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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton.

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Speaker 3: A judge has postponed the ruling on whether to dismiss

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Speaker 3: the murder charges against a man accused of killing his

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Speaker 3: affluent Texas realtor wife.

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Speaker 2: Whose remains have not yet been found.

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Speaker 3: Brad Simpson, fifty four, was apprehended three days following an

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Speaker 3: incident in which his wife, fifty one year old Suzanne

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Speaker 3: Morphew Simpson, was seen having a heated argument with him

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Speaker 3: at night outside their one point five million dollar home

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Speaker 3: in San Antonio's upscale Alsmos Park area in October. This

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Speaker 3: quote screaming confrontation was the last known sighting of the

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Speaker 3: mother of four. Since then, Brad has been charged with

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Speaker 3: first degree felony murder and aggravated assault with a deadly

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Speaker 3: weapon causing serious bodily injury, charges that could result in

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Speaker 3: a life sentence if convicted. Additionally, he faces charges of

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Speaker 3: tampering with the corpse, two counts of tampering with physical evidge,

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Speaker 3: and possession of an illegal weapon.

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Speaker 2: During a hearing this week, Brad's.

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Speaker 3: Defense attorney sought to have the judge rule his indictment invalid,

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Speaker 3: which would preclude him from going to trial this According

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Speaker 3: to the San Antonio Express News, attorney Stephen Gilmour argued

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Speaker 3: before State District Judge Joel Perez that the indictment lacked

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Speaker 3: sufficient detail, infringing on Brad's constitutional rights and hindering his

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Speaker 3: ability to prepare defense. Gilmour also revised part of his

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Speaker 3: initial motion from February, honing in on a specific aspect

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Speaker 3: of the indictment. He contended that the language used in

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Speaker 3: the indictment was quote too vague regarding how the state

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Speaker 3: alleges Brad caused his wife's death. The indictment, issued by

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Speaker 3: a Bexar County grand jury, claims that Brad killed Suzanne

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Speaker 3: quote by a manner and means unknown, and later hit

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Speaker 3: a power saul and an automatic weapon after her disappearance,

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Speaker 3: all while knowing an investigation was under way. Gilmore asserted

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Speaker 3: that Brad deserves to be informed of the specifics of

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Speaker 3: the accusations against him, as mandated by both the US

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Speaker 3: and state constitutions. On the other hand, lead prosecutor Casey

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Speaker 3: Sandoval argued that the state is not required to demonstrate

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Speaker 3: how Brad killed his wife, only that he intended to

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Speaker 3: do so and ultimately caused her death. Sandoval emphasized that

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Speaker 3: a medical examiner's conclusion on the cause of death is

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Speaker 3: not necessary for the prosecution to proceed. The law does

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Speaker 3: not favor those who dispose of their victim's bodies, Sandoval stated,

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Speaker 3: adding that case law clearly indicates that state does not

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Speaker 3: need to prove how Simpson murdered Suzanne. The judge's ruling

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Speaker 3: is expected on April twenty nine. Authorities have indicated that Suzanne,

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Speaker 3: who worked as a realtor, was last seen after attending

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Speaker 3: a party at Alamo Heights area residence. Her friends reported

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Speaker 3: her missing the following night, shortly after Brad left a

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Speaker 3: voicemail to al authorities. Investigators believe Suzanne died on October six,

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Speaker 3: the last day she was seen alive, as there has

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Speaker 3: been no evidence of her existence beyond that moment, and Affidavid,

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Speaker 3: supporting Brad's arrest, details his actions from the night of

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Speaker 3: Suzanne's disappearance to the following day when she was reported missing.

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Speaker 3: A neighbor reported hearing the couple arguing on the night

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Speaker 3: of October six, and witnessed a physical altercation where Brad

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Speaker 3: allegedly tried to control Suzanne by grabbing her after the fight,

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Speaker 3: The neighbor claimed to have heard screams coming from the

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Speaker 3: nearby woods and then saw Brad leaving in his truck

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Speaker 3: before returning. Later, Suzanne's young child reportedly told school officials

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Speaker 3: that her father hit her mother and possibly pushed her

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Speaker 3: into a wall that night, resulting in an injury. The

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Speaker 3: child also claimed Brad had taken away Suzanne's cell phone

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Speaker 3: and turned it off. CCTV footage captured Brad with trash bags,

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Speaker 3: a heavy duty trash can, an ice chest, and a

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Speaker 3: large item wrapped in his truck. He also made cash

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Speaker 3: purchases at a nearby home depot, where he bought cement bags,

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Speaker 3: a construction bucket, heavy duty trash bags, disinfected and insectant repellent,

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Speaker 3: and asks someone for directions to the nearest dump. Later,

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Speaker 3: his truck was spotted at a gas station without the

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Speaker 3: trash bags. However, the tarp, firewood rack, and trash can

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Speaker 3: remained in the truck bed, which was later seen being

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Speaker 3: cleaned at a nearby car wash. On April nine, Texas

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Speaker 3: rangers found a burn side on Simpson's property, recovering a

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Speaker 3: burnt laptop in three of Brad's cell phones. Brad was

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Speaker 3: arrested in connection with Suzanne's murder, though her body has

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Speaker 3: not yet been found. Detectives noted that Brad did not

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Speaker 3: seem surprised by his arrest, which they considered a factor

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Speaker 3: in the case against him. They believe quote he intentionally

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Speaker 3: and knowingly caused the death of Suzanne. Investigators eventually found

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Speaker 3: Suzanne's DNA on Brad's power saw, which was presented at

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Speaker 3: evidence to the grand jury. Brad is currently being held

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Speaker 3: at the Bexar County Jail with a bell set at

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Speaker 3: five million dollars.

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Speaker 2: If the judge ultimately dismisses.

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Speaker 3: His indictment, the state could still opt to reindict him later.

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Speaker 2: For crimeate justice news after.

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Speaker 1: This, How could a beautiful, young first grade teacher be

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Speaker 1: stabbed twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes,

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Speaker 1: that was the medical examiner's official ruling after a closed

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Speaker 1: door meeting. He first named it a homicide. Why what

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Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of justice.

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Speaker 1: For an in depth look at the facts, see what

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Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen on Amazon. All proceeds to the National

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Speaker 1: Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Speaker 2: In Montana.

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Speaker 3: The Missoula Police Department is asking for the public's help

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Speaker 3: and finding a missing woman. Forty two year old Nicole

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Speaker 3: Heimer was reported missing after her car was found at

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Speaker 3: the trailhead of the Sawmill Gulch Road in the Upper

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Speaker 3: Rattlesnake area. There is significant concern for her well being

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Speaker 3: and her mental health. Heimer is described as one hundred

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Speaker 3: and fifty pounds five eleven. She has hazel eyes and

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Speaker 3: brown hair. MPD is urging anyone who frequents the Upper

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Speaker 3: Rattlesnake trailheads or the Sawmill gult Road area to immediately

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Speaker 3: report anything suspicious. Anyone with information regarding Heimer's whereabouts is

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Speaker 3: asked to contact the Police Department at four zero six

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