A former UConn and South Carolina basketball player is facing a murder charge in the death of his own mother. Eric Cobb, 28, was arrested in his hometown of Jacksonville, Fla. on Tuesday after the body of his mother,

A former collegiate and Jacksonville basketball standout is charged with murder after his mother was found wrapped in blankets outside their home.

A former college basketball star has been arrested and charged with his mother’s murder, the CT Post reported.

Eric Cobb, 28, is now facing a second-degree murder charge after police found his mother, 51-year-old Erika Winford, in the backyard of her Durkeeville home wrapped in blankets and towels, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.

A man was arrested and accused of murdering his mother, who was found covered with a blanket Monday morning, in the backyard of a home near Durkeeville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

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An ex-college basketball standout who played for the University of South Carolina and the University of Connecticut allegedly murdered his mother in Florida and covered her body in blankets and towels.

A former University of Connecticut basketball player was arrested Tuesday in Florida after his mother was found shot to death, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.