Authorities searched Monday for a former NFL player after his 73-year-old mother's body was found near a creek behind her suburban Chicago home.
Relatives told officers Saturday in Maywood that they could not find Sergio Brown, 35, or Myrtle Brown, police said.
Officers found Myrtle Brown's body, and a medical examiner determined Sunday that she had been injured during an assault.
Sergio Brown played defensive back from 2010 through 2016 with the New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills. He graduated from Proviso East High School in Maywood and attended the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
Maywood is about 12 miles (19 kilometers) west of Chicago.
Cheddar News checks in with your coast-to-coast weekend weather forecast for Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.
Astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly, who helped bring the crew of Apollo 13 back to earth after an explosion threatened their lunar mission, has died at 87.
A former Pennsylvania nurse who was accused of killing two people at a nursing home now faces additional murder charges.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza.
Desmond Mills Jr. became the first of five officers charged to reverse course.
The 31-year-old was convicted on all seven counts and faces up to 110 years in prison at his sentencing hearing in March.
Thursday's one good thing.
A wildfire in southern California doubled in size as firefighters battled flames fueled by the Santa Ana winds.
Cheddar News checks in with your mid-day coast-to-coast forecast for Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.
A wildfire in southern California doubled in size as firefighters battled flames fueled by the Santa Ana winds.
