On Tuesday, officials in the suburban Chicago City of Maywood officially charged former NFL player Sergio Brown with the death of his mother, Myrtle.
Myrtle Brown, 73, was found dead in a creek bed behind her Maywood, Illinois, home in Sept. However, the former NFL player had disappeared before police responded to the scene.
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Now, the player has been officially charged with his mother’s murder, according to Fox 32.
Last month, Myrtle Brown’s sister, Sheila Simmons, told officials she went to Myrtle’s home because the woman had not been answering calls. Upon entering, she found the house in disarray.
But Sergio was nowhere to be seen. Over the next several weeks, he began posting bizarre videos to his social media accounts claiming that the Maywood police and the FBI had “kidnapped” him.
Update: ex-NFL player Sergio Brown, who was previously thought to be missing, isn’t missing – he posted an Instagram rant saying he thought mom was on vacation’ days after her body found.https://t.co/EGgh2GTC4E
A latest report said a neighbor claimed: “They seen Brown taking… https://t.co/DrFp6IC2iy pic.twitter.com/crbnhkCfoJ
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 19, 2023
Eventually, he was located in Mexico, and when he returned to the U.S., he was arrested in California and then extradited to Illinois on a warrant.
Brown attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, and went on to play for Notre Dame in college. He played 94 games during his seven-season NFL career from 2010-16, spending most of that time with the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts.
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