never had the chance to share. Suzanne's oldest daughter has since publicly stated she believes her father killed her mother because she wanted to leave him, highlighting the deadly risk many domestic violence victims face when attempting to escape their abusers.
This episode serves as a stark reminder of our collective responsibility. When we witness violence and choose silence, we become complicit. As Suzanne's case moves toward trial, we're left to wonder: could her life have been saved with just one phone call? Join us as we examine this tragic case and honor Suzanne's memory by spreading awareness about domestic violence and the critical importance of intervention.
What would you do if you heard screams in the night? After listening to Suzanne's story, we hope you'll never hesitate to act.
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Speaker 1 (00:18):
Welcome all of you wine and true crime lovers.
I'm Brandi.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
And I'm Chris.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
And this is Texas Wine and True Crime.
Thank you for being here,friends, for this week's episode
.
Justice for Suzanne Simpson.
Hey, chris.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Hey Brandi.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So this week we are discussing the disappearance and
presumed murder of SuzanneSimpson, a 51-year-old luxury
home realtor and mother of fourfrom Olmos Park, texas.
Have you ever heard of OlmosPark?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
No, when I saw this name too, I wasn't quite sure.
I mean, I know it's in SanAntonio, I've never, ever heard
of this area, so I'm assumingthis is kind of a nice little
affluent suburb or somethinglike that.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yeah, so it's described as it is a suburb of
San Antonio.
So I, when I looked at the mapit it looks like it's just about
15, 10, 15 minutes fromdowntown San Antonio.
So it is in bear County.
Population about 2,200 peopleis what I found so small.
And but you're right about theaffluent, um, I would describe
(01:24):
it also as like old money partof San Antonio.
There are, you know, differentgroups of for the women,
different groups of the men, ofmore affluent, of the more
affluent community that they dofundraisers, the more affluent
(01:45):
community that they dofundraisers, they all lunch
together, they all partytogether this, this area, and in
fact some friends of thiscouple will say that you know
there was all, there was alwaysa party in Olmos Park.
People were very they're veryinvolved in their community.
They're very involved in oneanother and I don't know if
that's sometimes a good thing ora bad thing as we start to go
(02:08):
through this story, but Suzannewas last seen the evening of
October 6, 2024, leaving theArgyle Club, which is a private
club in the area, afterattending a party.
Like a country club I would sayum, not a country club but I
was yes, thank you.
(02:28):
Like a private social club, um.
So they're attending a party.
I believe it is someone's 50thbirthday party, um, now she
attends this party.
Her husband is there and heryoungest daughter is there, but
her husband is seen there and atthis party about an hour to an
hour and a half before sheactually arrives with her child.
(02:52):
So her husband.
So she's last seen rightOctober the 6th.
We know she attended this, thisparty.
Her husband reports her missing, but not until 10 PM them the
following day, october 7th.
The couple has been togetherfor over 20 years.
They share four kids.
(03:13):
Their friends say they met incollege at UT.
They describe both of them asbeing, I would say, somewhat
semi-compatible.
I think maybe earlier on intheir relationship they seemed a
lot more compatible whichhappens.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
What does that mean?
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Because I think they had lots of differences when I
was looking at some of theinterviews that have been done
with their friends, you know,because this has been an ongoing
thing since she went missing inOctober but you could tell that
they were together but maybelived a little bit of separate
lives.
For instance, they friendsdescribed him as like an okay
(03:58):
dad, but they described her aslike a very involved mother.
They would see her at parties,kids events, but they wouldn't
necessarily see him.
They would also say that shewas by herself a lot at kid
(04:18):
functions or maybe other placesthat you would typically take
your spouse, other places thatyou would typically take your
spouse.
Now he did take his kids, youknow, hunting, fishing.
So I would say he was describedprobably as a better dad than
he was a husband.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
They they just described him as not being a
very good husband.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I got you, chris.
Her husband has since beenarrested for her disappearance
and presumed murder.
Been arrested for herdisappearance and presumed
murder.
He has not cooperated withpolice during these last seven
months.
They have presumed that Suzanneis deceased based on what we're
about to talk about, andthey're just awaiting trial and
(04:59):
everything too.
That's right.
I mean, this is a.
I would say this is a veryhighly circumstantial case
because we don't have a bodyright now.
They are still looking forSuzanne, but they've also put
this together so well that I'mnot sure if we're ever going to.
You know, for the family's sakethey want to find her, but I'm
(05:28):
hoping that when it comes to himbeing in the court of law,
there is enough here to say thathe was responsible for the loss
of life, for the loss of herlife.
Based on eyewitness andneighbor accounts, we know
something just did not go rightthat night of the party at the
Simpson home after they returnedfrom the get-together.
So the first thing is that theywent to the party at the
Simpson home after they returnedfrom the get together.
So the first thing is that theywent to the party separately.
(05:50):
People see yes, this is not, but.
But friends did say that eithershe would be by herself or he
would be by herself.
And you know, I think back likemy dad never wanted to stay at
big events with lots of peoplemore than an hour or so, right.
(06:11):
So I do remember him and my momsometimes meeting there and
taking two separate vehicles.
Now, this is before Uber, right, this is before.
You could just leave and catcha ride if you're ready to go,
and I and I my parents are notthe only people that I know that
do this.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I would have liked to see your dad take an Uber.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Right.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
So like I guess too, he set this precedent that I can
potentially start going in aseparate car too now, or Are you
you asking or are youreferencing the case?
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Because the answer is no.
But okay, but here's what wehave.
We have the two showing upseparately.
Now she brings the child, whowas five years old at the time,
kindergartner, and we know shereturns home that night because
the child is there the nextmorning and the dad takes her to
school.
So, based on what eyewitnessesand neighbor accounts say is one
(07:07):
they show up to this partyseparately.
Um, there was, um, there wassome over.
Somebody overheard them, Iwould say at the party.
Um, bickering bickering a littlebit.
Uh, one person referenced thatthey were.
