Former NFL player Sergio Brown, whose mother was recently found dead near her Chicago home, has been arrested in connection to the tragedy.
According to CNN, on Tuesday (Oct. 10), Brown was deported from Mexico and taken into custody by U.S. law enforcement officers near San Diego, the source said, based on an arrest warrant issued in Illinois. Police in San Diego are working to transfer Brown from Southern California to the Chicago area, the source said.
73-year-old Myrtle Brown’s body foundnear a creek behind her home on Sept. 16 after relatives alerted police that they couldn’t find or contact her or her son, the Maywood Police Department said during a press release.