The brother of a lacking ex-NFL participant whose mom was discovered lifeless in a creek close to her house in Illinois remembered the lady in a heartbreaking Instagram publish and implored the previous defensive again to return house.
Nick Brown posted a photograph of his mom, Myrtle Brown, on his social media account Sunday and thanked those that reached out to him with their assist.
“It is a unhappy however hopeful time, and we are going to all get by this collectively,” Brown wrote within the caption for the picture of his mom. “Mother at all times advised me, ‘powerful occasions don’t final’ and our final dialog about powerful occasions being momentary is my beacon of hope.”
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Jacksonville Jaguars security Sergio Brown speaks throughout an NFL occasion for teenagers in London on July 15, 2015. (AP Photograph/Matt Dunham/File)
“Mother, thanks for being robust, caring, diligent, fancy, humorous, and for saving my artwork. I gained’t allow you to down.”
Nick Brown additionally had a message for his brother, Sergio Brown. The previous NFL participant was reported lacking as police in Maywood launched a murder investigation into the demise of their mom.
“My brother Sergio continues to be lacking. If anybody is aware of the place he’s I need him to know that I really like you and please come house,” Nick Brown wrote.
“Individuals, please don’t strategy the property, that is nonetheless an ongoing investigation by the Maywood Police Division. If in case you have any data on Sergio’s whereabouts please ship them to the Maywood Police Division.”
Sheila Simmons, the sister of Myrtle Brown, advised WGN-TV that she final talked to her on Sept. 14 and that the lady simply celebrated her 73rd birthday. Simmons mentioned she obtained a cellphone name round 3 a.m. native time that her sister and nephew had been lacking.
Sergio Brown of the Indianapolis Colts breaks up a cross in the course of the sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals, October 19, 2014, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (Kirk Irwin/Getty Pictures)
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“We’re going to search out out what occurred as a result of it’s not regular for my sister to not reply her cellphone, not to answer textual content messages. Individuals have been reaching out to her since Friday. Nobody was in a position to attain her,” Simmons advised the station. “Now, I obtained the decision this morning saying that she’s lacking, so instantly I got here out right here and discover out my sister is lifeless.”
Simmons added that she went again to the house in Maywood and observed issues had been misplaced, in keeping with FOX 59.
Members of the family advised WGN-TV they hadn’t heard from Sergio Brown.
Sergio Brown, a former Notre Dame soccer standout and Maywood native, signed with the New England Patriots in 2010 as an undrafted free agent.
Sergio Brown (TMB/Corbis/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures/File)
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He performed seven seasons within the NFL with the Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Payments. He final performed within the league in 2016.