They were kind of keeping aneye on the daughter who was
(07:28):
playing with other children.
Um, while they were kind of,you know um being passionate
about their words to one another, so you have, you have
eyewitness to this um, peopleknow that he actually left the
party before she did, becauseshe ends up with going home with
the child.
(07:49):
So she arrives with the child,leaves with the child.
Now we know she arrives at thehouse, like I said, because the
child is there the next dayaround 930 pm.
Now this is according to one oftheir friends.
He calls, or, excuse me,suzanne calls their home.
(08:09):
He picks up the phone.
She asks to talk to the wife.
The wife gets on the phone andbasically she wanted to come
over and stay.
So he even tells police he wasin his pajamas when she made
this call and that he actuallygot up and got dressed in
(08:30):
regular clothes.
But she never showed up.
The other call goes to um, hermother, around the same time,
maybe a little bit later, andshe actually talks to her mom
and tells her that she has beenhit by him with a closed fist.
(08:53):
Now she's talking to her motherabout what I was going to say
what time is this?
So I believe this is aboutaround 10 o'clock I don't have
the exact time because this isan open investigation so I don't
have the reports but it sayssomewhere between 10 and 1030.
She.
She made the phone call to hermother, um, you know cell phone
(09:19):
evidence which, by the way, umprobably still exists, even
though we know he had a burnpile of electronics that police
ended up finding by the, by thehouse, and same with computers.
So there was some evidence ofhim trying to destroy evidence.
But the thing that is key hereis that we know she's home
(09:45):
around this time, because notonly does she make these phone
calls and we don't I don't knowexactly if she was at home when
she made that first phone callto the friend, but we do know
that that was verified and thatshe just never showed up.
So she calls her mom and talksto her about this.
(10:08):
I read recently that her motherhad a plan that unfortunately
she was never able to share withher daughter and that plan was
to come and live with her.
And you know that the kids are,you know, because you know the
oldest child's like 20 right now, you know at this time.
So you have a couple of themthat are that are more teenage
(10:30):
you know level and but then youhave a little one who is still
in grade school, and so themother had shared in an
interview that you know she hada plan with her daughter or for
her daughter, and unfortunatelyshe just was not able to share
that.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Just to get out of that situation.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Just to get out of the situation.
And after that phone call,something happens.
What we do know is a neighbormultiple neighbors, I believe,
because you just don't have thiskind of commotion going on
(11:07):
without people knowing about it.
A neighbor heard them arguingoutside sometime between like 10
and 11 o'clock.
The arguing becomes moreaggressive, it becomes louder
and this becomes a physicalaltercation.
Okay, this is an eyewitness tothe physical altercation.
(11:28):
Now, is he punching her?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
I don't believe so, but it was nobody called the
police at this point, oh I'm noteven there yet, but I'm going
there because I know ourneighbor across the street.
You know she'll call it theslightest oh my gosh, I'm just
surprised that somebody,especially when you know they
hear the screams and see you'repulling her down and stuff like
that.
Well, you know this.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
this is why it goes to small community is great, but
then I feel like people thinkof small community and like we
want to keep the peace.
We don't get involved.
When it's not us Right, weleave people.
Because I don't believe thatthis is the first.
(12:12):
This is definitely not thefirst time he's done this.
I think this has been witnessedbefore.
But before we jump into that,let's go through.
Let's go through what thewitness actually heard and saw.
So they, they see the fighting,this, this, this I believe it's
a gentleman.
Here's what sounds likescreaming, coming from like
(12:33):
right outside of his bedroom.
Um, he, this neighbor, makesthe statement eventually that
they witnessed Brad trying topull her and restrain her.
He described it as likepreventing her from leaving.
And then you hear screams fromwhat they believe was Suzanne,
(13:05):
what they believe was Suzanne.
And then, about an hour afterthe altercation, that same
neighbor sees Brad get into hispickup truck, leave the
residence, return about an houror two later, however, there is
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So, chris, all of this is beingwitnessed right inside the
neighborhood, but nobody callsthe police.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Yeah, that's just baffling.
I mean like being a smallercommunity, you expect that you
look out for one another.
You have a little bit more, likeyou mentioned.
They have block parties andevents and stuff like that.
So you almost think I mean,maybe if you didn't know all
your neighbors and you heardsomething going on outside, you
might not be apt to go out thereand intervene per se, but you
(15:11):
might at least call the police,where it sounds like a lot of
these people kind of knew oneanother, where you almost think
that somebody might have comeout to you.
Know, try to quell thesituation.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
I would think you know, try to quell the situation
.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I would think, but well, I do know, that's not the
case, but I mean, I just thinkthat's, like I said, given their
small community it sounds likethey do a lot together and
therefore do often look out forone another that how this would
have been the lapse that theydid not choose to do that.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
So the neighbor will tell police that he went to go
look for a flashlight, and Ithink that was because maybe he
could hear more than he couldsee.
But he also gave the statementof Brad Simpson trying to
restrain his wife from leaving,and so he saw what happened.
So he saw it and you know this.
(16:01):
But this is should not beacceptable.
I think you know you might beright Smaller community, take
care of each other.
But then again I think of theseeven bigger little towns, right
, I mean, we see we've coveredcases.
You know, highland Park is agreat example of this.
You have such a small community.
(16:22):
Highland Park is a greatexample of this.
You have such a small community.
You had a woman who was probablyresponsible for not only having
multiple affairs with multiplemarried women in this small area
, but then you had herresponsible for multiple murders
and the woman continued to livein Highland Park even after
being accused of those thingsand people just weren't talking
about it.
(16:42):
And this, to me, is when peopledon't want to get involved and
we have an obligation and dutyto our community.
I mean, this just happenedseven months ago, this is not
1985.
I mean we have a duty to reportthese things.
You know, we know now.
(17:03):
We know now that domesticviolence was no stranger in this
relationship.
Sometimes it was witnessed bythe children.
In fact, the kindergartnerChris goes to school the day
after her mother goes missingand basically tells her teachers
that the child saw her fatherstrike.
