Sergio Brown, charged with killing mother, has been denied release

The AP is reporting that the Ex-NFL Player from Maywood who is charged in the death of his mother will remain in jail.

Brown bought a one-way ticket to Cancun, Mexico, after being the last person seen with the woman before her slaying last month, a prosecutor said Wednesday. A judge agreed Brown might be a flight risk and ordered him to not be released.

Brown, who faces charges of first-degree murder and concealing a
homicide, appeared in court for a detention hearing Wednesday before
Cook County Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez, who denied him pretrial
release. He will be detained until his next court date, scheduled for
Nov. 22.

The body of his mother, Myrtle Brown, was discovered
Sept. 16 near a creek in Maywood, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) west of
Chicago. A medical examiner ruled her death a homicide and determined
that she had been injured during an assault.

Brown, 35, and his 73-year-old mother lived together in Maywood.

On
Oct. 7, Brown was deported to the U.S. from Mexico, and he was brought
back to Illinois on Tuesday, after being extradited.