Former UConn and South Carolina Basketball Player Accused Of Murdering His Mother

According to The Florida Times-Union, former UConn and South Carolina basketball player Eric Cobb, 28, is facing a murder charge in the death of his own mother. He was arrested in his hometown of Jacksonville, Fla. on Tuesday after the body of his mother, 51-year-old Erika Ellen Winford, was found wrapped in blankets and towels in the backyard of their home...

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"Cobb was inside the home when officers arrived and took him in for questioning," said the Times-Union. "No one else was there at the time, according to the arrest report. When officers unwrapped the victim near the bloody rear doorstep, she had multiple gunshot wounds to her head, stomach and left leg."

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(The Spun)