Authorities in Santa Clara are continuing to investigate the death of Thomas Simpkins as an active and ongoing case, while his grieving family is openly voicing suspicions that his death may have been a homicide linked to the aftermath of a Super Bowl LX gathering.

Police have confirmed that the matter remains under formal investigation, though officials have not yet released a definitive cause of death. According to law enforcement sources, a full autopsy report could take up to four months to complete, leaving key medical and forensic findings pending.

For Simpkins’ relatives, the wait is agonizing.

Family members have publicly expressed frustration over what they describe as a delayed initial response after he was first reported missing. They argue that critical early hours may have been lost, though authorities have not publicly addressed those claims in detail.

Compounding their distress is the belief that Simpkins’ death may not have been accidental. Loved ones have raised concerns that he may have been the victim of foul play shortly after attending a Super Bowl LX–related gathering, a theory that investigators have neither confirmed nor ruled out.

Police have emphasized that the case is being treated as a death investigation rather than a closed matter, underscoring that multiple possibilities remain under review. Detectives are continuing to examine evidence, reconstruct timelines and await forensic results that could clarify what occurred in the hours following the event.

Until the autopsy findings are finalized and officially released, the circumstances surrounding Simpkins’ death remain unresolved — suspended between suspicion, grief and the slow machinery of a system tasked with delivering answers that, for now, remain out of reach.