Friends and family of missing San Antonio relator Suzanne Simpson are sounding the alarm on fake online fundraisers.
The 51-year-old mother-of-four was last seen late out the front of her $1.5million home in the citys ritzy Olmos Park having an altercation with her husband, Brad, 53, on Sunday October 6.
The couple were walking toward nearby bushland when a neighbor heard screams. She hasnt been seen since. Cops believe shes dead and a search for her body is ongoing.
Soon after, Brad was arrested in Kendall County and charged with family violence and unlawful restraint. He is being held on a $2million bond.
But as police continue to make efforts to find Suzanne, her oldest child and a friend have warned sympathizers of scammers setting up fake crowdfunding pages and stealing money.
San Antonio relator Suzanne Simpson, 51, was last seen late on Sunday October 6, out the front of her $1.5million home in the citys ritzy Olmos Park having an altercation with her husband, Brad, 53
She disappeared from her million-dollar home about 11pm Sunday, October 6, after an alleged dispute with her wealthy realtor husband, 53-year-old Brad Simpson
In an Instagram story highlight titled come home mom, Simpsons 20-year-old daughter posted a screenshot of one GoFundMe page titled Aid Suzanne Kids in Need and warned readers.
Please do not donate to this fundraiser for my family. It is fraud, she captioned the GoFundMe image.
Later on, Ayobami Olugbemiga, a GoFundMe spokesperson, confirmed to the San Antonio Express-News that the false page has been pulled down and assured that no funds had been raise.
In another story, a screenshot was shared of a scam fundraiser that had ripped its entire bio from an authentic MealTrain.com page and falsely claimed to be set up by her aunt, Teresa Clark.
Ultimately, she shared the real link and requested, If you are wanting to give love and support for my family, please only use this link. Thank you for endless prayers as we search to find my mother.
In an Instagram story highlight titled come home mom, Simpsons 20-year-old daughter posted a screenshot of one GoFundMe page titled Aid Suzanne Kids in Need and warned readers
In another story, the youngster shared a screenshot of a scam fundraiser that had ripped its entire bio from an authentic MealTrain.com page and falsely claimed to be set up by her aunt, Teresa Clark
Ultimately, she shared the real link and requested, If you are wanting to give love and support for my family, please only use this link. Thank you for endless prayers as we search to find my mother
Suzannes dear friend, Abra Liberman Garrett, also took to Facebook to share other deceitful GoFundMe pages.
The well-wisher posted a screenshot of a page titled Honor Suzanne: Raise Awareness for Domestic Abuse and asked her viewers to report it.
I hate having to say this because I hate that any human beings can be this corrupt, depraved, immoral, and reprehensible, however, there are multiple fake, fraudulent GoFundMe campaigns with Suzanne’s name attached. Please report them if you see them. Here are two. (One of them plagiarized my verbiage.)
The fact that anyone is trying to make money off other people’s good intentions is so vile. I hope these individuals are caught - there is a special place in hell for someone who would do this in my opinion.
Again, the GoFundMe are false, the family has not set up a GoFundMe, nor are they going to - spread the word, please.
Suzannes dear friend, Abra Liberman Garrett also took to Facebook to share other deceitful GoFundMe pages
The well-wisher posted a screenshot of a page titled Honor Suzanne: Raise Awareness for Domestic Abuse and asked her viewers to report it
In another scathing post, she warned sympathizers to be wary of a man named Aaron Goldsmith and report his phony GoFundMe page
Thank You and let’s try to keep focusing on the good people out there who are praying, donating, sharing, and caring with pure hearts and godly intentions, she said.
In another scathing post, she warned sympathizers to be wary of an account under the name Aaron Goldsmith and asked people to report the phony GoFundMe page.
Well, evidently "Aaron Goldsmith" is a total lazy-a$ in addition to being an unskilled conman. He literally just cut and pasted my whole post. Which, by the way, makes zero sense contextually coming from him. Talk about phoning it in.
If you see this/him please report. (I did have to smile knowing this dude pretending to be me would have totally cracked up Suzanne!).
Suzanne was pictured alone at the exclusive, members-only club, wearing a knee-length dark dress and her hair down over her shoulders
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
Last week, reports emerged that Brad had allegedly sent frantic text messages to his friend and business partner, James Valle Cotter, on Tuesday October 8, telling him: I dont have much time.
Now, Cotter has been charged with one count of tampering with evidence after police discovered an AK-47 inside the wall of his home.
Police allege Cotter helped Simpson hide a weapon that could be tied to his wifes disappearance, KSAT reported.
According to an arrest affidavit, Simpson text Cotter the day after formally reporting Suzanne missing, writing: If youre in Bandera, can you haul ass to meet me at your house?
I dont have much time, the initial text read, according to KENS5.
A secondary text allegedly read: Sorry for the urgency but youre all I got especially now... social media is destroying me.
A thorough investigation of the four bed, five bath Olmos Park family home (pictured), worth an estimated $1.5million, has already taken place
Cotter has been charged with one count of tampering with evidence after police discovered an AK-47 inside the wall of his home
When police and specially-trained K-9s searched Cotters home, they found an AK-47 inside a wall behind a mounted television.
An orange string was allegedly attached to the gun, which allowed it to be pulled from the hiding place.
Police allege they have footage of a vault inside Simpsons home where he stored his weapons, in which an AK-47 was previously visible. When they executed a search of the vault after Suzannes disappearance, the AK-47 was missing.
Cotter and Simpson have known each other for 25 years and are longtime business associates.
Meanwhile large scale, widespread search efforts have been underway to locate Suzanne. Police have confirmed theyre looking for a body.
The missing mother-of-fours own mom, Barbara Clark, 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 at Lourdes Grotto, Clark said: She called me up and told me things Brad had done to her physically.
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
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
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Clark said Suzanne confided in her that about 9pm that night, October 6, Simpson had injured her arm and her back.
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.
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, a neighbor claimed he heard an aggressive fight between Suzanne and her husband.
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.