The brother of a Texas businessman accused of murdering his missing wife called on his brother Friday to cooperate with law enforcement and direct them to the woman’s body.

Brad Simpson, 53, was charged Thursday in Bexar County with the murder of Suzanne Simpson, 51, who has not been seen since Oct. 6.

“We sincerely hope that Brad will find the compassion and courage to end his family’s suffering by cooperating with authorities to help us find his wife,” Barton Simpson said during a brief news conference at Olmos Park, in the suburbs of San Antonio.

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“The situation is heartbreaking for us, but it brings some peace to our family knowing that authorities have gathered enough evidence to pursue prosecution,” Barton Simpson said.

“It helps us come to terms with the reality that Suzanne is no longer with us,” Barton Simpson said.

Neither Olmos Park Police Chief Fidel Villegas nor Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Deon Cockrell discussed the evidence.

It was “enough information for (the prosecutor) to take” the case and file charges, Cockrell said.

The arrest warrant for Brad Simpson was sealed by the judge in the case.

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Brad Simpson is jailed on a total of $5 million bail on charges of murder, unlawful restraint, assault, tampering with evidence and possession of a prohibited weapon.

An attorney for Simpson, who was first arrested Oct. 9 on charges of unlawful restraint and assault, did not respond to a phone call for comment Friday.

Villegas, the Olmos Park police chief, said the search for Suzanne Simpson, which included a wooded area around the couple’s home, a landfill and an area near where Brad Simpson was arrested on along Interstate 10, continue.

The murder charge comes a little more than a month after Suzanne Simpson, a real estate agent, was last seen alive outside the couple’s Olmos Park home, where police said a neighbor reported having seen the couple fighting.

“We hope that (the charges) will allow (the Simpson family) to enter the next phase of the grieving process,” Villegas said at the news conference. “We want them to know that the search for Suzanne is still ongoing.”

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