Her mother mentioned somethingabout pushing her up against the
(17:25):
wall.
But family members, neighbors Ican't believe that this wasn't
witnessed by people over theseyears.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Well, I mean the fact that a kid went to school and
said something the school didn'teven investigate.
It's a little odd, given thisonly happened, you know, months.
Well, here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
I think they were maybe waiting to have this
conversation when the parentcame to pick them up.
But what we know is the daddropped the child off that
morning and the dad picked thechild up, but he didn't go and
pick her up just to go get thekiddo.
He had to get a phone call thatthe mother had not arrived and
(18:08):
it was a setup.
He was waiting for that phonecall because he was not the one
to drop them off and pick themup from school.
So he, sort of like, wassetting this up.
But you know what?
She was a badass mom.
She was a star luxury homerealtor in the San Antonio area.
She wanted to leave this pieceof shit.
(18:29):
Their oldest daughter has comeout and talked about this and
I'm going to mention this at theend of this but she most likely
lost her life for that veryreason.
She wanted to leave.
And you know, gosh, you're withsomeone for well over 20 years.
You have four kids.
You think he's someone.
He's not.
(18:49):
And how long of this did sheand how much of this did she
endure?
And who knew?
And why didn't they call thepolice?
I mean, it is just mindboggling.
She could be here today if thatphone call would have been made
.
And Chris, we know it justwasn't one witness that heard
(19:11):
these screams, it was multiplepeople that could say they could
hear it from the house.
And then eventually it movesinto the back of the woods where
their home, backed up into andyou don't call the authorities.
And he was huge, she's like apetite woman, she had no chance.
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He's physically putting hishands on her.
That neighbor should havecalled police immediately.
So you know, I'm not past thisold, like good old boy system
and letting men witness thingslike this and letting their men
handle it Like it's got to stop.
It's got to stop.
And you know, in intuition andinstinct, the first thing to do
(19:54):
is to make a phone call, nomatter how good of friends you
are.
Remember this is a neighbor,this is their neighborhood.
People want to stay out ofpeople's business and this, for
some reason, has become the norm.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
I don't know.
I think everybody's ineverybody's business.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Yeah, until they're like put on the spot, until they
have to report something,they're okay Gossiping behind
the scenes, but when it comes infront of their face, they're
not willing to stand up and doanything.
And that's my problem with this.
It's like we.
They can talk about it andprobably this community knew
something strange was happeningin this relationship, but you
(20:30):
know it was witnessed at theparty.
They were not afraid to get inconfrontation in front of people
.
So you know, do better nexttime.
That's all I can say, because Ithink the trajectory of this
would have been completelydifferent.
So Brad Simpson puts his phonein lockdown mode, chris, after
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her last known phone call, whichthey believe was with her
mother that night, and no data.
So that means that doesn't meanjust airplane mode.
That means like track lockdownno data being transmitted to the
cloud, not to the towers.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
So they just turned it off.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Well, tracking?
Well, I mean yes, but I thinkeven if you turn your phone off,
there is some way I don't knowlockdown mode to make it look
like you purposely put yourphone in a state that it
couldn't be tracked.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Like just leave it at home.
I don't know.
But he probably had his reasons.
I'm not familiar with lockdownmode though.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Yeah Well, somebody compared it to like airplane
mode, and then the person whowas giving the statement for the
upcoming trial because therewill be an upcoming trial for
this compared it to completelyputting it locked down.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
So we're no data is being transmitted at all, but
yeah, I don't know, I know, likesome phones, you know, like I
know the movies, movies, theyremove the battery from the
phone, so they can't be tracked,but I guess our new modern
phones that's impossible to do,Right.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
So thankfully, chris, there's video surveillance.
Even though he puts us inlockdown mode, this video
surveillance will show a story,if you will, of what Brad
Simpson was up to after hisabuse and his wife's screams
were heard by neighbors.
So about 1233 AM he is seen onvideo in the parking lot of HEB.
(22:38):
What is seen in the back of histruck is an ice chest.
Okay, so again, this is videosurveillance.
The next morning he takes hisdaughter to school In the back
of his truck.
In that video surveillance twofull trash bags are seen in the
back school in the back of histruck.
In that video surveillance, twofull trash bags are seen in the
back in the bed of the truck atnine 15.
He makes a stop at Waterburger.
(22:59):
A blue tarp is actually seen inthe back of that truck for
video on video surveillance Anine 53.
He goes to home Depot.
He buys buckets, cement andmore trash bags.
About 10 o'clock All this is onvideo.
This is all video surveillance.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
They have no phone capability whatsoever, so they
just picked up all the videofrom all these places and were
able to pinpoint his truck, Iguess, being a small community
Maybe it's easier to do that.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
It is.
And one thing they knew is thathe had taken his daughter to
school because she got theresomehow.
So I think they started that.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
I wonder if any credit card payments or anything
like that, were utilized aswell.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
I'm sure they did everything they could to really
pinpoint, because this is whatthey're going to have to present
in his trial, because there'sno phone tracking evidence from
his phone.
So 9-15, he goes to Waterburger.
9.53, he's seen at the HomeDepot making these purchases.
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He then asks for directions tothe nearest dump site.
So at 10 o'clock, between 10and 10.15, video surveillance
picks him up at the KendallCounty solid waste dumping plant
.
At 1115, he is tracked on aroad at a gas station.
They see him messing with somethings in the back of his
vehicle.
But he is there getting gas anddoing whatever he's doing or
(24:27):
has already done or has alreadydone.
At 141, he's then trackedNorthwest, still in Kendall
County.
He's tracked just Northwest ofthe solid waste plant.
He was just at.
So later in the afternoon a fewhours later he's just a little
bit Northwest in that sameCounty.
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I don't have any information ofexactly what he was doing, but
he could have just beendisposing of things.
3, 27 PM A daughter does not getpicked up from school.
Um, or I believe it's three, 30.
Maybe the phone call comes in.
