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WATCH LIVE: Police say search for missing Mom Suzanne Simpson is now recovery effort

S.Wilson32 min ago

SAN ANTONIO - It's Day 10 of the search for a missing mom and it's once again focused on a landfill in Southeast Bexar County.

Law enforcement has confirmed that this is now a recovery effort.

The Olmos Park Police Department said that evidence, statements and police investigation is what led them to the landfill to search for Suzanne Simpson's body. They say they are confidence there is a good chance of recovering her body at this location.

Several law enforcement agencies, including San Antonio Police Department cadets were helping in the search of the landfill.

Suzanne Simpson was last seen on Oct. 6 fighting with her husband at their home in Olmos Park. Simpson's husband Brad Simpson, 53, was arrested Oct. 9traveling along Interstate 10 in Kendall County. He was arrested and charged with family violence offenses.

Brad Simpson is also facing federal firearm charges. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives on Tuesday published an affidavit that charged him with the unlawful Possession of a short-barreled rifle.

We did speak to officials with TEXSAR, a non-profit search and rescue team. While they are not involved in Suzanne's case, they did offer some insight into what resources are used to search for a missing person in a landfill.

"One of the methods that's used is to load an amount into a dump truck and spread it in an area away from the main pile, and then go through that, search that, and then go to the next section that's that's one of the methods that's used occasionally," said Jeff Conrad, TEXSAR director of field operations.

Conrad also said that the search also uses canine teams, GPS systems and ground and wilderness search and rescue teams to help in the search.

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