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.
'Multiple passengers' have died in a bus crash in Pennsylvania, according to police.
Over 120 million Americans are under the threat of severe thunderstorms from the Midwest to the East Coast.
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An 87-year-old Maine woman ably fought off a teenage attacker before feeding him because he said he was “awfully hungry.”
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Authorities identify a woman whose remains were found scattered in Gilgo Beach and on Fire Island in New York.
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Terrence Williams, a former first-round NBA pick, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding the NBA's healthcare plan out of $5 million.
Texas A&M University reached a $1 million settlement with a black journalism professor.
