Sergio Brown, Death – The mother of former NFL defensive back Sergio Brown was found dead in a creek near her Chicago suburban home, authorities said.
Police in the western Chicago suburb of Maywood, Illinois, said they were told by family members they could not find Myrtle Brown, 73, or her son, the 35-year-old who played seven years in the NFL from 2010 to 2016, WGN-TV reported.
After conducting a missing persons search for the pair, police found Myrtle Brown unresponsive in a creek near the back of her residence, according to the television station.
Her body was later taken to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, where her death was ruled a homicide.