Mom of lacking ex-NFL participant Sergio Brown was fatally assaulted

Murder detectives on Sunday have been investigating the demise of the mom of a former NFL participant after each have been reporting lacking from a Chicago suburb.

Myrtle Brown, 73, was discovered unresponsive close to a creek behind her house Saturday as officers carried out a seek for her and son Sergio Brown, 35, previously of the Buffalo Payments, police in Maywood, Illinois, stated.

The Cook dinner County Medical Examiner’s Workplace stated by electronic mail Sunday night time that the elder Brown was killed by “a number of accidents on account of assault.” It characterised the style of demise as murder.

Members of the family who stated they could not discover or contact the 2 reported them lacking earlier Saturday, the Maywood Police Division stated in a press release obtained by NBC Chicago.

Officers launched a search but it surely wasn’t till a second spherical that Myrtle Brown was discovered, it stated.

The assertion characterised the police probe as a murder investigation, but it surely didn’t say what led detectives to that dedication.

“At the moment the Maywood Police Division is trying to find Mr. Sergio Brown,” the division stated.

Anybody with info on his whereabouts was urged to contact authorities.

Brown performed quite a few positions, together with defensive again, free security, and robust security.

He performed for his highschool soccer staff in Maywood earlier than attending the College of Notre Dame as a soccer participant and shifting on to quite a few NFL groups, together with the Indianapolis Colts and the Payments.