FBI officials confirmed this afternoon in a press conference that a body found this morning on Chicago’s West Side is that of 7-year old Julian King, actress/singer Jennifer Hudson’s nephew.
Jennifer helped positively identify the body of her young nephew today, hours after he was found with gunshot wounds in a sport-utility vehicle on Chicago’s West Side, authorities said.
An autopsy was scheduled to be done on the body of Julian on Tuesday at the Cook County medical examiner’s office, where Hudson and other relatives went to help identify the remains this afternoon.
A law enforcement source told the Tribune that the boy had been shot multiple times in the back of the white Chevrolet Suburban. The vehicle had been the subject of an intense search and Amber Alert issued on Friday after Hudson’s mother and brother were found shot and killed inside the family’s South Side home.
Chicago police brought Julian’s body to the medical examiner’s office shortly after noon today and Hudson and other family members arrived about three hours later, said office spokesman Sean Howard.
Over the weekend, Hudson offered $100,000 for the safe return of her nephew via her myspace.
The police continue to hold William Balfour – Julia’s estranged husband – in custody as a person of interest. Balfour has denied involvement in the killings or the disappearance of the boy, law-enforcement sources said. They are currently reviewing surveillance tapes in the neighborhood where the SUV was found in search of more clues.
To continue reading updates on this case, visit thechicagotribune.
We here at Concrete Loop continue to fully extend our condolences to Jennifer Hudson and her family at this tragic and horrific time.
man, this is a tradegy, my heart goes out to Jennifer and her family. I went to high school with jennifer and she was very sweet me. man this just saddens me!!!
This whole thing is really devestating for all parties invloved. Jennifer is at the height of her career and all of this happened so tragically. I hope she does not let this hinder her in her future successes.
This is such a shame. GOD be with The Hudson Family. Some people are sick!
Thank You for posting this. Such a sad course of events. Jennifer is a very strong woman and a strong believer in GOD.:. Keep your head up Jennifer.
I am truly sorry…Sorry for the mother for having to bury her son, mother and brother sorry to JHud…
he was just a baby…nothing more to say than sorry
This is such a horrific tragedy. My prayers go out to Jennifer Hudson and her family. May the deceased rest in peace. My heart and soul hurts for them.
Domestic cases are alive and well, please ladies listen to all threats that are posed to you and your family.Every threat should be taken serious. Do as much as you can to prevent things like this from happening.
Tragic. I am so sorry to hear this
Man that’s sad in one act of violence someone has taken away three generations of a family my heart goes out to Jennifer and her sister Julia at this time. I will keep you in my prayers.
DEATH PENALTY
damn man. that is so horrible. i hope Jennifer and her family can get through this.
They will be in my prayers…
damn shame..
Devastating. This is too much, I dont know how the family will be able to survive this tragic event. I hope they get through this.
Please, no comments about Julia and her choice of men / life decisions in this post – this is not deserved to anyone.
I give my condolences to the Hudson family. I urge everyone to pray for strength and comfort for the Hudson’s and anyone who has been affected with this tragedy. Please take note of this dreadful situation…this world we live in is extreme so we must take every moment with friends and loved ones as the last and be very careful of those we surround ourselves with. I cannot imagine the pain this family is enduring at this moment.
i hope that the bastard that did this rots
I can’t help but shed some tears on this because there are some sick jerks in the world and we have to protect our babies. My hearts go out to the Family, I can only imagine what they are going through. It’s hard enough to lose someone due to natural death let alone to the hands of an obviously very violent and disturbed a–hole.
my prayers go out to j hud and her family.
At some point we as human beings have to decry this kind of inhumane crime. I think we’re living in a society where we simply say “its sad” and move right along until the next sad thing comes along.
It just seems that there is something more that we can do. This is truly tragic, but these horrific crimes befall our community more often than most of us would care to address. This time it has happened to Jennifer Hudson, and thats so unfortunate, but before it has happened to several families in our community.
I came up in the 90′s and I remember some of these same stories being relayed what seems like — nightly on the news, and at some point I think we became so desensitized to it all that we haven’t neccessarily come back from that.
Yes its sad, but what can be done as a communty? I mean, the neighbors said (I’m paraphrasing) that they DID HEAR THE GUN SHOTS, but they didn’t think much of it because THEY ALWAYS HEAR GUNSHOTS!
Something is wrong with that!
My condolensces to the family.
that is just terrible. i can’t even began to imagine what her and the rest of her family must be going through. God be with them…
I seriously cannot be dealing with this anymore, it is unimaginable the pain the family are going through right now, we live in such a scary world, I will defintely have all the family in my prayers tonight.
my heart goes out to Jennifer Hudson & her family. This is such a tragedy & regardless of anything that lil boy had nothin to do with it. Innocent lives were taken for no reason && that man will get what he deserves…
what is the world coming to?
To murder a child like that and leave him in the truck is an abomination. I do not understand the mind that people have in this world. Whoever has done this, I do not believe they should get the death penalty. Let his behind go to JAIL and deal with the consequences. After those inmates find out what he has done, his behind will be done. My prayers and heart truly goes out to Jennifer and her family, especially her sister Julia. I don’t know what it would feel like to lose a child, so I cannot imagine her heartache. Stay strong. And allow God to be your comforter in this time.
I am at a loss for words. May God Bless Your family and keep your hearts strong. Our thoughts and prayers our with you in your family. GOD BLESS YOU!!!
This is soooooooo terrible. I can’t imagine how the Hudson family is feeling at this time. I pray that GOD gives them strength to make it through this terrible time. They are in my prayers.
***Please, no comments about Julia and her choice of men / life decisions in this post – this is not deserved to anyone.
Sorry, my earlier comment was not directed to anyone who posted – just a message to those who are about to post, or say something similar.
