Texas realtor murder case. Arson and fratricide trial in New Jersey. Plus, Martha Moxley podcast.
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What happened to Suzanne Simpson in Texas?
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Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly. I'm Andrea Canning. It's January 22nd, and here's what's on our docket. In central New Jersey, it's week two in the trial of a businessman accused of murdering four of his relatives, including his own brother. The prosecutor played audio of the brothers arguing just hours before the murders. In Dateline Roundup, the prosecution rests in the murder trial of former IRS agent Brendan Banfield. And new details in the arrest of Luigi Mangione will play you the 911 call.
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Plus, the reporting team behind an all-new podcast series on the murder of Connecticut teenager Martha Moxley. They tell us about their exclusive interviews with Michael Skakel, the Kennedy cousin whose conviction for the murder was tossed out after he spent 11 years in prison.
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But before all that, we're off to a wealthy suburb of San Antonio, Texas for the latest in the case of murdered mom and realtor Suzanne Simpson. On October 7th, 2024, Texas realtor Suzanne Simpson did not show up to school to pick up her young daughter. A few hours later, her friend called the police to report her missing.
Clear alert has been activated for a missing mom out of Olmos Park. If you see her, you're asked to call police right away or 911.
Tips began pouring in, including one from a neighbor who told law enforcement he'd seen Suzanne and her husband Brad arguing the night before she disappeared, and that he heard screams coming from the woods near the couple's home. Two days after Suzanne went missing, Brad Simpson was arrested on family violence charges. A few weeks later, even though her body has never been found, Brad was charged with murder.
This obviously is not the development that Suzanne's loved ones and community wanted to hear.
And Brad wasn't the only man arrested in connection with the alleged crime. His colleague, a man by the name of James Cotter, was charged with helping him hide a weapon. Neither of the men has entered a plea. Brad Simpson appeared in court this week, and my next guest, Jordan Elder from our affiliate WOAI San Antonio, was there. She joins us now to tell us what she's learned about the case. Welcome to the podcast, Jordan.
Thank you for having me.
So what can you tell us about Suzanne and Brad Simpson and their story, their relationship? Brad and Suzanne were very well-known in San Antonio.
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.
Yeah. And she so she's 51 and she has, you know, these four children between the ages of five and 20, something I know well. I'm between six and 16 and I'm, you know, 53 years old. So, you know, sort of hits close to home when you when you look at those details. Take us back to October 6th. That's the day before Suzanne missed school pickup.
What are the latest updates in the Paul Caneiro trial in New Jersey?
This is when the neighbor told police he saw the couple fighting. What were Brad and Suzanne doing that night? And what does the neighbor say that he saw?
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.
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