Missing Texas realtor Suzanne Simpson’s husband ‘forcing state’s hand’ in fight to toss murder case: experts

A Texas tribunal is expected to perceive arguments from defence attorneys representing Suzanne Simpson's husband, the fishy successful her disappearance and presumed murder, seemingly showing wherefore his execution indictment should beryllium thrown out.

Suzanne Simpson, a 51-year-old existent property cause and parent of four, went missing Oct. 6, 2024, aft reportedly warring with her hubby of 22 years, Brad Simpson, successful beforehand of their location successful Olmos Park successful the San Antonio area. Authorities judge Brad caused Suzanne's decease "on oregon astir Sunday, Oct. 6," records show. 

"In the expansive strategy of things… if pre-trial motions were similar the Corleone brothers, I'm reasoning that the question to quash is astir apt Fredo," Brian Wice, a ineligible expert and transgression appellate and post-conviction lawyer, told Fox News Digital.

"I'm not rather definite what Brad Simpson's lawyers are acrophobic with.… I deliberation possibly there's a question of the mode and means of death," Wice said. "But… adjacent if you're successful, you're conscionable asking the authorities to draught an indictment that volition beryllium sufficient."

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Brad Simpson appears successful tribunal for a pre-trial proceeding successful Bexar County, Texas, connected Dec. 19, 2024. Simpson is facing charges for allegedly murdering his wife, Suzanne, and hiding her assemblage successful October. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

Based connected his 45 years of acquisition with appellate law, Wice said, the emblematic question to quash is not successful.

Steven Gilmore, Brad Simpson's attorney, said during a March tribunal proceeding that helium thinks helium has "enough grounds to proceed with the question to quash" the indictment charging Brad with murder, tampering with grounds and prohibited weapons possession, according to KENS5.

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Missing Texas ma Suzanne Simpson is pictured with her hubby Brad Simpson. (Facebook/Suzanne Simpson)

Brad is present scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Tuesday astatine 9 a.m. CST. The proceeding was rescheduled from February and past again from March, erstwhile some prosecutors and Simpson's defence lawyer said they needed much clip to spell done find successful the case, which has garnered nationalist attention.

"Suzanne could person been anybody's wife, anybody's sister, anybody's mom, anybody's BFF."

"These radical came from a seemingly well-to-do background, dissimilar truthful galore victims of convulsive crimes, who bash not. And truthful erstwhile you look astatine it done that lens, I tin recognize wherefore it's go a nationalist story," Wice explained.

Joey Contreras of Ramos Del Cueto, PLLC, likewise said a question to quash says prosecutors either "improperly charged an offense" oregon doesn't springiness the suspect "enough clip to physique a defense." 

Suzanne Simpson has been missing since October 2024. (Olmos Park Police)

"Ideally, I deliberation arsenic a applicable matter, what this does is buys [Brad Simpson] a batch of time, and clip ever works successful favour of the defense, due to the fact that let's accidental that helium did get his remedy and it was quashed – the authorities successful each likelihood would entreaty that," Contreras said.

"The authorities is disadvantaged due to the fact that they don't cognize wherever [Suzanne's] assemblage is and however she was killed."

"That is precise atypical for a murder," Contreras said. "Usually, erstwhile you have… a assemblage with 3 slug holes, it's precise casual to complaint it with a large woody of specificity. In this case, the authorities does not person that. So that gives the defence the precocious manus a small bit.… They're forcing the state's hand."

However, Brad Simpson could beryllium re-indicted if the authorities does assistance the question to quash, Ronald Ramos of Ramos Del Cueto said.

The nighttime of the combat and Suzanne's disappearance, connected Oct. 6, the Simpsons and their 5-year-old girl attended a enactment astatine The Argyle club. (Olmos Park Police/ Kendall County Sheriff's Office)

Wice noted that "Texas instrumentality permits prosecutions for execution without a body."

On Oct. 6, the nighttime of the combat and Suzanne's disappearance, the Simpsons and their 5-year-old girl attended a enactment astatine The Argyle, an exclusive, ritzy nine successful Alamo Heights. Bystanders witnessed the mates having a "verbal altercation" portion astatine the party, according to an apprehension affidavit. 

