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Nearly six weeks ago, Texas realtor and mother Suzanne Simpson mysteriously disappeared, and authorities are still searching for her remains after charging her husband with murder.

The 51-year-old mother of four and luxury real estate agent went missing on Oct. 6 after allegedly fighting with her husband of 22 years, Brad Simpson, 53, in Olmos Park, in the San Antonio area.

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“Yesterday, the Olmos Park Police Department along with the Texas Rangers have charged Brad Chandler Simpson with murder in the death of his wife Suzanne Clark Simpson,” Olmos Park Police Chief Fidel Villegas said during a press conference on Nov. 8. “We realize that this doesn’t bring closure to Suzanne’s family, but we hope it will allow them to enter the next phase of their grieving process with more clarity.”

“Officers in law enforcement have gathered enough evidence in order to charge him with murder,” Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Deon Cockrell added during the press conference.

HUSBAND OF MISSING MOM SUZANNE SIMPSON CHARGED WITH MURDER

Missing Texas mom Suzanne Simpson is pictured with her husband Brad Simpson. (Facebook/Suzanne Simpson)

Authorities say there are no signs of Suzanne Simpson being alive since Brad Simpson physically assaulted her on Oct. 6, according to a recently unsealed arrest affidavit. This has been verified by her cellphone records, financial records, family, friends and co-workers, the report continues. 

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Here’s a timeline of events that unfolded before and after Oct. 6 based on court and police records and statements: 

August

Suzanne Simpson told her personal banker that she was being physically abused by her husband, Brad Simpson, that he would commonly take her cellphone away and “that if she went missing to look for her in a lake.” Suzanne also told the banker that her husband would tell her children that she had lost her cellphone after he had taken it from her.

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General view of the home of Suzanne and Brad Simpson in San Antonio on November 12, 2024. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

September 17

Brad Simpson sent a text message to a female, writing, “I still feel bad about tonight. I never should’ve grabbed her phone and drove off but she was so protective of it. My dumb ass didn’t know her passcode so I got locked out and had to bring it back. I really have no interest in looking through her phone or anybody else’s. these devices are the Devil.” This female later told authorities that Suzanne Simpson was aware that her husband would “track” her and that he was “extremely jealous.” 

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October 6

The Simpsons and their 5-year-old daughter attended a party at the Argyle club, a ritzy private club in Alamo Heights on the evening of Oct. 6. They were witnessed having a “verbal altercation” while at the party, according to an arrest affidavit. 

At about 8:30 p.m., Suzanne Simpson and her daughter left the party and went to the H-E-B grocery store in San Antonio from 8:40 p.m. to 8:51 p.m., according to surveillance footage obtained by police. Suzanne Simpson and her daughter arrived at their house soon after, documents show.

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General view of the Argyle club in San Antonio on November 12, 2024. The Argyle is where Suzanne and Brad attended a party the night Suzanne disappeared. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

The Texas Department of Public Safety released a photo of missing mom Suzanne Simpson from the night she disappeared. (The Texas Department of Public Safety)

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At 9:15 p.m., Suzanne Simpson called a family friend to say she was coming over.

At 9:16 p.m., she called her mother to report that Brad Simpson had just assaulted her, “causing pain to her arm, back, and neck.” 

At 9:25 p.m., she arrived at the family friend’s house.

After 10 p.m., a neighbor witnessed Brad and Suzanne Simpson arguing loudly and “physically struggling” in front of his residence. The neighbor observed that “Ms. Simpson was attempting to get away from Mr. Simpson’s grasp as he tried to pull her downwards” and that Brad Simpson chased after his wife and was trying to grab her, according to documents. The neighbor later heard screams coming from the wooded area across from his home.

At 10:22 p.m., Suzanne Simpson’s iPhone “Find My” application” showed her at her house, which was the last location listed for Simpson on the app.

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General view of the home of Suzanne and Brad Simpson in San Antonio on November 12, 2024. Suzanne Simpson disappeared under suspicious circumstances. last month. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

About one hour after witnessing Suzanne and Brad Simpson fighting in front of his home, the same neighbor observed Brad Simpson’s truck leave the area and then return about another hour later. 

The 5-year-old child of Suzanne and Brad Simpson later told a school counselor that on the evening of Oct. 6, Brad Simpson allegedly “pushed her mother against the wall, hit (physically) her mother on the face and hurt her mother’s elbow inside their residence” and also “turned off her mother’s phone because they were fighting.”

