Maywood police said Wednesday officials were awaiting the extradition of former NFL player Sergio Brown after he was taken into custody the day before in Mexico on a first-degree murder warrant for his mother Myrtle Brown’s death.
Brown was arrested re-entering at San Diego, officials said.
On Sept. 16, Brown’s relatives contacted police after they could not contact Brown or his 73-year-old mother. Both were considered missing persons.
Later a brief search of the property where Brown and his mother revealed his mother was lying in a creek near the Brown’s home.
In the following days, a video of Brown rambling appear on social media claiming the death of his mother was fake news.
Maywood police said in a news release, Sergio Brown was in the process of being returned to Maywood.