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Suzanne Simpson's home may be sold as missing realtor's husband remains behind bars in murder case
Missing Texas realtor Suzanne Simpson’s home reportedly may be sold, a relative has revealed, as her husband remains behind bars on a murder charge after her disappearance.
The 51-year-old mother of four went missing on Oct. 6 after allegedly fighting with her husband of 22 years in front of their house in Olmos Park, in the San Antonio area, according to the arrest affidavit for Brad Simpson.
A junk hauler was seen out front of the Simpson home on Friday, with some items being taken out of the house, News 4 San Antonio reported.
Brad Simpson’s brother, Barton Simpson, told the outlet that the home may go up for sale “possibly next year.”
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General view of the home of Suzanne and Brad Simpson in San Antonio on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Suzanne Simpson disappeared under suspicious circumstances last month. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
“The family will not be residing there, and we need to get it cleaned up so that it can be rented or sold,” he said. “We are helping the children move in that direction.”
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Suzanne and Brad Simpson lived in the Olmos Park home with two of their children, ages 5 and 15.
Since the start of the investigation, reports about an “abusive” marriage have surfaced, painting a detailed picture of what took place behind the walls of their home in the months leading up to Suzanne’s disappearance.
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Missing Texas mom Suzanne Simpson is pictured with her husband Brad Simpson. (Facebook/Suzanne Simpson)
On the night of Oct. 6, a neighbor “directly across the street” witnessed Brad and Suzanne arguing loudly and “physically struggling” in his front yard. 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 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.
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The Simpsons’ 5-year-old child told a school counselor that on the evening of Oct. 6, Brad Simpson, 53, 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.”
A couple of months prior to that, Suzanne Simpson told her personal banker that she was being physically abused by her husband, that he would commonly take her cellphone away and “that if she went missing to look for her in a lake,” documents show.
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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Missing Texas real estate agent Suzanne Simpson. (Olmos Park Police)
Just weeks before Suzanne’s disappearance, Brad 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 was aware that her husband would “track” her and that he was “extremely jealous.”
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The Simpsons’ 20-year-old daughter has publicly expressed her own thoughts on the case. “My mom was a victim of abuse from my father,” Chandler Simpson wrote on Instagram. “My father took my mother’s life in a state of rage and control.”
“In our community, this should not be happening and I will not stop speaking as the voice of my mother until she is found,” she continued in her post. “I will forever represent all victims of domestic abuse and assault.”
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Brad Simpson booking photo. (Kendall County Sheriff’s Office)
On Nov. 7, authorities charged Brad with the murder of his wife.
“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,” 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.”
Brad was originally arrested on misdemeanor charges of assault causing bodily injury, family violence and unlawful restraint for the Oct. 6 incident. Those charges have since been dropped, reportedly, as the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office pursues the higher first-degree felony charge, My San Antonio reported.
TEXAS MOM, LUXURY REAL ESTATE AGENT MISSING AFTER PARTY AT EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE CLUB, HUSBAND ARRESTED
General view of the Argyle club in San Antonio on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. The Argyle is where Suzanne and Brad Simpson attended a party the night she disappeared. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
Brad Simpson’s attorney, Steven Gilmore, is calling for an examining trial, which is a trial before a judge where evidence is presented to determine if there’s enough to move forward in the prosecution process, the outlet reported.
“To this date, the matter has not been reviewed by The Grand Jury,” the motion for examining trial reads, according to the outlet. “Therefore, pursuant to Article 16.01, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, [Brad Simpson] is entitled to an examining trial to determine whether or not there exists sufficient evidence to justify presentation of the matter to the Grand Jury.”
Brad Simpson remains in Bexar County jail, and his bond hearing has been delayed to Dec. 19. His attorney could not immediately be reached for comment.
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The Santa Ana City Council on Tuesday voted to issue a formal apology to the family of Edgar Vargas who was wrongfully arrested, beaten and handed over to federal immigration officials 10 years ago in a case that sparked a fight for immigrant’s rights in the city.
