Live-at-home daughter, 31, 'shoots her movie industry-worker dad dead in their $1.8m home after her parents try to kick her out - then says it was a home invader and blames her family for not locking doors

 

Brittany Simpson, 31, is charged with murdering her father, Robert, who she allegedly shot in the chest at their family's $1.8million six-bedroom home early Tuesday morning in South Carolina. A 6am 911-call on Tuesday from Brittany's younger sister, Brooke, alerted police to the murder. At first, Brittany told her family that she'd seen someone in the home and found the back door wide open on her way back from the gym. However, police found clothes and a gun stashed in a bag in the creek behind their family home (bottom right). Brittany has been charged with murder and possession of a firearm in a violent crime, and denied bail. She is pictured left in custody. Seen center are her sisters Brooke and Chelsea with her mom Susan and dad Robert. According to court papers, there was tension within the family. The house has been on the market for sale and her parents had reportedly ordered her to move out of the home in the upmarket Charleston suburb of Mount Pleasant, according to court documents. The home is seen top right.

Brittany Simpson, 31, is charged with shooting dead her father on Tuesday

Robert Simpson, 66, died at his Mount Pleasant home of a shot to the chest 

Brittany first told the story that an intruder 'came in the back door' and shot him

Police found a 9mm pistol and bag of her clothes in the creek behind their home

Her sister, Chelsea, told police that Brittany did it and that she is unstable

Brittany had been living at home for free and not working due to a disability

According to the family, Brittany's mother, Susan, tried to evict her in March

The six-bedroom Mount Pleasant home is currently up for sale for $1.8million