He then goes and picks thechild up from school, from
(25:17):
school, and at about 4, 15.
He is then seen at a car washum.
And then chris.
He finally reports her missingat 10 o'clock that night, a
month after she is um.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
I mean her car and everything was still at the
house too, right.
I mean all, mean all of herstuff.
I mean I don't know exactlywhat they found in the home,
just wondering, like for him tocall that late when they were
going to investigate, like herpersonal effects and vehicle and
whatnot.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Yeah, no, I think all of that was there and I don't
think he would have taken a lotof personal things out of the
home.
I think that he probably wouldhave got a lot more attention by
doing that and this guy's kindof crafty.
And when I tell you this, whenwe share this information, you
know her DNA is actually found,chris, on her husband's handheld
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reciprocating saw.
Um, now, I didn't know exactlywhat that was.
so I looked it up like a sawzallyeah, so apparently it goes
backwards and forward and it'sused most saws do no, no, no,
but I I think it actually like.
But it's used into in thecutting industry to cut apart
(26:34):
cattle and they, because it cancut through bone and tissue.
It's not a clean cut, but herDNA is found on this saw and he
is a hunter and they believethat he had used this saw before
(26:56):
to cut animal.
You know.
But here's the thing with thissaw when he was arrested he had
he was charged with murderinghis wife, tampering with with
evidence, and the saw isactually found in his toolbox.
But in the police, in thereport and in the court
(27:17):
documents they're saying that hetried to hide the saw.
So the accusations have beenmade against him that he was
tampering with evidence.
He tried to hide the saw byhiding the toolbox and then,
once they found that toolbox byhiding the toolbox and then,
once they found that toolbox,they ended up finding the salt.
I think they're going to have alot more evidence on this DNA
(27:39):
when it comes to trial.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
I wonder why he would have hung on to that.
You know, I mean clearly if hewas cutting something or
somebody with that, that thatwould be a lot of.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Or maybe he just thought he was slick and cleaned
it well enough and put it backand you know what?
And he used it on animals andthat maybe he used it so much he
never thought they would beable to find.
You know her dating.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Who knows?
Speaker 1 (28:05):
we're dealing with like a, you know, a sociopathic
individual who probably wasdoing things rashly but then
probably had some time toactually do some things, which
was probably get rid of her.
So she can't be found.
Um, but if this is what webelieve happened, you know that,
(28:28):
if, if it that this is you know, tissue DNA, bone DNA you know,
I think they're going to have alot more of this in the trial
when they're actually trying toconvict him and prosecute him
for her death.
Now, chris, he asked his friendand business partner to hide a
(28:50):
gun for him early on in this.
He His friend did it.
He hit a gun in a false wall.
The gun is unfound becausepolice are all over him and all
over people he's involved withand the gun is found in friend.
The friend tells police thatBrad Simpson asked him to hide
(29:12):
the gun.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
So then, you have.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Who came forward?
The friend.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
Yeah, he got in, so he worked with police.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
That's right.
So he came in.
He told them that he no, but hewas going to be charged with it
.
He was.
I mean, there there is anindictment on the friend.
I mean, he's got his own battlewith this.
Speaker 2 (29:29):
Well, I mean honestly .
That probably leads to explainwhy nobody called the police.
You've got a friend that'shiding a gun for you.
Who knows, maybe the people inthe neighborhood are covering
for another two and that's whythey didn't call Exactly.
Somebody lives around therethat's hiding a gun for you.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
Well, you know, I guess beating the crap out of a
woman in the front yard justisn't enough nowadays but the
gun is found.
Tells Brad Simpson, you know,or tells the police that Brad
Simpson asked him to hide thegun, concealing the cell phones.
You know they're trying to geta pattern of behavior of this
when they go to trial becauseagain, right now we don't have
her body but you have him tryingto conceal, you know, conceal
(30:05):
cell phones accused of burningelectronics at a bin near the
home, electronics at a bin nearthe home.
You know you have multiplepieces of evidence and I mean,
(30:25):
chris, for them to come with anindictment of murder and you
have no body.
I mean they had this very, very, very, very early on and just
last week I mean this happened,excuse me, not last week, the
end of April he went in front ofthe judge again.
And the reason he went in frontof the judge again is because
his defense team tried towithdraw parts of their motion
(30:45):
to this murder indictment tobasically get some of the
charges dismissed.
And the reason for that is,they said, basically the
prosecution was being too vagueabout if you allege, an act
actually happened and because ofthat act, it became dangerous
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to human life.
They have to show what that actis.
And so they basically said theprosecution team did not give
enough evidence to the court andto the defense in order to say
that their client is now ontrial because of his actions.
(31:26):
There was clear and presentdanger to human life, which was
Suzanne's life.
The judge says you know what?
I think there's plenty of hereso he threw that out.
So at the end of April that wasnot dismissed.
He is still in prison awaitingto stand trial for this murder.
(31:48):
But, chris, he has notcooperated.
When I say hasn't cooperatedlike he hasn't said a thing, he
won't tell them anything.
He won't.
I mean that that is the wordsthey have used that's his he has
been uncooperative since thebeginning somebody's supposed to
do not talk to the police,especially if they're guilty so
they don't have the benefit of abody, but that doesn't mean
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they can't file this case, andthat is exactly what they did.
There hasn't been an officialtrial date set yet but, like I
said, we just got out of thishearing at the end of April, so
they will be moving forward withthose charges.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
And he's going to try in which county?
I guess close to San Antonio.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
He's going to try, in which?
Speaker 2 (32:30):
county, I guess close to San Antonio.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
Yeah, the Simpsons' oldest daughter has come out
since her mother's disappearanceand presumed murder and has
shared that she knows her ownfather took her mother's life.
She knows her mother was avictim of her father's violence
(32:55):
and that she wanted to leaveBrad Simpson and because of that
she was killed.
Imagine the instances wherethis abuse had been witnessed,
and would that have changed theseries of events, the trajectory
of the outcome of what happenedto Suzanne?