October 7

At 12:33 a.m., Brad Simpson and his truck were seen on surveillance footage at a San Antonio H-E-B grocery store, and his truck bed was clear of anything except a large ice chest. 

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At about 7:53 a.m., Brad Simpson’s truck was observed dropping his 5-year-old daughter off at school. Simpson’s truck bed area contained two white trash bags and a large ice chest, according to surveillance video obtained by police. 

At about 9:12 a.m., Simpson’s vehicle was seen on the drive-through camera of Whataburger in Kendall County, Texas, where Simpson purchased food using his debit card. The surveillance footage shows three white trash bags, a heavy-duty trash can, an ice chest and a “large bulky item wrapped and secured in a blue tarp” that was held down by a firewood rack in the back of Brad Simpson’s truck, according to the affidavit.

General view of the Whataburger in Boerne, Texas, November 13, 2024. Brad Simpson’s truck was seen here on October 7, 2024, before arriving at a waste center around the same time his wife, Suzanne Simpson, disappeared. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

At about 9:53 a.m., Simpson purchased two bags of cement, a construction bucket, a box of heavy-duty trash bags, Clorox disinfectant spray and insect repellent with cash at a nearby Home Depot, police learned through cellphone data, surveillance footage and a Home Depot receipt. Prior to his purchase, Simpson asked an unknown male in the parking lot for directions to the nearest dump in Boerne. 

General view of a Home Depot in Boerne, Texas, November 13, 2024. According to an affidavit, Brad Simpson’s truck was seen here on October 7, 2024, and he bought items including Quikrete cement, trash bags, Clorox bleach and insect repellent around the same time his wife, Suzanne Simpson, disappeared. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

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During this time, Simpson “intentionally shuts off his cellular device” and his vehicle was later seen near the Kendall County Solid Waste site, according to the affidavit.

At 11:15 a.m., Simpson’s truck was seen at a Valero/Stripes gas station in Kendall County, where he used his debit card to buy gas for his truck and used cash to buy two juge of water. The white trash bags were missing from his truck at the gas station, but the blue tarp, firewood rack and trash can were still present. Simpson had changed from black sandals into “dark colored, cowboy styled boots,” according to surveillance.

General view of the Valero/Stripes gas station in Boerne, Texas, November 13, 2024. Brad Simpson was seen here on October 7, 2024, after leaving a local waste center around the same time his wife, Suzanne Simpson, disappeared under suspicious circumstances. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

At 3:27 p.m., Simpson was observed picking up his daughter from school, and his truck bed was clear of the blue tarp and metal firewood rack. 

At about 4:07 p.m., he was spotted on another surveillance camera “washing and cleaning the drive front (sic) side and the rear-left passenger side” of his truck at a car wash back in San Antonio.

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General view of the Bubble Bath car wash in San Antonio on November 13, 2024. Brad Simpson was observed cleaning his truck here on October 7, 2024. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

On the evening of Oct. 7, friends of Suzanne Simpson met to discuss her disappearance. At this point, Brad Simpson had not called police or 911 to notify them of his wife’s disappearance, and a friend informed him that she was going to call the police. 

At 9:57 p.m., a friend of Suzanne Simpson contacted police to report her missing. 

At 10:11 p.m., Brad Simpson called police and left a voicemail. When officers contacted Brad Simpson at his home, he told police he had not heard from his wife since Oct. 6 at 11 p.m. 

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October 8

Simpson exchanged a series of ominous texts with James “Val” Cotter, his longtime friend and business partner. “If you’re in Bandera, can you haul a– to meet me at your house?” Simpson allegedly texted. “I don’t have much time.” In a later text to Simpson, Cotter wrote, “Get over here!! I won’t tell anyone” and “You’re my brother.”

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October 9

In the early morning, Brad Simpson was arrested on charges of assault causing bodily injury, family violence and unlawful restraint.

Texas Rangers executed a search warrant at the Simpson home in Olmos Park, where a Ranger observed “an indention located on the wall at the bottom of the stairway.” Brad and Suzanne Simpson’s daughter told police that the damage on the wall was recent and not there when she had previously visited the home. 

Later that day, Rangers executed a search warrant of Brad Simpson’s property in Bandera County, where they found a ground-level burn site with a burnt laptop and multiple cellular devices. 

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Brad Simpson (Kendall County Sheriff’s Office)

October 10

Rangers searched Brad Simpson’s truck and identified stains that tested “presumtively positive for blood.” Authorities later learned the blood belonged to Brad Simpson. 

