UPDATE: Suspect Caught In `Hudson Family Killings!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:30 pm

The suspect in the slayings of actress Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother is now in custody.

Police arrested William Balfour, 27, last night in Chicago. Balfour’s
mother, Michelle, said her son had been married to Hudson’s sister,
Julia, 29, for several years, but they were separated. She also said
Donerson had ordered him to move out of the family’s home last winter.

A relative found the body of Darnell Donerson, 57, lying on her living
room floor around 2:45 PM yesterday. Police arriving on the scene found
the body of Jason Hudson, 27, in a bedroom of the home he shared with
his mother. Both victims had been shot multiple times. The front door
was unlocked.

Police made several arrests last night but no one has been charged in
the case according to law enforcement sources who spoke to the Chicago
Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times. Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said
investigators were talking to “a number of people in custody” but she
declined to elaborate.

The whereabouts of Julia Hudson’s 7-year-old son, Julian King, is still
unknown. An Amber Alert was issued for Julian yesterday. The boy was
initially thought to be Balfour’s son, but Balfour was incarcerated
during the time Julian was conceived.

Balfour was convicted and sentenced to 7 years in prison for attempted
murder and car jacking in 1999. He was paroled in 2006. Julian was born
in 2001.

Published reports indicated William may have stolen Julia’s car in
recent weeks and was barred from the family home as a result. In a
caption posted under a photo of her brother Jason, Julia noted that
Jason was picking her up from her job where she worked as a school bus
driver because, “William bitch ass sold my car.”

Paul Ciliano, a former Chicago police officer and CBS News consultant,
said the Englewood neighborhood where the crimes were committed is
“probably the toughest neighborhood in the city of Chicago.

“This is notoriously violent area, the most shootings and car
hijackings and tough-and-rumble place on the South Side of Chicago,” he
told Early Show anchor Priya David.

Members at the church where the tight-knit family worshiped said
Jennifer Hudson offered to move her mother out of the area, but
Donnerson refused to leave.

“These are such difficult times,” said the family’s pastor, Rev. Willie
R. Davis, of the Progressive Baptist Church. “To lose a mother and a
brother at one time — and then to lose them under these circumstances
would be difficult for anyone. We just have to wait until the
opportunity permits that we can sit down with them and have prayer.
Jennifer is a very strong lady. She is deep-rooted in her faith. We
know that through it all, she will get through.”

CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers reports that Hudson returned to
Chicago last night after news of the deaths. But her sister Julia was
still accepting friend requests on her Myspace page as recently as this
morning. She is said to be “numb”.

Hudson recently announced her engagement to David Otunga, best known for his stint on VH1’s reality show “I Love New York.”

The star is asking for privacy in her time of grief. Her Web site JenniferHudsonOnline.Com is already filled with condolence notes.

7-year-old Julian King is still missing...

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Jennifer Hudson, left, poses with her brother Jason, sister Julia, and half sister Dinah, far right...

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Jennifer, right, with brother-in-law William Balfour, who is suspected of killing her mother and brother...

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William Balfour in an undated photo...

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by **Chief Black** Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:49 pm

Damn R.I.P.

UPDATE: Suspect Caught In `Hudson Family Killings!!!!!!!

UPDATE: Suspect Caught In `Hudson Family Killings!!!!!!!

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