And in my opinion, no doubt.
Yes, we have an obligation as acommunity to report violence.
(33:16):
Suzanne was petite.
Like I said earlier, he wouldhave easily been overpowering
her.
It is not acceptable to witnessthese types of behaviors and
not make a phone call and doanything about it.
If you see something, saysomething.
You might just save a life.
Thank you,
Welcome all of you wine and true crime lovers.
I'm Brandi.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
And I'm Chris.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
And this is Texas Wine and True Crime.
Thank you for being here,friends, for this week's episode
.
Justice for Suzanne Simpson.
Hey, chris.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Hey Brandi.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So this week we are discussing the disappearance and
presumed murder of SuzanneSimpson, a 51-year-old luxury
home realtor and mother of fourfrom Olmos Park, texas.
Have you ever heard of OlmosPark?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
No, when I saw this name too, I wasn't quite sure.
I mean, I know it's in SanAntonio, I've never, ever heard
of this area, so I'm assumingthis is kind of a nice little
affluent suburb or somethinglike that.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yeah, so it's described as it is a suburb of
San Antonio.
So I, when I looked at the mapit it looks like it's just about
15, 10, 15 minutes fromdowntown San Antonio.
So it is in bear County.
Population about 2,200 peopleis what I found so small.
And but you're right about theaffluent, um, I would describe
(01:24):
it also as like old money partof San Antonio.
There are, you know, differentgroups of for the women,
different groups of the men, ofmore affluent, of the more
affluent community that they dofundraisers, the more affluent
(01:45):
community that they dofundraisers, they all lunch
together, they all partytogether this, this area, and in
fact some friends of thiscouple will say that you know
there was all, there was alwaysa party in Olmos Park.
People were very they're veryinvolved in their community.
They're very involved in oneanother and I don't know if
that's sometimes a good thing ora bad thing as we start to go
(02:08):
through this story, but Suzannewas last seen the evening of
October 6, 2024, leaving theArgyle Club, which is a private
club in the area, afterattending a party.
Like a country club I would sayum, not a country club but I
was yes, thank you.
(02:28):
Like a private social club, um.
So they're attending a party.
I believe it is someone's 50thbirthday party, um, now she
attends this party.
Her husband is there and heryoungest daughter is there, but
her husband is seen there and atthis party about an hour to an
hour and a half before sheactually arrives with her child.
(02:52):
So her husband.
So she's last seen rightOctober the 6th.
We know she attended this, thisparty.
Her husband reports her missing, but not until 10 PM them the
following day, october 7th.
The couple has been togetherfor over 20 years.
They share four kids.
(03:13):
Their friends say they met incollege at UT.
They describe both of them asbeing, I would say, somewhat
semi-compatible.
I think maybe earlier on intheir relationship they seemed a
lot more compatible whichhappens.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
What does that mean?
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Because I think they had lots of differences when I
was looking at some of theinterviews that have been done
with their friends, you know,because this has been an ongoing
thing since she went missing inOctober but you could tell that
they were together but maybelived a little bit of separate
lives.
For instance, they friendsdescribed him as like an okay
(03:58):
dad, but they described her aslike a very involved mother.
They would see her at parties,kids events, but they wouldn't
necessarily see him.
They would also say that shewas by herself a lot at kid
(04:18):
functions or maybe other placesthat you would typically take
your spouse, other places thatyou would typically take your
spouse.
Now he did take his kids, youknow, hunting, fishing.
So I would say he was describedprobably as a better dad than
he was a husband.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
They they just described him as not being a
very good husband.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I got you, chris.
Her husband has since beenarrested for her disappearance
and presumed murder.
Been arrested for herdisappearance and presumed
murder.
He has not cooperated withpolice during these last seven
months.
They have presumed that Suzanneis deceased based on what we're
about to talk about, andthey're just awaiting trial and
(04:59):
everything too.
That's right.
I mean, this is a.
I would say this is a veryhighly circumstantial case
because we don't have a bodyright now.
They are still looking forSuzanne, but they've also put
this together so well that I'mnot sure if we're ever going to.
You know, for the family's sakethey want to find her, but I'm
(05:28):
hoping that when it comes to himbeing in the court of law,
there is enough here to say thathe was responsible for the loss
of life, for the loss of herlife.
Based on eyewitness andneighbor accounts, we know
something just did not go rightthat night of the party at the
Simpson home after they returnedfrom the get-together.
So the first thing is that theywent to the party at the
Simpson home after they returnedfrom the get together.
So the first thing is that theywent to the party separately.
(05:50):
People see yes, this is not, but.
But friends did say that eithershe would be by herself or he
would be by herself.
And you know, I think back likemy dad never wanted to stay at
big events with lots of peoplemore than an hour or so, right.
(06:11):
So I do remember him and my momsometimes meeting there and
taking two separate vehicles.
Now, this is before Uber, right, this is before.
You could just leave and catcha ride if you're ready to go,
and I and I my parents are notthe only people that I know that
do this.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I would have liked to see your dad take an Uber.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Right.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
So like I guess too, he set this precedent that I can
potentially start going in aseparate car too now, or Are you
you asking or are youreferencing the case?
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Because the answer is no.
But okay, but here's what wehave.
We have the two showing upseparately.
Now she brings the child, whowas five years old at the time,
kindergartner, and we know shereturns home that night because
the child is there the nextmorning and the dad takes her to
school.
So, based on what eyewitnessesand neighbor accounts say is one
(07:07):
they show up to this partyseparately.
Um, there was, um, there wassome over.
Somebody overheard them, Iwould say at the party.
Um, bickering bickering a littlebit.
Uh, one person referenced thatthey were.
They were kind of keeping aneye on the daughter who was
(07:28):
playing with other children.
Um, while they were kind of,you know um being passionate
about their words to one another, so you have, you have
eyewitness to this um, peopleknow that he actually left the
party before she did, becauseshe ends up with going home with
the child.
