SAN ANTONIO – Brad Simpson will return to the courtroom on Thursday for a bond modification hearing.
Simpson is facing charges in connection with the murder of his wife, Suzanne Clark Simpson, who has yet to be found.
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The hearing on Thursday is to request changes to the current bond guidelines made before Simpson was indicted.
The hearing is expected to begin around 9 a.m. in the 437th District Court. KSAT will livestream the hearing in this article, on KSAT Plus, and on KSAT’s YouTube page.
Brad Simpson’s case has drawn significant attention due to the unusual circumstances surrounding the disappearance and the subsequent murder charge.
He was arrested following an extensive investigation that led authorities to believe he was involved in his wife’s disappearance in Olmos Park in October.
>> TIMELINE: Disappearance of Suzanne Clark Simpson, arrest of husband Brad Simpson
Judge Joel Perez issued a gag order in the case last week. The court decided the following people involved in the case cannot discuss Simpson’s case with the media:
- All attorneys and their staff
- Law enforcement
- Witnesses who have provided statements in Simpson’s case to law enforcement, representative of the District Attorney’s Office or who have testified in investigative or adjudicative proceedings.
BACKGROUND
Brad Simpson was charged with Suzanne Simpson’s murder last month. While authorities have not found her, sources said they believed they had enough evidence to charge Brad Simpson in her death.
Earlier this month, two sources told KSAT that law enforcement officials told Suzanne Simpson’s family that her DNA was found on a reciprocating saw that Brad Simpson allegedly tried to conceal.
This information became available two days after Brad Simpson was indicted on multiple charges, including murder. In the paperwork for the indictments, investigators mentioned for the first time that Brad Simpson allegedly attempted to hide a reciprocating saw.
Suzanne Simpson, a real estate agent and mother of four, was reported missing on Oct. 7, one day after she was last seen outside her home in Olmos Park. A neighbor told police that he saw the couple in a physical altercation outside their home on Oct. 6, according to an arrest warrant affidavit for Brad Simpson. Earlier that day, witnesses said the couple had been in a fight at The Argyle, a dinner club in Alamo Heights.
Extensive searches, including sweeps of Olmos Park and a landfill in southeast Bexar County, have so far yielded no clues about Suzanne Simpson’s whereabouts.
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