A decade after her son’s arrest, Vargas’ mother, Olivia Arzate, still carries the anguish of those terrible events.
In surveillance footage of the June 2014 arrest that surfaced later, officers with the Santa Ana Police Department, who were responding to a burglary call, are seen using excessive force to arrest him.
“Officers appear to repeatedly hit [Vargas], then 27, and swing a baton at his legs as lies face down on the ground,” the Los Angeles Times reported.
Later, they would turn him over to agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Surveillance footage of the brutal beating and arrest of Edgar Vargas in June 2014. (OC. Weekly) -
Surveillance footage of the brutal beating and arrest of Edgar Vargas in June 2014. (OC. Weekly) -
Edgar Vargas (left) seen with his family in this undated photo. (viewer image) -
Edgar Vargas seen in this undated photo. (viewer image)
“Edgar Vargas was essentially brutalized by Santa Ana police,” Carlos Perea, executive director of the Harbor Institute for Immigrant and Economic Justice, told KTLA’s Carlos Saucedo. “Then he was transferred over to ICE wrongfully and he was falsely accused of trying to harm a police officer.”
Years later, in 2019, a federal grand jury indicted a former SAPD officer, Brian Booker, for misconduct and lying about using self-defense as a cover for the brutal arrest.
“They beat him, arrested him for resisting arrest when he had given up,” Santa Ana City Councilman Benjamin Vasquez said.
Now, the city council is making a formal apology to the Vargas’ family.
“We want to make sure we understand that this kind of culture is not accepted in Santa Ana,” Vasquez added. “We want to highlight the things that happened in the past that led to police oversight, that led to a sanctuary city, that we are a city of immigrants and we’re going to protect everybody.”
Vargas’ mother told KTLA in Spanish that it is an honor to be granted this apology. Sadly, her son passed away two years ago.
Immigrant rights activists in Santa Ana credit Vargas’ case turning the city into a sanctuary and for preventing law enforcement from working directly with ICE.
“Edgar Vargas in many ways was the spark that started the fire,” Pera explained.
A 46-year-old Riverside County man was taken into custody after a group of vigilante teenagers, one of whom the man had sent nude photographs of himself, set up a sting to have him arrested late last week.
The Nov. 15 incident, according to a news release from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, unfolded around 4:30 p.m. at Nicolas Road Park in Temecula.
Authorities told KTLA’s Shelby Nelson that deputies were tipped off that the suspect, now identified as Homeland resident William Vandenbush, was allegedly meeting a minor at the park for “sexual purposes.”
“When deputies arrived at to that scene, there were probably 20 other juveniles there,” RCSD Sgt. Diedre Vickers told KTLA.
While many of the teens had their cellphones out and recorded the encounter, deputies detained the 46-year-old and waited for detectives to respond to the scene.
“The investigation revealed that Vandenbush sent nude photographs and agreed to meet a minor for sexual purposes,” the release detailed.
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Nicolas Road Park in Temecula seen on Nov. 19, 2024. (KTLA)
The Homeland resident was arrested and booked at the Cois Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta to await charges for sending harmful matter to a minor, contacting a minor for sexual purposes and arranging to meet with a minor for sexual purposes.
“Good for the teens but scary at the same time,” Faye Houck, a Murrieta resident who often brings her children to the park.
She and Tamryn Jung, also a mother from Murrieta, said that they find the situation alarming because of the risks of confronting an alleged sexual predator.
“I’m a former teacher and I would say that although they think it’s admirable, that they wanted to do this, I think the risk would outweigh the benefits,” Jung said.
Sgt. Vickers agreed, saying these situations are even dangerous for law enforcement who have the proper training in these situations.
“Not just kids, it’s risky for anyone that decides to do this type of vigilante investigation,” she explained. “You’re catching someone at their most vulnerable time. There’s no way to predict what they’re going to do, how they’re going to react.”
The Sheriff’s Department’s news release echoed Vickers comments, saying, “This action unnecessarily jeopardized the safety of everyone in the vicinity of the park.”
