Jennifer Hudson’s Nephew Still Missing
Posted by Media Outrage on October 25, 2008
These are pictures of Jennifer Hudson and her family. The top one is Jennifer and her sister Julia. According to reports, Jennifer’s nephew Julian is still missing. Below are pictures of Jennifer’s mom (the pic with all three ladies) Julian, Julia (Julian’s mother), Jason (Jennifer’s brother who was killed), and William Balfour (the suspect in custody for the shootings, he has not been charged yet). A special thanks to BlackCelebKids for emailing us the photos.
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Via AP:
CHICAGO – Authorities investigating the shooting deaths of Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother were searching for the missing 7-year-old nephew of the Oscar-winning actress.
A suspect in the deaths was in custody Friday night, but young Julian King had not been seen since the bodies of Darnell Donerson, 57, and Jason Hudson, 29, were found Friday afternoon.
A family member entering Donerson’s South Side home Friday afternoon found the woman shot on the living room floor. Responding officers later found Hanson shot in the bedroom, police said.
At least one of the victims suffered defensive wounds, said authorities who described the shooting as domestic violence.
William Balfour, a man suspected in the deaths, was arrested Friday but had not been charged, law enforcement sources told 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. An Amber Alert issued Friday said Balfour was a suspect in the double homicide.
Records from the Illinois Department of Corrections show Balfour, 27, is on parole and spent nearly seven years in prison for attempted murder, vehicular hijacking and possessing a stolen vehicle. Public records show one of Balfour’s addresses as the home where Donerson and Jason Hudson were shot.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office said autopsies for Donerson and Jason Hudson were pending.
Balfour’s mother, Michelle, said her son had been married to Hudson’s sister, Julia, for several years, but they were separated. She also said Donerson had ordered him to move out of the family’s home last winter.
Jennifer Hudson’s personal publicist, Lisa Kasteler, said the family wanted privacy.
The tragedy comes as Hudson, who grew up in Chicago, continues to reach new heights in her career. Her song “Spotlight” is No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts and her recently released, self-tiled debut album has been a top seller. She was featured in this year’s blockbuster “Sex and the City” movie and is also starring in the hit film “The Secret Life of Bees.”
She won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in 2007 for her role in “Dreamgirls.” In an interview last year with Vogue, Hudson credited her mother with encouraging her to audition for “American Idol,” which launched her career.
The singer, whose father died when she was a teenager, described herself as very close to her family. In a recent AP interview she said her family, which includes older siblings Julia and Jason, helped keep her grounded.
“My faith in God and my family, they’re very realistic and very normal, they’re not into the whole limelight kind of thing, so when I go home to Chicago that’s just another place that’s home,” she said. “I stand in line with everybody else, or, when I go home to my mom I’m just Jennifer, (so she says), ‘You get up and you take care of your own stuff.’ And I love that; I don’t like when people tell you everything you want to hear, I want to hear the truth, you know what I mean.”
According to TMZ William Balfour who is in police custody is refusing to cooperate with authorities or supply information.
Pictures of the suspect in custody, William Balfour with Julia (Jennifer’s sister) below.
Mediaoutrage- We will continue to keep Jennifer and her family in our prayers.
Smurfette said
Dam, dam dam! I will keep the rest of her fam in my prayers as well. This is sad, but Jennifer will be able to be strong and make it through this with God’s help. Stay up, sister.
Danielle said
I really feel sad for Jennifer and her family. I will keep them all in my prayers.
Yvonne said
You know, the thing that keeps picking at me is WHY HE WON’T TELL WHERE THE CHILD IS. WHY?
I don’t want to say what is in the back of my mind. I want to believe that Julian is safe and I won’t stop believing that until I hear or read differently…and I pray to God I am not wrong.
Where is the natural father? Why hasn’t he shown up since it is his son that is missing?
ucanb2 said
Please continue to pray for this family and the safe return of the little boy! OMG
kenya parks said
I am so sorry about your lost! I’m going to keep your family in prayer and pray that your newphew return safely, love you all.
suppkimmy said
I am so SORRY for what has happened!! I am hopeing thet you newphew returns home unharmed and safely.
my best wishes to you!!
lala said
I’m prayin for this family and since we found out the baby is gone i pray that person who did this that God has mercy on the soul . how you could ever get the mind state to kill a baby is sickin to me and jus kno tht you will reap wht you sow
auto insurance company ratings said
Wow. First Paula goes and now Simon is on his way out. I wonder what’s going to happen to American Idol. I wonder if it will still be as popular without Simon. I think he is a very big part of what made the show successful.