A family member informed law enforcement officers that Brad Simpson owned multiple firearms they wanted to surrender. The family member recovered several firearms from a locked room in the Simpson home and then transported the firearms to the Olmos Park Police Department, records show.  

October 11

A federal detainer or charge was placed on Brad Simpson by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for illegally owning a firearm, according to an affidavit. 

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October 14

After several days of searching both in and around the Simpson family home in Olmos Park and surrounding wooded areas, investigators began searching a landfill on the Eastside of Bexar County. They searched the landfill for four days, but in the end, it appears they did not find Suzanne Simpson there. 

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San Antonio police cadets search a landfill in the disappearance of Suzanne Simpson. (Chief Bill McManus/X)

October 21

Cotter was arrested on Oct. 21 and charged with tampering with evidence and possessing a prohibited weapon, both third-degree felonies, after being accused of hiding Brad Simpson’s gun. 

October 22

On the evening of Oct. 22, two felony charges were filed against Brad Simpson for the exchange police say he had with Cotter.

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General view of the Nix Realty Company office in San Antonio on November 12, 2024. Suzanne Simpson worked there until she disappeared under suspicious circumstances. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

November 7

Authorities charged Brad Simpson with the murder of his wife, Suzanne Simpson.  

“It is heartbreaking, but it brings our family some peace to know that authorities have gathered sufficient evidence to feel confident in moving forward with charges,” Brad Simpson’s brother, Barton Simpson, told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

“This also helps us come to terms with the reality that Suzanne is no longer with us, allowing us to begin the difficult grieving process and focus on rebuilding our lives, especially for the sake of the children and our extended family.”

November 8

Authorities held a press conference announcing Brad Simpson’s murder charge. 

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“It’s always important to do what is right, especially when it is most difficult,” Barton Simpson, who has been vocal on social media about his brother’s lack of cooperation with law enforcement, said at the press conference. “The situation is heartbreaking to us, but it brings some peace, knowing that the authorities have gathered enough evidence to move forward with charges. This helps us come to terms with the reality that Suzanne is no longer with us.”

“It is our sincere hope and prayer that Brad will find the compassion and courage to end his family’s suffering by cooperating with the authorities to help us find his wife.”

Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Deon Cockrell confirmed at the press conference that authorities are searching the Bandera area for Suzanne, adding to the list of locations law enforcement have previously searched. 

“That is one of the areas where the evidence had turned us to, and we continue to search wherever any of the evidence comes up,” Cockrell said of the Bandera area.

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Missing Texas mom Suzanne Simpson (Olmos Park Police)

Authorities believe Brad Simpson “intentionally and knowingly caused the death” of Suzanne Simpson “on or about Sunday, Oct. 6, according to the unsealed arrest affidavit. 

Suzanne Simpson’s sister, Teresa Clark, recently told People she “knew immediately that [her] sister was gone,” adding that two red flags were when her sister failed to show up for a hair appointment and then to pick up her youngest child from kindergarten.  

“They will find her,” Clark said. “She was a great mom and a great daughter and a great wife. She was beloved. We’re going to do everything we can to bring her home.”

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Brad Simpson remains in Bexar County jail with bonds totaling $3 million and the federal hold by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for the weapons charge. 

His bond hearing scheduled for Wednesday has been delayed to Dec. 19. His attorney could not immediately be reached for comment.



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LADWP begins long-term repairs after West Hollywood water main rupture

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LADWP begins long-term repairs after West Hollywood water main rupture

Crews worked overnight on what is expected to be a long-term effort to clean up and repair a broken water main that caused extensive damage in West Hollywood on Thursday.

Yellow tape remained in place Friday morning, blocking streets around Sunset Boulevard and Holloway Drive as crews continued pumping water out of the century-old trunk line.

Asphalt and soil were also being removed so crews could get a better look at the damaged 36-inch trunk line, a major feeder pipe serving the area.

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“First and foremost is our crews’ safety,” a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power spokesperson said Thursday. “When we excavate, we are going to have to make sure the area is safe before we send crews in to proceed and start the actual repairs on the pipe.”

The water main ruptured around 3 a.m. Thursday, sending thousands of gallons of water rushing through West Hollywood streets, flooding dozens of garages and pushing parked cars into one another.

A Metro bus yard was also flooded, leaving several buses partially submerged.

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The force of the water washed away dirt and gravel supporting the roadway, creating a massive sinkhole on Sunset Boulevard and a smaller one near Palm Avenue, where two people fell in.