(07:49):
So she arrives with the child,leaves with the child.
Now we know she arrives at thehouse, like I said, because the
child is there the next dayaround 930 pm.
Now this is according to one oftheir friends.
He calls, or, excuse me,suzanne calls their home.
(08:09):
He picks up the phone.
She asks to talk to the wife.
The wife gets on the phone andbasically she wanted to come
over and stay.
So he even tells police he wasin his pajamas when she made
this call and that he actuallygot up and got dressed in
(08:30):
regular clothes.
But she never showed up.
The other call goes to um, hermother, around the same time,
maybe a little bit later, andshe actually talks to her mom
and tells her that she has beenhit by him with a closed fist.
(08:53):
Now she's talking to her motherabout what I was going to say
what time is this?
So I believe this is aboutaround 10 o'clock I don't have
the exact time because this isan open investigation so I don't
have the reports but it sayssomewhere between 10 and 1030.
She.
She made the phone call to hermother, um, you know cell phone
(09:19):
evidence which, by the way, umprobably still exists, even
though we know he had a burnpile of electronics that police
ended up finding by the, by thehouse, and same with computers.
So there was some evidence ofhim trying to destroy evidence.
But the thing that is key hereis that we know she's home
(09:45):
around this time, because notonly does she make these phone
calls and we don't I don't knowexactly if she was at home when
she made that first phone callto the friend, but we do know
that that was verified and thatshe just never showed up.
So she calls her mom and talksto her about this.
(10:08):
I read recently that her motherhad a plan that unfortunately
she was never able to share withher daughter and that plan was
to come and live with her.
And you know that the kids are,you know, because you know the
oldest child's like 20 right now, you know at this time.
So you have a couple of themthat are that are more teenage
(10:30):
you know level and but then youhave a little one who is still
in grade school, and so themother had shared in an
interview that you know she hada plan with her daughter or for
her daughter, and unfortunatelyshe just was not able to share
that.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Just to get out of that situation.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Just to get out of the situation.
And after that phone call,something happens.
What we do know is a neighbormultiple neighbors, I believe,
because you just don't have thiskind of commotion going on
(11:07):
without people knowing about it.
A neighbor heard them arguingoutside sometime between like 10
and 11 o'clock.
The arguing becomes moreaggressive, it becomes louder
and this becomes a physicalaltercation.
Okay, this is an eyewitness tothe physical altercation.
(11:28):
Now, is he punching her?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
I don't believe so, but it was nobody called the
police at this point, oh I'm noteven there yet, but I'm going
there because I know ourneighbor across the street.
You know she'll call it theslightest oh my gosh, I'm just
surprised that somebody,especially when you know they
hear the screams and see you'repulling her down and stuff like
that.
Well, you know this.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
this is why it goes to small community is great, but
then I feel like people thinkof small community and like we
want to keep the peace.
We don't get involved.
When it's not us Right, weleave people.
Because I don't believe thatthis is the first.
(12:12):
This is definitely not thefirst time he's done this.
I think this has been witnessedbefore.
But before we jump into that,let's go through.
Let's go through what thewitness actually heard and saw.
So they, they see the fighting,this, this, this I believe it's
a gentleman.
Here's what sounds likescreaming, coming from like
(12:33):
right outside of his bedroom.
Um, he, this neighbor, makesthe statement eventually that
they witnessed Brad trying topull her and restrain her.
He described it as likepreventing her from leaving.
And then you hear screams fromwhat they believe was Suzanne,
(13:05):
what they believe was Suzanne.
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So, chris, all of this is beingwitnessed right inside the
neighborhood, but nobody callsthe police.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Yeah, that's just baffling.
I mean like being a smallercommunity, you expect that you
look out for one another.
You have a little bit more, likeyou mentioned.
They have block parties andevents and stuff like that.
So you almost think I mean,maybe if you didn't know all
your neighbors and you heardsomething going on outside, you
might not be apt to go out thereand intervene per se, but you
(15:11):
might at least call the police,where it sounds like a lot of
these people kind of knew oneanother, where you almost think
that somebody might have comeout to you.
Know, try to quell thesituation.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
I would think you know, try to quell the situation
.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I would think, but well, I do know, that's not the
case, but I mean, I just thinkthat's, like I said, given their
small community it sounds likethey do a lot together and
therefore do often look out forone another that how this would
have been the lapse that theydid not choose to do that.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
So the neighbor will tell police that he went to go
look for a flashlight, and Ithink that was because maybe he
could hear more than he couldsee.
But he also gave the statementof Brad Simpson trying to
restrain his wife from leaving,and so he saw what happened.
So he saw it and you know this.
(16:01):
But this is should not beacceptable.
I think you know you might beright Smaller community, take
care of each other.
But then again I think of theseeven bigger little towns, right
, I mean, we see we've coveredcases.
You know, highland Park is agreat example of this.
You have such a small community.
(16:22):
Highland Park is a greatexample of this.
You have such a small community.
You had a woman who was probablyresponsible for not only having
multiple affairs with multiplemarried women in this small area
, but then you had herresponsible for multiple murders
and the woman continued to livein Highland Park even after
being accused of those thingsand people just weren't talking
about it.
(16:42):
And this, to me, is when peopledon't want to get involved and
we have an obligation and dutyto our community.
I mean, this just happenedseven months ago, this is not
1985.
I mean we have a duty to reportthese things.
You know, we know now.
(17:03):
We know now that domesticviolence was no stranger in this
relationship.
Sometimes it was witnessed bythe children.
In fact, the kindergartnerChris goes to school the day
after her mother goes missingand basically tells her teachers
that the child saw her fatherstrike.
Her mother mentioned somethingabout pushing her up against the
(17:25):
wall.
But family members, neighbors Ican't believe that this wasn't
witnessed by people over theseyears.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Well, I mean the fact that a kid went to school and
said something the school didn'teven investigate.
It's a little odd, given thisonly happened, you know, months.
Well, here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
I think they were maybe waiting to have this
conversation when the parentcame to pick them up.
