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A FORMER NFL player has gone missing after his mom was found dead in what police are investigating as a homicide.
The family of Sergio Brown, 35, who used to play for the New England Patriots, called the police when they could not make contact with him or his mom since Friday.
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Sergio’s 73-year-old mother, Myrtle Simmons-Brown, was later found dead Saturday afternoon in Addison Creek near the back of her Maywood home in Illinois, which is about 17 minutes from Chicago.
Her death is currently being investigated as a homicide, the Village of Maywood Police Department said.
Myrtle’s sister, Sheila Simmons, last spoke to her sister on Thursday, less than a week after the family celebrated Myrtle’s 73rd birthday.
“We’re going to find out what happened because it’s not normal for my sister to not answer her phone, not to respond to text messages,” Sheila told local outlet WGN TV.
“People have been reaching out to her since Friday. No one was able to reach her.”
“Now, I got the call this morning saying that she’s missing, so immediately I came out here and find out my sister is dead,” said Sheila.
Sheila said that in the early hours of Saturday, someone called her to tell her that Myrtle and Sergio were missing.
She then went to Myrtle’s house where Sergio also lived and noticed that things were out of the ordinary, according to the outlet.
Sheila said that she searched the creek behind the house with the cops, but did not find anything.
Later that day, she and other family members went back and found Myrtle’s body.
The family said that they have still not heard from Sergio, as of Sunday morning.
While Myrtle was still missing, her son, Nick Brown, pleaded for help in finding his mom and brother.
He wrote on Saturday via Facebook: “Folks my mom Myrtle Brown and brother Sergio Brown are missing, I’m not waiting another hour.
“Please share! If you see them or one of them please let me or the Maywood Police Office know!!”
The U.S. Sun approached the Village of Maywood Police Department for an update.