“I’m astounded by the massive sinkhole that has just opened up before our eyes,” KTLA’s Annie Rose Ramos reported Thursday from Palm Avenue.

The two men appeared to be uninjured.

As for the larger trunk line that burst beneath Sunset Boulevard, KTLA’s Carlos Herrera reported it was scheduled for replacement in 2031.

LADWP officials now hope to establish a repair timeline after getting a closer look at the damage Friday. For now, the intersection is expected to remain closed for anywhere from several days to several weeks.

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The cause of the rupture remains under investigation.

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Arrest made in deadly shooting at 4th of July gathering in Compton; search for 2nd suspect continues

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Arrest made in deadly shooting at 4th of July gathering in Compton; search for 2nd suspect continues

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna gave an update Thursday on several shootings over the Fourth of July weekend that left three people dead and several others injured.

Police arrested Antoine Jones, a 50-year-old man from the Los Angeles area, who they believe is responsible for the murder of a 19-year-old woman and the attempted murder of two additional surviving female victims who were attending a large community block party in Compton.

On July 4 at approximately 11:40 p.m., deputies from the Compton station responded to an apartment complex on the 700 block of West Laurel Street following reports of multiple people being shot.

Meah Bordenave-Jenkins, a 19-year-old nursing student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was killed when gunfire broke out at the party.

Meah Bordenave-Jenkins and Eric Washington are pictured in a Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department bulletin. (LASD)

Deputies located Bordenave-Jenkins and the two other women suffering from gunshot wounds outside of the apartment complex.

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“While today’s announcement represents an important step towards justice for Meah and her family, our work is very far from being over,” said LASD Sheriff Robert Luna.

The LASD is also seeking the public’s help in identifying those responsible for the murder of Eric Washington, 37, a beloved community activist and former government staffer, and the attempted murder of another surviving man injured that same night at the same party.

Washington was reportedly killed while trying to deescalate a conflict at the party, his family said. Deputies found victim Washington suffering from a gunshot wound inside the complex.

Investigators later learned that another man had also been shot at some point during the incident.

Bordenave-Jenkins and Washington both died from their injuries. The remaining victims, two women and a man, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and have been released from the hospital. They have not been identified by police.

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Detectives determined the two shootings happened moments apart at the party but appear to be separate and unrelated.

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Detectives identified Jones as the suspect responsible for Bordenave-Jenkins’ death and the attempted murder of the two surviving women. Authorities located Jones on July 14 in Los Angeles and took him into custody.

The LASD is still searching for the suspect or suspects responsible for the murder of Washington and the attempted murder of the surviving male victim.

“Although today’s arrest is significant, this investigation remains extremely active,” Luna said.

“There were hundreds of people at this gathering,” Luna said. “Somebody knows, somebody saw or somebody heard what happened.”

The LASD also announced they’re searching for a suspect in a separate shooting at a different Fourth of July gathering that occurred in the early morning of July 5.

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At approximately 12:10 a.m., Compton deputies responded to the 2100 block of North Grandee Avenue, where they located a 30-year-old victim, Thaddeus Clark, and a second victim suffering from gunshot wounds at the gathering.

Clark, a father of three, did not survive his injuries, Luna said.

The LASD is urging anyone with information about Clark’s murder and the attempted murder of the surviving victim to contact the LASD Homicide Bureau.

Although these shooting incidents occurred at gatherings less than an hour apart, investigators found no evidence that the two were connected, Luna said.

Luna also announced three suspects have been arrested in connection with a shooting in East L.A. on July 5. It happened as crowds crossed the intersection near Whittier Boulevard and Leonard Avenue during a World Cup match.

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Four people were hit by gunfire, including two men, one woman and a boy. None of the injuries were life-threatening.

The sheriff said the alleged shooter, a 15-year-old known gang member, was arrested. Two female suspects, ages 21 and 38, have been arrested in the Lancaster and Palmdale areas for their alleged roles in luring the primary victim to the location and assisting the shooting suspect in evading arrest.

They’re all facing four counts of attempted murder.

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Water main break floods West Hollywood streets, traps cars

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A broken water main sent water gushing from an apartment building and turned nearby streets into rivers in West Hollywood early Thursday morning. The break was reported around 3 a.m. near Holloway Drive and Sunset Boulevard. “It’s a rupture of one of the significant mains that goes through here. West Hollywood, as it turns out, […]

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