Sergio Brown accused of killing mother taken into police custody on first-degree murder charge

Sergio Brown, a former NFL player who was reported missing last month following the tragic death of his mother due to blunt force trauma, is now in police custody in Southern California, officials were quoted as saying by USA Today.

Brown was apprehended upon re-entering the United States from Mexico through San Diego, as confirmed by the Maywood Police Department, the same agency that had reported him as a missing person earlier.

With the assistance of various local and federal law enforcement authorities, the San Diego Police Department took Brown into custody after a first-degree murder warrant had been issued in connection with the death of his 73-year-old mother, Myrtle Brown, USA Today reported.


Last month, Police in suburban Chicago came across Instagram videos that appeared to show missing former NFL player Sergio Brown discussing the recent death of his mother, who died following an assault.

In the video posted to an Instagram page that appears to belong to Sergio Brown, a man resembling Brown calls reports about the death of his 73-year-old mother, Myrtle Brown, “fake news.”

“Fake news, fake news, fake news. It has to be the FBI,” the man says in the rambling, expletive-filled video, in which he says he thought his mother “was on vacation” in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.

In another video posted to his Instagram story Tuesday, the man references the film "Finding Nemo", repeating the movie’s famous line, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming," the Chicago Tribune reported.

Myrtle Brown's body was found in September near a creek behind her home in Maywood, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) west of Chicago. Relatives had told police they could not locate her or Sergio Brown.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled Myrtle Brown's death a homicide, saying she was injured during an assault.

FAQs

Q1. Has Sergio Brown been arrested?
A1. Sergio Brown was taken into police custody on first-degree murder charge.

Q2. What is the name of Sergio Brown's mother?
A2. The name of Sergio Brown's mother is Myrtle Brown.