A Bay Area man’s family is seeking answers after he was found dead in a creek next to Levi’s Stadium nearly a week after he went missing on Super Bowl Sunday.
Thomas Simpkins, 44, who lived in Santa Clara, was discovered the afternoon of Feb. 14 in the San Thomas Aquino Creek, which abuts the 49ers’ stadium, according to his sister, the Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office and Santa Clara police.
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Brandi Stroud said her brother’s cellphone and wallet were missing, and that police were investigating Simpkins’ death as a possible homicide.
The Santa Clara Police Department did not confirm the nature
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