Brad Chandler Simpson

OVERVIEW & LEGAL HISTORY SUMMARY

Brad Chandler Simpson (born 1971) is a San Antonio and Olmos Park, Texas real estate developer and businessman. He is the primary defendant in the no-body murder prosecution involving the disappearance and presumed death of his wife of 22 years, Suzanne Clark Simpson, with whom he shares four children. On the night of October 6, 2024, following an argument at a social club in Alamo Heights, Brad Simpson physically assaulted his wife outside their Olmos Park home, as witnessed by a neighbor who reported hearing screams shortly thereafter. Carrier records indicate Simpson manually suspended Suzanne's mobile phone service minutes after the dispute. Over the following 24 hours, Simpson was captured on surveillance driving his GMC truck loaded with trash bags, a heavy-duty trash container, cement, bleach, and a bulky item wrapped in a blue tarp, which he transported across Kendall and Bandera counties before reporting his wife missing late on October 7. On October 9, 2024, law enforcement arrested Simpson in Kendall County on charges of family violence and unlawful restraint. Federal authorities from the ATF simultaneously lodged a detainer against him after finding an unregistered short-barreled rifle at his residence. On December 3, 2024, a Bexar County grand jury formally indicted Simpson on charges of First-Degree Murder, Second-Degree Tampering with Evidence (Corpse), Third-Degree Tampering with Evidence, and Third-Degree Prohibited Weapons. Defense counsel filed motions to quash the murder indictment, arguing that alleging death by 'manner and means unknown' without a recovered body was constitutionally vague. On April 29, 2025, Judge Joel Perez in the 437th Criminal District Court rejected the defense challenge, ruling that Texas law allows murder prosecutions without a body when intent and result are pled. Throughout 2025 and 2026, court proceedings focused on extensive evidence discovery, digital note extractions, and DNA toolmark recoveries on a reciprocating saw found in Simpson's possession. Simpson remains detained in the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on bonds totaling $3 million alongside an active federal detainer. Judge Perez directed prosecutors and defense teams to prepare for trial, estimating jury selection for early 2027.