Former NFL participant Sergio Brown pleaded not responsible to killing his mom throughout an arraignment Wednesday.
Brown was charged with first-degree homicide within the September demise of his mom, Myrtle Simmons-Brown, who prosecutors stated he lived with in Maywood.
The 35-year-old who performed for seven seasons as a security for the New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills was additionally charged with concealment of a homicidal demise, court docket data present.
He pleaded not responsible to the concealment cost and two homicide costs, the Cook County state’s legal professional’s workplace stated.
The disappearance of Brown after police found his mom’s physique wrapped in a sheet close to a creek near their residence drew nationwide consideration. Brown resurfaced days after the grotesque discovering in expletive-filled social media posts calling experiences tying him to his mom’s demise “fake news.”
Three weeks after police discovered Simmons-Brown’s physique, Mexican authorities detained the previous Proviso East High School and University of Notre Dame soccer participant in Mexico City and deported him to San Diego, the place he was held in custody, prosecutors stated in October.
According to an post-mortem carried out by the Cook County health worker’s workplace, Simmons-Brown died of blunt-force trauma.
A search of Brown’s residence revealed Ajax in a bath drain, indicating the bathtub had just lately been cleaned, prosecutors stated. His mom’s iPad, bank cards and telephone had been lacking, however her cigarettes had been left behind, court docket paperwork stated.
Cameras within the space captured Brown burning gadgets in a hearth pit the night of Sept. 14, and police later discovered burned cloth in of the pit.
Cellphone exercise was found through the investigation and confirmed cellphones of the mom and son pinging collectively Sept. 14 and 15, earlier than they stopped pinging altogether, prosecutors stated. When Brown was extradited U.S. Border and Customs Patrol discovered his mom’s cellphone, iPad and bank cards in a bag Brown was carrying, prosecutors stated.
Brown is subsequent scheduled to look in court docket Jan. 24.
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