Husband of lacking Texas mother of 4, Suzanne Simpson, arrested after neighbor heard screams

The husband of a lacking Texas mother of 4 and relator was arrested Wednesday after police realized a neighbor had seen the couple engaged in a violent altercation after which heard screams on the night time she went lacking.

Brad Simpson, 53, was charged with assault inflicting bodily harm – household violence and illegal restraint for the Sunday night time incident together with his spouse of twenty-two years, Suzanne Simpson, in accordance with police.

Suzanne, a 51-year-old actual property agent, has not been seen or heard from since Sunday night time when she attended a celebration at The Argyle within the Alamo Heights neighborhood of San Antonio, officers stated.

Household and mates stated it’s in contrast to her to simply disappear.

“Suzzane was recognized and is named a really loving and dependable individual, particularly along with her kids and her work. She hasn’t been to work and she or he hasn’t contacted her kids so [it’s] extremely uncommon,” Olmos Park Police Chief Fidel Villegas stated at a press convention broadcast by WOAI News 4.

After she was reported lacking by her husband on Monday, investigators realized {that a} neighbor witnessed the pair preventing exterior their house after the social gathering that very same night time.

The neighbor advised police that he heard arguing exterior his window someday between 10 and 11 p.m. and when he appeared out, he noticed the Simpsons in a bodily altercation, in accordance with a duplicate of the arrest affidavit obtained by KSAT 12 News.

Suzanne was attempting to interrupt away from her husband as he tried to seize her “and achieve management of her physique” and “was clearly making an attempt to maintain Ms. Simpson from working away,” the neighbor stated, in accordance with the doc.

After a couple of minutes, he went exterior with a flashlight to analyze after seeing the married couple strolling away and heard “two to a few screams” from a wooded space close to the houses and ran again inside, he advised police.

About an hour later, the identical neighbor noticed Brad get in his black 2019 GMC pickup truck and depart the home. He returned one to 2 hours later, in accordance with the neighbor’s account.

Investigators are actually asking the general public to report any sightings of the pickup between Monday morning and Tuesday night time.

Suzanne by no means picked up one of many kids from college the next day.

Staffers at certainly one of their children’ faculties advised investigators that the kid advised them that her dad had damage her mom and brought her telephone away, in accordance with the affidavit

Brad had reportedly fled to his ranch in Bandera County in some unspecified time in the future throughout the week and “seemed to be separating himself from his household,” the affidavit states.

Investigators stated he has been uncooperative of their seek for his lacking spouse and failed to point out up for a police interview. He’s at present being held in county jail.

Investigators had been looking the household’s house and surrounding woods on Wednesday.

Should you or somebody you already know is affected by any of the problems raised on this story, name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or textual content START to 88788.