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 defense attorneys representing Suzanne Simpson's husband, nan fishy successful her disappearance and presumed murder, apparently showing why his execution indictment should beryllium thrown out.

Suzanne Simpson, a 51-year-old existent property supplier and mother of four, went missing Oct. 6, 2024, aft reportedly fighting pinch her hubby of 22 years, Brad Simpson, successful beforehand of their location successful Olmos Park successful nan San Antonio area. Authorities judge Brad caused Suzanne's decease "on aliases astir Sunday, Oct. 6," records show. 

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

"I'm not rather judge what Brad Simpson's lawyers are concerned with.… I deliberation possibly there's a mobility of nan mode and intends of death," Wice said. "But… moreover if you're successful, you're conscionable asking nan authorities to draught an indictment that will 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 pinch appellate law, Wice said, nan emblematic mobility to quash is not successful.

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

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Missing Texas mom Suzanne Simpson is pictured pinch her hubby Brad Simpson. (Facebook/Suzanne Simpson)

Brad is now 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 defense lawyer said they needed much clip to spell done find successful nan case, which has garnered nationalist attention.

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

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

Joey Contreras of Ramos Del Cueto, PLLC, likewise said a mobility to quash says prosecutors either "improperly charged an offense" aliases doesn't springiness nan suspect "enough clip to build 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 useful successful favour of nan defense, because let's opportunity that he did get his remedy and it was quashed – nan authorities successful each likelihood would entreaty that," Contreras said.

"The authorities is disadvantaged because they don't cognize wherever [Suzanne's] assemblage is and really she was killed."

"That is very atypical for a murder," Contreras said. "Usually, erstwhile you have… a assemblage pinch 3 slug holes, it's very easy to complaint it pinch a awesome woody of specificity. In this case, nan authorities does not person that. So that gives nan defense nan precocious manus a small bit.… They're forcing nan state's hand."

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

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

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

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

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After nan party, Suzanne and her girl apparently went to a market shop and arrived astatine their location soon afterward. Later that evening, Suzanne called her family friend to show her she was stopping by and past called her mother to show 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., nan family 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 he tried to propulsion her downwards." The neighbour besides observed Brad chasing aft his woman and trying to drawback her, according to documents. The neighbour later heard screams coming from nan wooded area crossed from his home. 

Teresa Clark, sister of Suzanne Simpson, walks distant aft addressing nan 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 fighting successful beforehand of his home, nan aforesaid neighbour saw Brad's motortruck time off nan area and past return astir an hr later. 

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The adjacent day, surveillance footage from various locations astir San Antonio allegedly captured Brad driving his motortruck pinch 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 nan back. When information footage from later that time captured Brad astatine a state station, nan achromatic trash bags were nary longer visible successful his truck.

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

He was apparently seen purchasing 2 bags of cement, a building bucket, a container of heavy-duty trash bags, Clorox disinfectant spray and insect repellent pinch rate astatine a adjacent Home Depot. Later that day, aft picking his girl up from school, he was seen washing his truck.

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Suzanne's friend reported her missing nan evening of Oct. 7. When police contacted Brad astir his wife's disappearance, he allegedly told them that he had not seen her since Oct. 6, astir 11 p.m.

On Oct. 8, Brad exchanged matter messages pinch his longtime friend and business partner, James "Val" Cotter, who is besides charged successful nan case.

According to Bexar County Court records, James Cotter, 65, was charged pinch tampering aliases fabricate beingness grounds pinch intent to impair an investigation. His enslaved was group astatine $500,000. (Bexar County Jail)

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

In a later matter to Brad, Cotter wrote, "Get complete here!! I won't show anyone" and "You're my brother."

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Cotter was charged pinch tampering pinch grounds pinch nan intent to impair an investigation 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 he apparently purchased Quikrete cement, trashbags, Clorox bleach, and insect repellant astir nan 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 pinch 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 wished 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 family members that her DNA had been identified connected nan saw.

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

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