Southwest
Missing Suzanne Simpson told banker to 'look for her in a lake' if she disappeared: Affidavit
Texas mother-of-four Suzanne Simpson told her personal banker “that if she went missing to look for her in a lake” in the weeks before her disappearance, according to a newly unsealed police affidavit.
Simpson, 51, who was last seen alive on Oct. 6 at her Olmos Park home, also told her banker in August that her husband Brad Simpson would physically assault her and take her cellphone.
According to the arrest warrant for Brad, who has been charged with murdering his wife, no evidence has been found indicating that she is still alive.
The warrant sheds light on the evidence that investigators say points to Brad’s involvement in Suzanne’s presumed death, including Brad seen on camera driving to a dump with trash bags, a bulky item under a tarp and other supplies the day after his wife was last seen.
HUSBAND OF MISSING MOM SUZANNE SIMPSON CHARGED WITH MURDER
Missing Texas mom Suzanne Simpson is pictured with her husband Brad Simpson. (Facebook/Suzanne Simpson)
Surveillance video from a Whataburger location in Boerne at 9:12 a.m. on Oct. 7 shows 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.
Also, that day, he allegedly purchased cement, Clorox disinfectant spray and insect repellant with cash at a nearby Home Depot.
Investigators wrote that he asked someone where the closest dump was in the Home Depot parking lot, then “intentionally shut off his cell phone service” and put his phone into “Lock Down mode.”
MISSING SUZANNE SIMPSON’S DAUGHTER SAID FATHER ‘TOOK MY MOTHER’S LIFE’ AFTER REAL ESTATE AGENT’S DISAPPEARANCE
General view of the home of Suzanne and Brad Simpson in the San Antonio area on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Suzanne Simpson disappeared under suspicious circumstances in October. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
Vehicle data gathered by police shows that Brad Simpson traveled to a location near a waste site in Kendall County. Then, he was spotted on another surveillance camera “washing and cleaning the drive front side and the rear-left passenger side” of his truck at a car wash back in San Antonio.
“Dried cement splashes” could be seen inside the truck bed, and blood stains were seen by Texas Rangers in the truck bed in an Oct. 10 search that ultimately belonged to Brad Simpson, per the document.
TEXAS REAL ESTATE TYCOON SENT CHILLING TEXTS TO BUSINESS PARTNER DAYS AFTER WIFE’S DISAPPEARANCE: DOCS
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)
The 53-year-old father reported his wife missing on the night of Oct. 7, but only after one of his wife’s friends called police first, investigators wrote.
He first told investigators that he had last seen his wife on the night of Oct. 6, but later contradicted himself by saying that he had last seen his wife asleep in a different room on the morning of Oct. 7, records show.
General view of the Nix Realty Company office in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Suzanne Simpson worked here until she disappeared under suspicious circumstances. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
Brad Simpson was charged with family violence and unlawful restraint on Oct. 9 and taken into custody after a neighbor reported seeing the couple arguing and hearing screams from a wooded area in their neighborhood on the evening of Oct. 6. He has since been charged with murder.
He remains in Bexar County jail with bonds totaling $3 million and a federal hold by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for a weapons charge.
His bond hearing scheduled for Wednesday has been delayed to Dec. 19. His attorney could not immediately be reached for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Mollie Markowitz contributed to this report.
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Los Angeles, Ca
Man found guilty of sex trafficking victim along L.A.’s Figueroa Corridor
A former Riverside County man was found guilty of sex trafficking a female victim and forcing her to engage in commercial sex acts along L.A.’s notorious Figueroa Corridor.
Elias Abdul Shabazz, 34, formerly of Perris, was found guilty by a jury following a five-day trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Prosecutors said Shabazz had led the victim to believe they were in a romantic relationship before he turned physically and sexually violent. He began demanding that the victim engage in commercial sex acts from May to October of 2021, court documents said.
He carried a handgun with him and, on occasion, was accused of using it to pistol-whip the victim. He also fired the gun at her feet while threatening to kill her, prosecutors said.
At trial, the victim said Shabazz demanded that she meet a daily quota of commercial sex proceeds and that she was terrified of the consequences of not meeting that quota.
She testified that Shabazz compelled her to work in the notorious Figueroa Corridor in South L.A., a dangerous area known for human trafficking and prostitution.
Shabazz had confiscated her identification card, Social Security card and birth certificate. He constantly monitored her cell phone to stop her from communicating with any friends or family.
“He also introduced her to addictive narcotics and controlled every aspect of her life, including when she ate, slept and showered,” prosecutors said.
In May 2025, Shabazz was arrested and has remained in federal custody. His last known address at the time was in Washington, D.C.
On June 26, 2026, Shabazz was found guilty of one count of coercing or enticing interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 6, where he faces 15 years to life in prison.
“Sex trafficking matters rank among the most tragic cases our office prosecutes,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. “This defendant will now face many years in a federal prison cell for his sick, disgusting, and disturbing behavior.”
“Elias Shabazz preyed on a vulnerable victim using physical and sexual violence and cruel psychological coercion to compel commercial sex acts for his own profit,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “There is no place for this type of conduct in civilized society. We deeply respect the victim’s courage to face her trafficker in court. The Criminal Division will continue to bring these cases and try them.”
Anyone with information about human trafficking can report tips to the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888
Los Angeles, Ca
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Los Angeles, Ca
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