Dan Mullan/Getty Images; Family Handout Former NFL player ... mother Myrtle Brown missing on Sept. 16, NBC Chicago reported. The same day, police in Maywood, Ill., discovered the body of the 73 ...

The mother of a first round NFL draft pick passed away just an hour after her son was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Myrtle Brown Facebook The aunt of former NFL player ... year-old Brown after his mother's body was discovered in a creek near her home. On Monday, authorities confirmed that they found the body of ...