But what we know is the daddropped the child off that
morning and the dad picked thechild up, but he didn't go and
pick her up just to go get thekiddo.
He had to get a phone call thatthe mother had not arrived and
(18:08):
it was a setup.
He was waiting for that phonecall because he was not the one
to drop them off and pick themup from school.
So he, sort of like, wassetting this up.
But you know what?
She was a badass mom.
She was a star luxury homerealtor in the San Antonio area.
She wanted to leave this pieceof shit.
(18:29):
Their oldest daughter has comeout and talked about this and
I'm going to mention this at theend of this but she most likely
lost her life for that veryreason.
She wanted to leave.
And you know, gosh, you're withsomeone for well over 20 years.
You have four kids.
You think he's someone.
He's not.
(18:49):
And how long of this did sheand how much of this did she
endure?
And who knew?
And why didn't they call thepolice?
I mean, it is just mindboggling.
She could be here today if thatphone call would have been made
.
And Chris, we know it justwasn't one witness that heard
(19:11):
these screams, it was multiplepeople that could say they could
hear it from the house.
And then eventually it movesinto the back of the woods where
their home, backed up into andyou don't call the authorities.
And he was huge, she's like apetite woman, she had no chance.
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He's physically putting hishands on her.
That neighbor should havecalled police immediately.
So you know, I'm not past thisold, like good old boy system
and letting men witness thingslike this and letting their men
handle it Like it's got to stop.
It's got to stop.
And you know, in intuition andinstinct, the first thing to do
(19:54):
is to make a phone call, nomatter how good of friends you
are.
Remember this is a neighbor,this is their neighborhood.
People want to stay out ofpeople's business and this, for
some reason, has become the norm.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
I don't know.
I think everybody's ineverybody's business.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Yeah, until they're like put on the spot, until they
have to report something,they're okay Gossiping behind
the scenes, but when it comes infront of their face, they're
not willing to stand up and doanything.
And that's my problem with this.
It's like we.
They can talk about it andprobably this community knew
something strange was happeningin this relationship, but you
(20:30):
know it was witnessed at theparty.
They were not afraid to get inconfrontation in front of people
.
So you know, do better nexttime.
That's all I can say, because Ithink the trajectory of this
would have been completelydifferent.
So Brad Simpson puts his phonein lockdown mode, chris, after
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her last known phone call, whichthey believe was with her
mother that night, and no data.
So that means that doesn't meanjust airplane mode.
That means like track lockdownno data being transmitted to the
cloud, not to the towers.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
So they just turned it off.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Well, tracking?
Well, I mean yes, but I thinkeven if you turn your phone off,
there is some way I don't knowlockdown mode to make it look
like you purposely put yourphone in a state that it
couldn't be tracked.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Like just leave it at home.
I don't know.
But he probably had his reasons.
I'm not familiar with lockdownmode though.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Yeah Well, somebody compared it to like airplane
mode, and then the person whowas giving the statement for the
upcoming trial because therewill be an upcoming trial for
this compared it to completelyputting it locked down.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
So we're no data is being transmitted at all, but
yeah, I don't know, I know, likesome phones, you know, like I
know the movies, movies, theyremove the battery from the
phone, so they can't be tracked,but I guess our new modern
phones that's impossible to do,Right.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
So thankfully, chris, there's video surveillance.
Even though he puts us inlockdown mode, this video
surveillance will show a story,if you will, of what Brad
Simpson was up to after hisabuse and his wife's screams
were heard by neighbors.
So about 1233 AM he is seen onvideo in the parking lot of HEB.
(22:38):
What is seen in the back of histruck is an ice chest.
Okay, so again, this is videosurveillance.
The next morning he takes hisdaughter to school In the back
of his truck.
In that video surveillance twofull trash bags are seen in the
back school in the back of histruck.
In that video surveillance, twofull trash bags are seen in the
back in the bed of the truck atnine 15.
He makes a stop at Waterburger.
(22:59):
A blue tarp is actually seen inthe back of that truck for
video on video surveillance Anine 53.
He goes to home Depot.
He buys buckets, cement andmore trash bags.
About 10 o'clock All this is onvideo.
This is all video surveillance.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
They have no phone capability whatsoever, so they
just picked up all the videofrom all these places and were
able to pinpoint his truck, Iguess, being a small community
Maybe it's easier to do that.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
It is.
And one thing they knew is thathe had taken his daughter to
school because she got theresomehow.
So I think they started that.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
I wonder if any credit card payments or anything
like that, were utilized aswell.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
I'm sure they did everything they could to really
pinpoint, because this is whatthey're going to have to present
in his trial, because there'sno phone tracking evidence from
his phone.
So 9-15, he goes to Waterburger.
9.53, he's seen at the HomeDepot making these purchases.
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He then asks for directions tothe nearest dump site.
So at 10 o'clock, between 10and 10.15, video surveillance
picks him up at the KendallCounty solid waste dumping plant
.
At 1115, he is tracked on aroad at a gas station.
They see him messing with somethings in the back of his
vehicle.
But he is there getting gas anddoing whatever he's doing or
(24:27):
has already done or has alreadydone.
At 141, he's then trackedNorthwest, still in Kendall
County.
He's tracked just Northwest ofthe solid waste plant.
He was just at.
So later in the afternoon a fewhours later he's just a little
bit Northwest in that sameCounty.
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I don't have any information ofexactly what he was doing, but
he could have just beendisposing of things.
3, 27 PM A daughter does not getpicked up from school.
Um, or I believe it's three, 30.
Maybe the phone call comes in.
He then goes and picks thechild up from school, from
(25:17):
school, and at about 4, 15.
He is then seen at a car washum.
And then chris.
He finally reports her missingat 10 o'clock that night, a
month after she is um.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
I mean her car and everything was still at the
house too, right.
I mean all, mean all of herstuff.
