CHICAGO, Oct. 31, 2008
Gun Found In Lot Used In Hudson Slayings
Forensic Testing Linked The .45-Caliber Gun Found Wednesday To The Killings
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Residents participate in a candlelight vigil for Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson and her family outside Hudson's mother and brother's home on the Southside of Chicago, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Play CBS Video Video A Dreamgirl's Nightmare Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and now her 7-year-old nephew were found shot and murdered in Chicago, a city with the highest number of homicides this year. Cynthia Bowers reports.
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Police Superintendent Jody Weis said Friday that forensic testing linked the .45-caliber gun found Wednesday to the killings.
He says police have a lot of work to do, but are "extraordinarily pleased and satisfied" by the find.
The bodies of 57-year-old Darnell Donerson and 29-year-old Jason Hudson were discovered in their South Side home last Friday. The body of 7-year-old Julian King was found Monday inside a sport utility vehicle on the city's West Side.
All three had been shot.
The gun was found in the neighborhood
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