While law enforcement authorities continue to search for remains texas realtor susan simpson, Who has been missing for more than two months, her husband Brad Simpson appeared in court this week after the mother-of-four's DNA was found on a “reciprocating saw” he is accused of hiding.
On December 3, a Bexar County grand jury indicted the 53-year-old suspect on multiple felony counts related to his wife's murder, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. He made his first appearance since being accused of killing his wife during a brief hearing Monday, December 9, in a San Antonio courtroom.
Simpson was charged in two counts First-degree felony charges – Murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury to a family member. These charges carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. He was also charged with tampering with a corpse, two additional counts of tampering with physical evidence, and possession of a prohibited weapon.
“We would like to express our appreciation to the many investigative agencies committed to seeking justice for Susan Simpson,” Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Joe Gonzalez wrote in a news release. “We extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Susan Simpson as we move forward to seek justice.”
Missing mother Susan Simpson from Texas is pictured with her husband Brad Simpson. (Facebook/Susan Simpson)
“Knowing that there was an ongoing investigation, i.e. a missing persons investigation,” Simpson “right then and there… concealed something, The indictment stated: “i.e. the reciprocating saw” on October 8, two days after his wife’s disappearance.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has released a photo of missing mother Susan Simpson from the night she disappeared. (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Authorities informed family members that Susan's DNA was identified on the “reciprocating saw” mentioned in the indictment. According to Cap.
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A general view of Kendall County solid waste in Boerne, Texas, Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Brad Simpson's truck is seen here on October 7, 2024, around the same time his wife, Susan Simpson, disappeared under suspicious circumstances. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
Susan, 51, disappear She was on Oct. 6 after an alleged fight with her husband of 22 years in front of their home in Olmos Park, in the San Antonio area, records show. While her body has not been recovered, authorities believe Simpson “knowingly and intentionally caused the death” of Susan “on or about Sunday, October 6,” according to the indictment.
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A neighbor reportedly saw Simpson assaulting his wife on the night of her disappearance and later heard screaming coming from the nearby woods, while the couple's five-year-old child told a school counselor that on the evening of October 6, her father allegedly “pushed her mother against the wall, and she hit her mother ( physically) in the face and hit her mother's elbow inside their home” and also “turned off her mother’s phone because they were fighting,” according to the affidavit.
Authorities said there were no signs that Susan was alive since her husband assaulted her on October 6, and that this had been verified through her cellphone records, financial records, family, friends and co-workers.
On November 7, Simpson was charged with Susan's murder.
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Brad Simpson booking photo. (Kendall County Sheriff's Office)
Investigators track Simpson's unusual behavior in the days following his wife's disappearance, including turning off his phone, driving with suspicious items in the bed of his truck, going to a dumpster, and cleaning his truck at a car wash.
“The circumstantial evidence seems to be fairly strong, from what I've seen,” Sam Bassett, a Texas criminal defense attorney, told Fox News Digital. “The combination of… a witness hearing a woman screaming, plus this evidence of his car moving. There's some videotapes, some GPS data… I think it's a strong circumstantial case for the prosecution at this point.”
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The indictments reveal new details about Simpson's alleged method of killing and his actions after the fact.
The aggravated assault charge accuses Simpson of using or displaying “a deadly weapon…and an object unknown to the grand jury, which by the manner of its use and intended use was capable of causing death and serious bodily injury.”
The indictments also add that Simpson “acted on October 7 from time to time knowing that a crime had been committed, namely, to kill, alter, destroy and conceal a human corpse, with the intent to impair its availability as evidence in a subsequent investigation.” related to the murder.”
The husband of missing mother Susan Simpson has been charged with murder
Susan Simpson disappeared in Texas after an argument with her husband. (Olmos Park Police)
A general view of the home of Susan and Brad Simpson in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Susan Simpson disappeared under suspicious circumstances in October. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
Simpson was originally Screening trial The hearing was scheduled to take place, but the hearing was canceled after the indictment was issued by the grand jury. The motion for trial was filed by Simpson's attorney, Stephen Gilmore, who would have asked prosecutors to share any evidence they collected.
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Bassett explained that an inquisitorial trial might “force the prosecution a little bit.” “It forces them to charge the case…Most prosecutors respond to a request for a test trial by simply getting the case to the grand jury sooner than they would have otherwise.”
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Gilmore filed a motion, obtained by Fox News Digital, to dismiss the indictments against his client, arguing that the information in the indictments is “vague, non-specific, ambiguous and uncertain” and “does not state in clear, understandable language the crime against (Simpson).”
Brad Simpson remains in the Bexar County Jail, and his next hearing is scheduled for December 19. His lawyer had no further comment.
