JENNIFER HUDSON'S MOTHER AND BROTHER REPORTEDLY FOUND DEAD

October 24, 2008


The mother and brother of Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Hudson have reportedly been found dead at a home on Chicago's South Side and police reportedly say a seven-year-old boy is missing.

CBS2 in Chicago reports:
The mother of Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson was reportedly found dead in a South Side home.
Two adults were found fatally shot at a home at 70th Street and Yale Avenue at 3 p.m. Friday, authorities said. Willie Davis, the pastor of the Hudson family's church, Progressive Baptist, confirmed that 57-year-old Darnell Hudson Donnerson was one of the victims.
The other victim was a man, the Chicago Fire Department said.
The shooting is believed to be domestic.
TMZ has also confirmed the death of Darnell, pictured here with her daughter Jennifer at the Governor's Ball following the 2007 Academy Awards, and Jennifer's brother. According to the website:
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Jennifer Hudson's mother was one of two victims shot and killed in Chicago earlier today.
A neighbor tells TMZ the other victim was Jennifer's brother Jason. A cousin who lived nearby discovered the bodies.
We're told the two bodies were found dead on the scene at 2:44 PM. When the fire department arrived and discovered the bodies, police were brought in and the home was declared a crime scene.
A call to Hudson's rep was not immediately returned.
WABC in New York reports that Jennifer is on a plane en route to Chicago. Jennifer, 27, is the youngest of three children. Jason reportedly was a mechanic and according to his MySpace page, graduated from Simeon Career Academy High School in 1998. Jennifer's sister Julia is a school bus driver. Their father Samuel Simpson, who died, was a bus driver.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
According to public records, the home is owned by Darnell Donnerson, Jennifer's mother.
A Chicago police spokeswoman also said a 7-year-old boy was reported missing. Police identified him as Julian King, but they would not say whether he is a relative of the actress. He is 5-foot tall, weighs 135 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.
The police said that they are searching for a William Balfour as a suspect in the double homicide. They said that he is considered to be armed and dangerous and may be driving white 1994 Chevrolet Suburban with Illinois license plate No. X584859 or a teal/green Chrysler Concord four-door with a left front headlight hanging out that is scratched all along its left side. The Chrysler is displaying temporary tags of 332K823.
The missing boy may be in the vehicle.
According to a source, the actress' sister reported the boy missing from the home.
Public records indicate the Suburban is registered to Jason Hudson, who neighbors said is Jennifer Hudson's brother. Authorites would not say whether he was one of the two victims.
Jennifer Hudson is not injured, her bodyguard told the Tribune before referring all questions to a publicist.
One of the victims was a woman in her 50s who was shot in the head and the other was a 29-year-old man who was shot in the chest, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. The spokesman did not have the victims' identities.
At least one of the victims had defensive wounds, according to police.
Since announcing her engagement to David "Punk" Otunga last month, the singer/actress has been busy promoting her movie, "The Secret Life of Bees," which opened a week ago, and her self-titled debut album.
Our prayers go out to Jennifer and her family.
More details to come.

 

I just heard !

Tragic news story !

 

Disgusting news......

 

Damn, RIP.

 

Yo, as soon as Black folks make some money they need to get the fuck out the hood. Fuck keepin' it real. RIP.

 

It's a horrible tragedy. I saw the Child Amber Alert on the expressway.

I hope that boy is found alive and well. They don't need anything else happening. May the family find some peace in this terrible time.

 

These kind of stories really make me sick. I hope they find the animals that did this.

RIP

 

A possible tragic ending for her nephew. May this family find some peace. This is horrible.

A boy's body found in missing Chevy Suburban

October 27, 2008 at 8:48 AM | Comments (0)

WATCH LIVE VIDEO FROM THE SCENE (WGN-TV)
A child's body was found in the vehicle police were looking for in their search for 7-year-old Julian King, the missing nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson.
The 1994 white Chevrolet Suburban with Illinois license plate X584859 was found in the 1300 block of South Kolin Avenue around 8 a.m. Live TV shots showed a white Chevrolet Suburban being towed away.
The Cook County medical examiner's office has sent investigators to the scene and said the body of a black boy was found inside, an office spokesman said. The child had not been identified.
A Chicago police spokesman released no information about the discovery.
Julian was reported missing and an Amber Alert was issued Friday after his grandmother and uncle were found shot to death inside the family's home in the 7000 block of South Yale Avenue.
Chicago police have interviewed William Balfour, 27, the estranged husband of the boy's mother, Julia Hudson. He was initially described by police as a suspect in the investigation.
Balfour has denied involvement in the killings or the disappearance of the boy, law-enforcement sources said. But at some point, Balfour stopped talking to authorities, sources told the Tribune.
On Sunday morning, Balfour was transferred to a state facility after officials said he violated conditions of parole for a 1999 conviction for attempted murder. On Sunday, Illinois Department of Corrections spokeswoman Januari Smith said Balfour violated his parole because he is a suspect in the slayings and the boy's disappearance.
According to law-enforcement sources, Balfour's alibi the day of the killings has been contradicted by his girlfriend. Balfour was arrested at the woman's Southwest Side home Friday night. Balfour and Julia Hudson had been separated for some time, his family members said. A family friend said Balfour recently had threatened to take Julian away.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/10/a-boys-body-found-in-vehicle-on-west-side.html

 

Damn man. hella sad. RIP kid.

 

coming from someone who feels American Idol is a complete joke and a waste of air time, and that Jennifer Hudson's 15 minutes is up, thoughts and prayers definitely go out to her family...

 

Mike was that really needed? Just send your condolences and let it be.

 

Jennifer Hudson is a real talent, and will be around much longer than 15 minutes.

 

That's for calling people out when they are obviously being rude!:smt008

 

Thank you.