The investigation into the incident remains open and anyone with information is urged to contact Investigator Alissa Morris or Deputy Kevin Au at 951-696-3000.
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Largest Christian university in the US wins legal battle after probe from Biden Education Department
The president of the largest Christian university in the United States, Brian Mueller, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that after winning a legal battle over their non-profit status, they “saw it coming.”
Grand Canyon University (GCU) won a legal battle by a 3-panel federal appeals court ruling in Phoenix, Arizona, last week.
“We saw it coming because of how the hearing went. And it was a 3-judge panel. It was a unanimous decision. People try to make something political out of everything,” Mueller said about the Department of Education’s objection to the university’s non-profit status.
The Biden Education Department (ED) denied GCU’s non-profit recognition after it was approved by the Arizona Board for Private Postsecondary Education, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the State of Arizona, and the Higher Learning Commission.
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Grand Canyon University President Brian Mueller talked to Fox News Digital about GCU’s recent legal victory following a Department of Education probe. (Grand Canyon University)
Mueller explained further to Fox News Digital that the ED “did not have the authority to deny our nonprofit status.”
“The IRS clearly has the authority to grant us nonprofit status. There’s an objective set of criteria that they use to do that, and they did it. The ED has never not honored what the IRS has determined,” Mueller said.
“This is the first time that they’ve ever done it,” he added.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the Education Department unlawfully applied an incorrect standard to determine the university’s nonprofit status.
The case is now being remanded back to ED.
“Today’s decision is a long-awaited correction to the Department’s unlawful application of a standard that improperly denied GCU of its nonprofit status, and we are hopeful for a quick affirmation of the university as a nonprofit institution,” GCU spokesperson Bob Romantic said on the day of the ruling via press release.
The former for-profit institution GCU was probed by ED shortly after the school returned to a nonprofit model in 2018.
“When GCU’s Board of Trustees decided to return the university to its historical status as a nonprofit institution in 2018, it did not envision years of hard-fought litigation against federal agencies,” Romantic said.
The department denied GCU’s nonprofit status for purposes of federal student financial aid and classified the school as a for-profit entity.
The Department of Education did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the recent ruling.
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The president of Grand Canyon University (GCU) told FOX News Digital on Tuesday that the university is being targeted by the Department of Education. (Fox News)
In October 2023, Mueller alleged that GCU was being unfairly targeted. The institution retaliated with a lawsuit against ED, arguing the department’s decision to deny its non-profit status was “arbitrary and capricious.”
Mueller explained to Fox News Digital last year that having a nonprofit status would help the university gain full access to grant-writing and research. GCU’s non-profit status grants it access to federal dollars due to the institution’s large Hispanic population. It was unable to access those federal dollars under the for-profit classification.
An official from ED responded to claims made by Mueller in a statement sent to Fox News Digital, claiming the department determined under the Trump administration in 2018 that GCU does not meet the Higher Education Act’s definition of a nonprofit because the majority of GCU’s revenues were allocated to a former owner, a for-profit entity.
GCU faced a number of investigations from ED and other federal agencies as well as a threat to be shut down by ED Secretary Miguel Cardona.
Department of Education (ED) Secretary Miguel Cardona vowed to “crackdown on shutting down” the largest Christian university in the U.S. (House Appropriations Committee)
Cardona in April vowed to shut down GCU during a House Appropriations Committee hearing about for-profit colleges. The Biden administration official claimed that “predatory schools” are “preying on first generation students.”
GCU is facing another hurdle while appealing a $37.7 million fine imposed by the ED in November last year on allegations that the Arizona-based higher learning institution misled students about the cost of its doctoral programs over several years. The fine is much larger than what ED previously gave to schools like Penn State ($2.4 million) and Michigan State ($4.5 million) for failing to address Jerry Sandusky and Larry Nassar’s crimes, respectively.
Furthermore, Republican lawmakers called for the ED’s Office of Inspector General to review the Biden administration’s conduct against GCU. Among them is Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., who alleged to Fox News Digital that the department’s actions seem to “be biased.”
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