Police: Hudson Nephew Likely Killed In SUV

Detectives Think 7-Year-Old Was Alive When He Left Home Where 2 Relatives Found Dead

(AP)  Chicago police detectives think the 7-year-old nephew of actress Jennifer Hudson was alive when he left the house where his uncle and grandmother were killed last week and likely was shot in the SUV where his body was later found, a police official said Thursday.

The police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the case publicly, would not elaborate on when detectives think the boy might have died.

Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said she could not comment about the official's statements.

The bodies of 57-year-old Darnell Donerson and 29-year-old Jason Hudson were discovered in their South Side home Friday afternoon, and the body of Julian King was found inside an SUV on the city's West Side on Monday morning.

All the victims were shot, authorities have said.

Nobody had been charged as of Thursday afternoon, but the estranged husband of the boy's mother remained in custody on a parole violation. Publicly, police have characterized 27-year-old William Balfour, a convicted felon, as a "person of interest," but the source said he was the only suspect in the slayings.

Meanwhile, a funeral home announced Thursday that services for Hudson's mother, brother and nephew will be held on Monday morning. The service at Apostolic Church of God on Chicago's South Side will be closed to the public.

Hudson and her sister, Julia Hudson, said Thursday they have established the Hudson-King Foundation to provide food, clothing and shelter, along with grief counseling, to relatives of victims of violent crime.

It is the only charitable foundation the sisters have established in their family's memory, according to a statement released from Jennifer Hudson's publicist.

Also on Thursday, Police Superintendent Jody Weis said that a gun found Wednesday in a vacant lot around the corner from where the SUV had been parked was a .45 caliber weapon.

Preliminary tests suggest that the murder weapon was a .45 caliber gun, but scientific tests were being conducted to determine if the weapon found in the lot is the murder weapon, Weis said.

The weapon has been turned over to the Illinois State Police crime lab, and will be compared with shell casings found at the Hudson home on the city's South Side, he said.

[gammaleezy]

Sounds like a lynch mob - hold judgment until all the facts are in. Ironically, none of this would have hit the news the way it did if it hadn''t been for Jennifer Hudson''s celebrity status. It would be "just another killing" - how sad is that? IF the father did it, the saddest thing for the little boy is that is the last thing he saw his daddy do...

[briansgirl2]

It''s a shame that the Hudson Family had to go thru this tragic event in such a public way. Whenever the news station talks about it, they are always showing "past" footage of Jennifer. What a shame! Her family was murdered, and all the footage is of her singing and performing. She was not killed, her family was. Why do this to her at a time like this????

[questionnews]

THE KEY OF MAKING REVOLUTION AT GLOBALE WORLD''''S SCALE - DO COMPLETE ELIMINATE ALL WHO EVER SEEN ON TV/RADIO/NEWS !!! AND ALL THE WORLD WILL BE COMPLETE CHANGE IN BETTER FOR YOU !!!
DON''''T PAY YOUR MONEY FOR THEIR CRISE !!! JUST PARTICIPATE TO WORLD REVOLUTION AGAINST ALL CHIEFS !!!
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DO NOT WORK AGAIN FOR THEM, JUST DO REVOLUTION AT COMPLETE WORLD''''S SCALE !!! ALL THE WORLD, LET''''S DO REVOLUTION !!!

Posted by camposanto at 06:40 AM : Oct 31, 2008


Gee, I didn''t know the 3rd graders had internet access in Cuba. At least Castro taught them how to spell the word "revolution" correctly. Maybe he will learn to spell other big words when he gets to the 4th grade.

[love4all2]

camposanto your an idiot that needs to be locked up and the key flushed.
I think the guy they have in jail did it and if this is the case he needs to fry. Not sit and waste taxe payers money

[wakeup60]

ybotheratall...you have it right...why waste any time...if there is no doubt about who did such an act of heinous carnage of butchery...They should just pull his head off-why waste jail, court or tax payer expenses to let him watch color TV and eat 3 times a day...while he studies and gets a law degree in the prison system...Get rid of the scumbag...Immediately-Anyone that would do a deed such as this...especially this precious boy-no telling what he saw, witnessed with his own eyes...and then murdered him anyway in that vehicle...Not to diminish the loving mother/grandmother and brother/uncle/son ... Jennifer Hudson...had to identify "3" of her immediate family''s bodies...One would be more than enough...May Peace be with her and her family...A Horrible Tragedy-beyond the realm of comprehension.

[rrozsa-2009]

Camposanto, I think you must be using a translating tool into English. I don''t understand a word you''re saying. What is a crise? And what/who are chiefs?

[rational_1]

DO NOT WORK AGAIN FOR THEM, JUST DO REVOLUTION AT COMPLETE WORLD''''S SCALE !!! ALL THE WORLD, LET''''S DO REVOLUTION !!!
Posted by camposanto at 06:40 AM : Oct 31, 2008

Okay - but let''s NOT do acid this early in the morning.

[ybotheratall]

When are we going to stop calling that THING Balfour a "person of interest"? It''s like calling calling Monica Lewinsky a "wallflower". Get real. That piece of garbage killed those people. I hope they inject him quickly so we can all get on with our lives and the Hudson''s can somehow continue to function. If we quickly executed people for these heinous crimes and more often, then perhaps people would stop their destruction.