Suspect In Custody In J. Hudson Mother’s Death • 10.25.08
Today the worst has happened, Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother were shot and killed in their home on the South Side of Chicago. To make matters worst Hudson’s 7 year old nephew is missing. However, the police does have a suspect in custody.
A man suspected in the deaths was in custody Friday night, but the 7-year-old boy had not been located, according to published reports.
William Balfour was being questioned, but Julian King’s whereabouts were not known, law enforcement sources told the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times. Balfour has not been charged.
It’s a sad day for all of us who have ever heard her music. Although we talk about people and comment on their life and offer our opinions on who they date, what they wear or even how they look on their album cover. It’s moments like this that make us fall back and realize that the lives we comment and critique are real. Jennifer Hudson loved her mother and her family. In an interview with the AP she said of her mother.
