Trial set for man accused of killing family of Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

William Balfour

/ AP

(CBS/AP) CHICAGO - A judge says the man charged in the slayings of three members of Academy Award winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's family will face a jury this spring.

Cook County Judge Charles Burns on Thursday set jury selection for April 9 in the trial of William Balfour.

Balfour is charged with first-degree murder in the October 2008 slayings of Hudson's mother, brother and nephew.

Balfour was the estranged husband of Jennifer Hudson's sister, Julia. Prosecutors allege he shot her family in a jealous rage because Julia Hudson was dating another man.

The bodies of 57-year-old Darnell Hudson and 29-year-old Jason Hudson were found in the family's home on the city's South Side. The body of 7-year-old Julian King was found days later in a sport utility vehicle on the city's West Side.

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by angelofurnightmare January 21, 2012 12:40 PM EST: My sister is "dating" a man in prison for manslaughter...I can't for the life of me see y she would risk something life this happening to her son...But these women are usually weak and easy to use and these men have spent a lifetime learning how to manipulate people to get what they want..."HE WAS FRAMED!" is her fav thing to say...but is it worth the risk...nope...the women are stupid; Reply to this comment

by mari1963 January 20, 2012 8:33 AM EST

This man is an animal. Why in the world did Julie Hudson marry this loser and expose her family to such a monster?

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by TakersGirl4Life January 20, 2012 12:55 PM EST: I agree he had been convicted of murder before (from what I've read & heard)And yet julia brought that monster in their lives And in doing so her Mother,Brother and her own Son Lost their lives.