I mean I don't know exactlywhat they found in the home,
just wondering, like for him tocall that late when they were
going to investigate, like herpersonal effects and vehicle and
whatnot.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Yeah, no, I think all of that was there and I don't
think he would have taken a lotof personal things out of the
home.
I think that he probably wouldhave got a lot more attention by
doing that and this guy's kindof crafty.
And when I tell you this, whenwe share this information, you
know her DNA is actually found,chris, on her husband's handheld
(26:11):
reciprocating saw.
Um, now, I didn't know exactlywhat that was.
so I looked it up like a sawzallyeah, so apparently it goes
backwards and forward and it'sused most saws do no, no, no,
but I I think it actually like.
But it's used into in thecutting industry to cut apart
(26:34):
cattle and they, because it cancut through bone and tissue.
It's not a clean cut, but herDNA is found on this saw and he
is a hunter and they believethat he had used this saw before
(26:56):
to cut animal.
You know.
But here's the thing with thissaw when he was arrested he had
he was charged with murderinghis wife, tampering with with
evidence, and the saw isactually found in his toolbox.
But in the police, in thereport and in the court
(27:17):
documents they're saying that hetried to hide the saw.
So the accusations have beenmade against him that he was
tampering with evidence.
He tried to hide the saw byhiding the toolbox and then,
once they found that toolbox byhiding the toolbox and then,
once they found that toolbox,they ended up finding the salt.
I think they're going to have alot more evidence on this DNA
(27:39):
when it comes to trial.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
I wonder why he would have hung on to that.
You know, I mean clearly if hewas cutting something or
somebody with that, that thatwould be a lot of.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Or maybe he just thought he was slick and cleaned
it well enough and put it backand you know what?
And he used it on animals andthat maybe he used it so much he
never thought they would beable to find.
You know her dating.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Who knows?
Speaker 1 (28:05):
we're dealing with like a, you know, a sociopathic
individual who probably wasdoing things rashly but then
probably had some time toactually do some things, which
was probably get rid of her.
So she can't be found.
Um, but if this is what webelieve happened, you know that,
(28:28):
if, if it that this is you know, tissue DNA, bone DNA you know,
I think they're going to have alot more of this in the trial
when they're actually trying toconvict him and prosecute him
for her death.
Now, chris, he asked his friendand business partner to hide a
(28:50):
gun for him early on in this.
He His friend did it.
He hit a gun in a false wall.
The gun is unfound becausepolice are all over him and all
over people he's involved withand the gun is found in friend.
The friend tells police thatBrad Simpson asked him to hide
(29:12):
the gun.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
So then, you have.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Who came forward?
The friend.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
Yeah, he got in, so he worked with police.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
That's right.
So he came in.
He told them that he no, but hewas going to be charged with it
.
He was.
I mean, there there is anindictment on the friend.
I mean, he's got his own battlewith this.
Speaker 2 (29:29):
Well, I mean honestly .
That probably leads to explainwhy nobody called the police.
You've got a friend that'shiding a gun for you.
Who knows, maybe the people inthe neighborhood are covering
for another two and that's whythey didn't call Exactly.
Somebody lives around therethat's hiding a gun for you.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
Well, you know, I guess beating the crap out of a
woman in the front yard justisn't enough nowadays but the
gun is found.
Tells Brad Simpson, you know,or tells the police that Brad
Simpson asked him to hide thegun, concealing the cell phones.
You know they're trying to geta pattern of behavior of this
when they go to trial becauseagain, right now we don't have
her body but you have him tryingto conceal, you know, conceal
(30:05):
cell phones accused of burningelectronics at a bin near the
home, electronics at a bin nearthe home.
You know you have multiplepieces of evidence and I mean,
(30:25):
chris, for them to come with anindictment of murder and you
have no body.
I mean they had this very, very, very, very early on and just
last week I mean this happened,excuse me, not last week, the
end of April he went in front ofthe judge again.
And the reason he went in frontof the judge again is because
his defense team tried towithdraw parts of their motion
(30:45):
to this murder indictment tobasically get some of the
charges dismissed.
And the reason for that is,they said, basically the
prosecution was being too vagueabout if you allege, an act
actually happened and because ofthat act, it became dangerous
(31:06):
to human life.
They have to show what that actis.
And so they basically said theprosecution team did not give
enough evidence to the court andto the defense in order to say
that their client is now ontrial because of his actions.
(31:26):
There was clear and presentdanger to human life, which was
Suzanne's life.
The judge says you know what?
I think there's plenty of hereso he threw that out.
So at the end of April that wasnot dismissed.
He is still in prison awaitingto stand trial for this murder.
(31:48):
But, chris, he has notcooperated.
When I say hasn't cooperatedlike he hasn't said a thing, he
won't tell them anything.
He won't.
I mean that that is the wordsthey have used that's his he has
been uncooperative since thebeginning somebody's supposed to
do not talk to the police,especially if they're guilty so
they don't have the benefit of abody, but that doesn't mean
(32:10):
they can't file this case, andthat is exactly what they did.
There hasn't been an officialtrial date set yet but, like I
said, we just got out of thishearing at the end of April, so
they will be moving forward withthose charges.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
And he's going to try in which county?
I guess close to San Antonio.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
He's going to try, in which?
Speaker 2 (32:30):
county, I guess close to San Antonio.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
Yeah, the Simpsons' oldest daughter has come out
since her mother's disappearanceand presumed murder and has
shared that she knows her ownfather took her mother's life.
She knows her mother was avictim of her father's violence
(32:55):
and that she wanted to leaveBrad Simpson and because of that
she was killed.
Imagine the instances wherethis abuse had been witnessed,
and would that have changed theseries of events, the trajectory
of the outcome of what happenedto Suzanne?
And in my opinion, no doubt.
Yes, we have an obligation as acommunity to report violence.
(33:16):
Suzanne was petite.
Like I said earlier, he wouldhave easily been overpowering
her.
It is not acceptable to witnessthese types of behaviors and
not make a phone call and doanything about it.
If you see something, saysomething.
You might just save a life.
Thank you,
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