Dec 2 2008 12:34 AM ET

Arrest made in the murder of Jennifer Hudson's family members

Chicago police have arrested William Balfour, Jennifer Hudson’s estranged brother-in-law, in the October killings of her mother, brother, and young nephew. Balfour, 27 — who is separated from Hudson’s sister, Julia — was transferred from an Illinois prison, where he had been held for a possible parole violation, to police custody on Monday. Formal charges have not yet been filed, People.com reports.

The Academy Award winner and American Idol alum’s mother, Darnell Donerson, 57, and brother, Jason Hudson, 29, were found shot to death in the family’s home on Oct. 24. Three days later, the body of 7-year-old Julian King, Julia Hudson’s son and Balfour’s stepson, was found in a car 10 miles away. Shortly after the murders, Balfour had been detained for questioning.

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  • BC

    I wonder if this means Julia Hudson will FINALLY take him off her “Top Friends” list on MySpace?

  • Queen

    I have been trying to see julia’s myspace weeks ago before the murders and it has always said private.I haven’t seen it for myself what she has on her myspace or about a picture. Some of this stuff is he say I say stuff. I don’t believe everything I read. The crime experts will find out and present evidence. The police is not going to leak out all the information about the killings to the news reporters. They had to have some stable evidence against Mr. Balfour to present a warrant on three counts of 1st degree murder. Just because we and don’t know all the information on this case doesn’t mean the police doesn’t have anything on Mr. Balfour. As for his mother she just needs to stop running her mouth. What she should be doing is helping her son by praying instead of going to the media yapping her mouth like she knows what she is talking about.Praying that they find the person or persons who did this. If the evidence points to her son in court and he is convicted.Will she run her mouth?

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