Former NFL player Sergio Brown appears to resurface in a rambling video as police investigate his mother’s death as a murder
Former NFL player Sergio Brown appeared to resurface on social media Monday, days after he was reported missing following the death of his mother, whose body was found in a creek near their Illinois home.
Brown appeared to post a video to an Instagram account called @intplayerwithapassport, even though he already has a verified account on the platform. The former defensive back shared a rambling message while apparently at a vacation resort talking to his followers.
“Fake news. Fake news. Fake news,” Brown said in the video tagging ESPN. “It must be the FBI that came to my house with 511 and unwarranted gas on the day Bob Marley died. They kidnapped me from my home twice – the Maywood Police Department. It had to be the FBI or the Maywood police.”
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Sergio Brown, #38 of the Indianapolis Colts, seen on the sidelines during the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Lucas Oil Stadium on September 23, 2012 in Indianapolis. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
“I thought my damn mom was on vacation in Sinaloa. This is fucking fake news. Get out of my fucking face. She is retired and you want to come to me? The FBI “I had to do it. You have the power to do such a thing. What the hell is going on? This is fake news.”
He then released another video on Tuesday that references the movie “Finding Nemo.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Maywood Police Department.
The whole ordeal began Saturday when family members of Brown and his mother, Myrtle Brown, contacted authorities and said they could not locate or contact either person, Maywood police said. A missing persons search was launched and 73-year-old Myrtle Brown was found dead in a creek near her home, according to FOX 59.
Authorities investigated Myrtle Brown's death as a homicide.
Sheila Simmons, Myrtle Brown's sister, told WGN-TV that she last spoke to her on Sept. 14 and that the woman had just celebrated her birthday on Sept. 8. Simmons said she received a call around 3 a.m. local time that her sister and nephew were missing.
New England Patriots defensive back Sergio Brown beams after stopping the Dolphins from scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Patriots' NFL season opener at Sun Life Stadium on Monday, September 12, 2011. (Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
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“We will find out what happened because it is not normal for my sister not to answer the phone or respond to text messages. People have been reaching out to her since Friday. No one could reach her,” Simmons said, the station said. “This morning I got the call that she was missing. So I immediately came here and found out that my sister is dead.”
Simmons added that she returned to the house in Maywood and found things were out of place FOX 59.
Family members told WGN-TV they had not heard from Sergio Brown.
On Sunday, Sergio's brother Nick begged him to come home.
Sergio Brown, a former Notre Dame football star and Maywood native, signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2010.
Sergio Brown, #38 of the Buffalo Bills, warms up before the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 11, 2016 at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
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He played seven seasons in the NFL with the Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills. He last played in the league in 2016.
