MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Former NFL player Sergio Brown, charged with killing his mother, bought a one-way ticket to Cancun, Mexico, after being the last person seen with the woman before her slaying last month, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Brown, who faces charges of first-degree murder and concealing a homicide, appeared in court for a detention hearing Wednesday before Cook County Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez, who denied him pretrial release.
The body of his mother, Myrtle Brown, was discovered Sept. 16 near a creek in Maywood, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) west of Chicago.
Brown, 35, and his 73-year-old mother lived together in Maywood.
The cellphones of Brown and his mother showed they were near the same location at the estimated time of her death, Villarreal said.
Persons:
—, Sergio Brown, Brown, Teresa Molina, Gonzalez, Myrtle Brown, Jose Villarreal, Villarreal, Sergio Brown’s, Robert Fox, “, ” Fox, Charnelle Dunlap
Organizations:
NFL, Chicago Sun, Times, Cook, Fox, East High School, University of Notre Dame, New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills
Locations:
MAYWOOD, Ill, Cancun, Mexico, Cook, Maywood, Chicago, Illionis, Cook County, Colombia