An elder university basketball The player was arrested in Florida and accused of the murder of his 51-year-old mother, who was found wrapped in a blanket in the backyard of a house in Jacksonville, police announced on Tuesday.
Eric Christopher COBB, 28, was arrested and sentenced to Duval County prison and faces a masterpiece of account second degree murder After the police said he was surprised trying to flee a house where his mother seemed to have been fatally shot.
Connecticut’s Huskies striker Eric Cobb holds his jersey and is honored before the match against Owls temples at Gampel Pavilion on March 7, 2019. (David Butler II-USA TODAY SPORTS)
Jacksonville’s sheriff’s office said that he had responded to a “disturbing scene” in the mid-westside region on Monday where they discovered Erika Winford “insensitive, wrapped in a blanket and towels in the courtyard” .
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The police said Winford seemed to have suffered a ball injury and had been declared dead on the scene.
COBB was arrested shortly after he was trying to flee the house, said the sheriff’s office.
According to The CT post, Neighbors said they had heard several shots and a woman shouting the previous night. The next day, a friend of the victim came home to check it after not being able to get in touch with her. When she got home, she found large blood areas outside the house and which seemed to be a body wrapped in a blanket.
The Wildcats goalkeeper of Arizona Dylan Smith (3) passes the ball against the Connecticut Huskies striker, Eric Cobb (0) in the second period in the XL Center on December 2, 2018. (David Butler II-USA TODAY SPORTS)
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“Your JSO will work in close collaboration with the state prosecutor’s office to ask Ms. Winford’s family for justice following this tragic crime,” the police said in a press release.
COBB played basketball at Connecticut University From 2017 to 2019. During his junior year, he achieved five departures in 15 games, with an average of 1.7 points and 2.7 rebounds. The following year, he appeared in 32 games, with an average of 3.7 points and 3.8 rebounds.
Previously, he played a season in South Carolina where he appeared in 24 games and had an average of 1.1 points and 1.9 rebounds.
Connecticut’s Huskies chief coach Dan Hurley talks with striker Eric Cobb (0) while facing the cincinnati bearcates in the first half at the XL Center on February 24, 2019. (David Butler II-USA TODAY SPORTS)
According to the online archives, COBB remains in police custody awaiting trials.
