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New development in search for missing Texas mother Suzanne Simpson, as husband remains jailed
Authorities Tuesday began searching a landfill near San Antonio, Texas, where they said they are “confident there is a good chance” of recovering the body of missing mother Suzanne Simpson.
“Evidence, statements, and solid police investigation has led us there,” Olmos Park police said in a statement posted by Simpson’s brother-in-law, Barton Simpson, to social media.
Police said they are currently in “a search stage,” which is taking place at a landfill on the southeast side of Olmos Park.
The 51-year-old mother went missing on the night of Oct. 6 near Trinity University in San Antonio, police said.
In a post to social media Wednesday morning, San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus said that the Olmos Park police chief had requested help with the search, prompting McManus to send 25 cadets to assist. Olmos Park is located just north of San Antonio.
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“We are comforted by the fact that they might be close to determining what happened to Suzanne,” Barton Simpson wrote.
Police arrested Simpson’s husband, 53-year-old Brad Chandler Simpson, days later on two misdemeanor charges of assault causing bodily injury to a family member and unlawful restraint. He remains in jail, according to Bexar County online records, with bond set at $2 million for both charges.
A neighbor said he heard the couple arguing outside his window, and then said he heard screaming.
Court records show Simpson has an arraignment scheduled for Nov. 13.
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There were no injuries after a Southwest flight carrying passengers was struck by gunfire on the tarmac of Dallas Love Field Friday night, authorities said.
Southwest Airlines Flight 2494 was preparing for departure to Indianapolis when “a bullet apparently struck the right side of the aircraft under the flight deck,” a Southwest spokesperson told CBS News in a statement.
The airline said no one was hurt. A spokesperson for Dallas Love Field said in an email that the aircraft returned to its gate after sustaining damage from a “security incident” and the passengers deplaned. The runway was also temporarily closed, but has since reopened.
Dallas police confirmed the incident, saying that officers responded to reports of gunfire at 9:48 p.m. local time, arriving to find that the aircraft had been struck.
No further details were provided on the circumstances of the incident or what was the potential source of the gunfire. It’s unclear how many people were aboard the jet at the time, or how much damage the aircraft sustained.
In its own statement provided to CBS News, the Federal Aviation Administration said that the plane “was reportedly struck by gunfire near the cockpit.”
Dallas police are leading the investigation into the incident.
Earlier this week, gunfire amid ongoing gang violence struck three planes that were either landing or departing Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince. The shootings prompted the FAA to issue a 30-day ban on U.S. airlines flying to Haiti.
