Industry spouse of lacking Suzanne Simpson’s husband indicted after texts emerge

Brad Simpson, husband of lacking Texas realtor Suzanne Simpson, stays in the back of bars accused of killing the 51-year-old mother of 4, and his longtime industry spouse was once officially charged this week within the investigation. 

James “Val” Cotter was once indicted via a grand jury on Monday on fees of tampering with proof with the intent to impair an investigation and ownership of prohibited guns, in line with information with the Bexar County Prison, KSAT reported.

Cotter, Brad Simpson’s longstanding buddy and industry spouse, is accused of hiding Simpson’s gun once they exchanged a sequence of ominous texts on Oct. 8, simply two days after his spouse went lacking and previous to Simpson’s arrest on Oct. 9. 

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“In case you are in Bandera, are you able to haul a– to satisfy me at your home?” Simpson allegedly texted, in line with a testimony. “I do not need a lot time.”

Cotter replied, “I can be there in 40 mins.” Simpson then wrote again,”OK, ensure and depart all that s— into the pump area, particularly the gun.”

“Sorry for the urgency however you are all I were given particularly now…social media is destroying me,” Simpson allegedly added.

Later the similar day, Cotter texted Simpson, “Recover from right here!! I would possibly not inform somebody,” adopted via the textual content, “You might be my brother.” 

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Cotter allegedly concealed Simpson’s AK-47, concealing it within the wall of his house, in line with government. Police stated the firearm, which was once changed right into a “system gun,” was once no longer correctly registered.

Cotter was once arrested on Oct. 21 and charged with tampering with proof and possessing a prohibited weapon, each third-degree felonies. He was once launched from custody remaining month after having his bond diminished from $1 million to $100,000, the native outlet reported.

He can not have touch with Brad Simpson or have ownership of a firearm, and he was once fitted with a GPS track, in line with the bond prerequisites.

Government have stated his case is expounded to the investigation of Suzanne Simpson’s disappearance. 

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Lacking Texas mother Suzanne Simpson is pictured along with her husband Brad Simpson. (Fb/Suzanne Simpson)

Suzanne went lacking on Oct. 6 after allegedly combating along with her husband of twenty-two years in entrance in their area in Olmos Park, within the San Antonio space, information display. Whilst her frame has no longer been recovered, government imagine that Simpson “deliberately and knowingly led to the dying” of Suzanne “on or about Sunday, Oct. 6,” in line with the indictments.

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A neighbor reportedly noticed Simpson attack his spouse the night time of her disappearance and later heard screams coming from the woods close by, whilst the couple’s 5-year-old kid advised a faculty counselor that at the night of Oct. 6, her father allegedly “driven her mom in opposition to the wall, hit (bodily) her mom at the face and harm her mom’s elbow within their place of abode” and likewise “became off her mom’s telephone as a result of they had been combating,” in line with the affidavit. 

On Nov. 7, Brad was once charged with Suzanne’s homicide. 

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Brad Simpson reserving picture. (Kendall County Sheriff’s Place of work)

On Dec. 3, a Bexar County grand jury indicted Simpson on two first-degree criminal fees – homicide and annoyed attack with a perilous weapon inflicting severe physically harm to a circle of relatives member. Those fees raise a most punishment of lifestyles in jail. He was once additionally indicted on fees of tampering with a corpse, two further counts of tampering with bodily proof, and ownership of a prohibited weapon. 

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Suzanne’s DNA was once reportedly discovered on a “reciprocating noticed,” which legislation enforcement accuse Simpson of hiding, in line with indictment information and KABB reporting. 

“Understanding that an investigation was once in growth, particularly a lacking individuals investigation,” Simpson “did then and there . . . disguise a factor, particularly a reciprocating noticed” on Oct. 8, which was once two days after his spouse vanished, the indictment reads.

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Suzanne Simpson disappeared in Texas reportedly after a battle along with her husband. (Olmos Park Police)

The indictments additionally upload that on Oct. 7 Simpson “did then and there, understanding that an offense were dedicated, particularly a homicide, modify, wreck, and hide a human corpse, with intent to impair its availability as proof in a next investigation associated with the homicide.”

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Government stated there are not any indicators of Suzanne being alive since her husband allegedly assaulted her on Oct. 6, and that this has been verified via her cellular phone information, monetary information, circle of relatives, buddies and colleagues.