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After the party, Suzanne and her girl seemingly went to a market store and arrived astatine their location soon afterward. Later that evening, Suzanne called her household person to archer her she was stopping by and past called her parent to archer her that Brad had assaulted and injured her.

The location of Suzanne and Brad Simpson successful San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 12, 2024. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

Around 10 p.m., the household friend's neighbour reported seeing Brad and Suzanne arguing loudly and "physically struggling" successful beforehand of his house.

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The neighbour observed Suzanne "attempting to get distant from Mr. Simpson's grasp arsenic helium tried to propulsion her downwards." The neighbour besides observed Brad chasing aft his woman and trying to drawback her, according to documents. The neighbour aboriginal heard screams coming from the wooded country crossed from his home. 

Teresa Clark, sister of Suzanne Simpson, walks distant aft addressing the tribunal arsenic Brad Simpson appears for a pre-trial proceeding successful Bexar County, Texas, connected Dec. 19, 2024. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

About 1 hr aft witnessing Suzanne and Brad Simpson warring successful beforehand of his home, the aforesaid neighbour saw Brad's motortruck permission the country and past instrumentality astir an hr later. 

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The adjacent day, surveillance footage from assorted locations astir San Antonio allegedly captured Brad driving his motortruck with trash bags, a heavy-duty trash can, an crystal thorax and a "large bulky point wrapped and secured successful a bluish tarp" that was held down by a firewood rack successful the back. When information footage from aboriginal that time captured Brad astatine a state station, the achromatic trash bags were nary longer disposable successful his truck.

Brad Simpson is present scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Tuesday astatine 9 a.m. CST. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

He was seemingly seen purchasing 2 bags of cement, a operation bucket, a container of heavy-duty trash bags, Clorox disinfectant spray and insect repellent with currency astatine a adjacent Home Depot. Later that day, aft picking his girl up from school, helium was seen washing his truck.

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Suzanne's person reported her missing the evening of Oct. 7. When constabulary contacted Brad astir his wife's disappearance, helium allegedly told them that helium had not seen her since Oct. 6, astir 11 p.m.

On Oct. 8, Brad exchanged substance messages with his longtime person and concern partner, James "Val" Cotter, who is besides charged successful the case.

According to Bexar County Court records, James Cotter, 65, was charged with tampering oregon fabricate carnal grounds with intent to impair an investigation. His enslaved was acceptable astatine $500,000. (Bexar County Jail)

"If you're successful Bandera, tin you haul a-- to conscionable maine astatine your house?" Simpson allegedly texted Cotter. "I don't person overmuch time." 

In a aboriginal substance to Brad, Cotter wrote, "Get implicit here!! I won't archer anyone" and "You're my brother."

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Cotter was charged with tampering with grounds with the intent to impair an probe and possession of prohibited weapons successful Suzanne's disappearance. He posted enslaved successful November 2024.

The Home Depot successful Boerne, Texas, Nov. 13, 2024. According to an affidavit, Brad Simpson's motortruck was observed present connected Oct. 7, 2024, and helium seemingly purchased Quikrete cement, trashbags, Clorox bleach, and insect repellant astir the aforesaid clip his wife, Suzanne Simpson, disappeared. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

Authorities arrested Brad Simpson connected Oct. 9, 2024, and Cotter connected Oct. 21, 2024. The adjacent day, investigators recovered a ground-level pain tract with a burnt laptop and aggregate cellular devices connected Simpson's spot successful Bandera County. They besides searched his motortruck and identified stains that tested "presumtively affirmative for blood," which were tested and determined to beryllium Brad's blood.

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In December, Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Joe Gonzales announced via property merchandise that Simpson had "concealed" a "reciprocating saw" 2 days aft his wife's disappearance, and authorities informed household members that her DNA had been identified connected the saw.

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Simpson remains successful Bexar County's jailhouse with bonds totaling $3 cardinal and a national clasp by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for the weapons charge. His nationalist defender could not beryllium reached for comment.

Fox News Digital's Mollie Markowitz contributed to this report.