A tycoon’s wife vanished screaming from her mansion shortly after calling her mother to say her husband had physically abused her.
Suzanne Clark Simpson, 51, disappeared from her $1.4 million home in Olmos Park about 11pm last Sunday night, after an alleged dispute with her wealthy realtor husband, 53-year-old Brad Simpson. No trace of her has been found, with Simpson arrested and refusing to cooperate with police.
The missing mother-of-four’s own mom, Barbara Clark, has now revealed the haunting phone call she had with Suzanne just an hour before she was last seen.
Speaking at a vigil set up to honor Suzanne last night at Lourdes Grotto, Clark said: ‘She called me up and told me things Brad had done to her physically.’
Clark said Suzanne confided in her that about 9pm that night, October 6, Simpson had injured her arm and her back.
Suzanne Clark Simpson, 51, disappeared from her million-dollar home about 11pm last Sunday night, after an alleged dispute with her wealthy realtor husband, 53-year-old Brad Simpson
Suzanne was pictured alone at the exclusive, members-only club, wearing a knee-length dark dress and her hair down over her shoulders
‘I came up with an alternative plan for her that she would move in with me and have her little toddler go to the elementary school in my neighborhood.
‘I never got to tell her the plan.’
Simpson is now in custody charged with family violence and unlawful restraint. He is being held on a $2million bond, and is scheduled to attend a bond hearing Tuesday.
While loved ones are still holding out hope Suzanne is safe, Clark said she fears her daughter has been killed.
Asked whether she believes Suzanne is still alive, Clark told KSAT: ‘I don’t think she is. I have not heard from her.’
‘Suzanne, we love you. We need you. And we’re praying for you.’
A neighbor told police that he heard the couple arguing from his window and saw the two engaged in a physical fight, with Brad ‘grabbing her upper torso area to gain control of her body,’ a police report said
Villegas implored Suzanne to return home to her children if she is still alive and well
A thorough investigation of the four bed, five bath Olmos Park family home (pictured), worth an estimated $1.5million, has already taken place
Clark said she’d like to visit Simpson behind bars ‘and ask him why,’ she said. ‘What happened?’
Simpson, of Olmos Park near San Antonio, initially cooperated with police after reporting his wife missing, but later fell silent and hired an attorney.
On Friday, police released a haunting photograph of Suzanne earlier on the day she vanished, showing her walking through The Argyle in Alamo Heights.
Suzanne was pictured alone at the exclusive, members-only club, wearing a knee-length dark dress and her hair down over her shoulders.
Several hours after this photograph was taken, neighbors claim they heard an aggressive fight between Suzanne and her husband.
Brad Chandler Simpson, 53, of Olmos Park – four miles north of San Antonio – was arrested just three days after his wife Suzanne Clark Simpson, 51, went missing
Brad was allegedly uncooperative during the investigation and did not show up for a follow-up interview. Authorities said the realtor, who worked for Nix Realty Company, went missing after attending a party at The Argyle in the Alamo Heights neighborhood
That neighbor claims he saw Simpson hitting and restraining his wife, before they both wandered off to a nearby wooded area.
Shortly after that interaction, the neighbor alleges he heard screams from the woods.
Olmos Park Police Chief Fidel Villegas has since confirmed: ‘That night we think she was in distress.’
‘It’s very suspicious though that obviously she’s not going to work and she’s not checking in on her children. That’s an obvious problem.’
Police released a photo of Simpson’s black pickup truck, which he was seen traveling in following his argument with Suzanne
‘She may be somewhere, and we just don’t know about it.’
Investigations are ongoing, and local law enforcement has expanded its search to include other Simpson family properties.
Simpson and his family have an extensive real estate portfolio throughout San Antonio and broader Texas.
A thorough investigation of the four bed, five bath Olmos Park family home, worth an estimated $1.5million, has already taken place.
Suzanne’s brother-in-law Barton Tinsley Simpson described her disappearance as an ‘unimaginable ordeal.’
‘We will not stop until we find her,’ he said.
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