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.
Former NFL player Mike Williams passed away at the age of 36.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, including the latest on Hurricane Lee.
An escaped Pennsylvania murderer was captured Wednesday after eluding hundreds of searchers for two weeks by hiding out in wooded areas, breaking into suburban homes for food, fleeing under gunfire with a rifle pilfered from a garage, stealing a vehicle and changing his appearance, authorities said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed support for Russia’s “sacred fight” during a summit with President Vladimir Putin that the U.S. warned could lead to a deal to supply ammunition for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Rescue efforts continue in Morocco, days after the region's biggest earthquake in over a century.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.
Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter, Jr. was arrested and charged with assault on his girlfriend.
American researcher Mark Dickey has been freed by rescuers after being stranded deep in a Turkish cave.
Hurricane Lee, still a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph, is expected to increase in size but be significantly weaker in the coming days, as it turns north to reach the U.S. East Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Thousands are dead after flooding in Libya's northeast area.
