Jordan Elder

This obviously is not the development that Suzanne's loved ones and community wanted to hear.

She was a very well-known realtor, and Brad had a couple different business ventures going on, but...

They had four children, the youngest of which who was about five at the time.

So before any of this happened, we know that Brad and Suzanne were at this very exclusive club in Alamo Heights called the Argyle Club.

and he apparently saw Suzanne walk toward the woods.

He was hearing yelling.

He reported that at some point that night, he knew that Brad's truck left and then came back, but he didn't see Suzanne again.

Cleaning supplies, concrete, surveillance video showed trash bags in the back of his car, and there was a large object under a tarp.

That's been a big detail in this case, too.

Suzanne was always the one to take their youngest daughter to school, always the one to pick her up.

So the day after Suzanne is last seen, the fact that it was Brad on surveillance video dropping their child off at school raised a lot of red flags.

And in the arrest affidavit, we know that their child went to school and mentioned to her teacher's

I saw my dad hitting my mom.

So that was kind of their first clue that maybe something worse had happened.

They believe that James Cotter, who goes by Val, helped Brad hide evidence.

So they went and did a search of Cotter's house.

They did end up finding an illegally modified weapon.

And it was hidden behind a false wall somewhere where it was clear that he didn't want people to find it.

We got a glimpse into that strategy in court this week.

had not disclosed some of their past infractions.