I can’t believe it! Why, why, why?!
R.i.p. and I’ll pray for Jennifer and her family.
I cant imagine the pain that Julia and Jennifer are going through. I think we all have that feeling in the back of our minds that this stuff can never happen to us, but I think this tragedy is a reminder that nobody is safe. All I can say is that we need to get more involved in eachothers lives. These days neighbors can go years without even acknowledging one another. Lets try to get back to that big community that looks out for eachother.
As a Chicago resident I am seriously contemplating staying in bloomington after I graduate. Just the other day a little girl had her throat slit around my neighborhood smh. You know what I think imma move to barbados cause my friend said there is hardly any crime there. Anyway I hope jennifer and her sister can be strong, but I know I wouldnt be able to go on if something like this happened to me. I wonder if she will stay in the entertainment industry?
Man…….Truly sad for everyone. “We” don’t celebrate many the way we celebrate Jennifer Hudson, so let us all continue to pray for her and family.
too sad…dude deserves to be tortured then killed for the pain he has inflicted upon this family….im keeping the hudson family in my prayers….they are going to need strength during this time….burying their mom and brother was bad enough…now a child too…smh
I was wondering when this would show up on here. The police are giving a press conference at 5 cst..not sure if JHud will be there. This is very sickening. Someone needs to be charged by tonight
People saw that car and said it was unfamiliar but didn’t say ish. Someone else claimed they called but cops didn’t come. Funny how this all is said once the reward is put up… I’ve been wondering why it wasn’t up sooner. Car was found within miles from where the suspect was picked up…the search team didn’t canvas that area??
I’m in disbelief, this is horrible, I can’t even began to imagine what the Hudson family is going through.
Why would someone do this, this is sick, I don’t understand how people can just kill and take someones life just at a drop of a dime.
Life is so precious.
NO DEATH PENALTY! Not at all, thats cop out.
I say solitary confinement for the rest of this sicko’s life, with a painting of Julian King on his wall to stock his every waking moment. Killing him, would be putting him out of whatever misery exist within him to cause him to commit such a senseless, deviant and evil act.
No death penalty.
JESUS…I just knew this was not going to turn out with good news. I (for the life of me) can NOT understand HOW you could shoot a child. And it sounds like the killer is a coward because he had the little boy face down. And shoot him multiple times?????
I also wonder if the parents lives could be in jepordy?
My prayers are with the entire Hudson family. I have my own child and can NOT even imagine going through something like this. SMH
RE: NO. 9
NO DEATH PENALTY! Not at all, thats cop out.
I say solitary confinement for the rest of this sicko’s life, with a painting of Julian King on his wall to stock his every waking moment. Killing him, would be putting him out of whatever misery exist within him to cause him to commit such a senseless, deviant and evil act.
Or leave him to his fellow inmates in jail. Leave him to them, who do not get to see their own children because they are locked away and for them — even with their own sadistic desires — have compassion for a boy WHO JUST TURNED 7 YEARS OLD and cannot nor would have the capacity to even want TO DO ANYTHING TO ANYONE!
No death penalty.
I could not imagine losing my mother sibling and child/nephew all in 1 weekend. So much violence going on in the world today.
Absolutely apalling
this is so terrible.I can’t believe this had to happen.My love goes out to Jennifer and her entire family.we love you.
OMG!!!!! When I read this I couldn’t help but shed a tear… my 12 year old cousin jwas struck down by a car and died and it just brought back memories. I am so sadden by this news. i was hoping/praying that the little boy would be alive.. My god!!!people are sick!!!
I offer my condolences to the family. The only thing I can think to say is that we, descendants of enslaved Africans, come from people who persevered in the midst of unspeakable violence with no sign of hope or justice to be found. I shall remember the strength and beauty of your family that shiines brightly, although too shortly for some, the world over even to those of us who do not know you.
My prayers are with them I know they have strong faith in God.
Everybody just needs to say a prayer for Jennifer and her familiy because that’s the only thing that can get them through this terrible tragedy.
i agree. i hope the sick bastard that did this fries for it. how can a person have the nerve to take the life of 3 innocent people?? you have to be completely insane to even get the balls to do something like that, and thinks it will go unnoticed. i pray justice is served, that thing deserves whatever punishment he gets times ten. i could not imagine losing people so close to me at anytime in my life, but especially not at what’s supposed to be the most happy time of my life. i know jen is devastated
My condolences go out to the Hudson family. I just can’t believe all of this that has happened, it is a complete tragedy especially to find out today that someone would take a childs life like that. My heart is hurting right now because of devastation. We will continue to lift Jennifer and her whole family up in prayer.
This is so sad! My heart goes out to Jennifer and her family. I can’t believe someone would do that to a child. I will never know this kind of pain!
.I dont care if she is a celebrity or not, this idiot wiped out this womans whole family. To kill a child? Only the devil could possess someone to kill an innocent child, and to shoot him multiple times? I have no words for that…
And two, that wasnt even his biological father.. There are people that cannot have children, and you kill one? And if he was having problems with his wife, what gave him the reason to involve the family members and his stepson? Lord Have Mercy. I was praying that this boy would return safely. But he is not in the comfort of the Lord.
That is sad. Point blank, stupid and senseless. I will keep them in my prayers.
My Prayers are with the family….I was really praying that they find him alive
@ Iron Lion Zion
I am with you. I am fortunate enough to say I have never had to live in a community such as this one appears to be where gunshots ae so the “norm” that no one bothers to call the police or even look to see if they saw something? OMG!. To kill, bad enough in itself but an innocent child at the tender age of 7? Shot multiple times? This person had to be the devil himself. It hits me hard because I have a 7 year son and I just can not imagine what this family and his mother is going through. My prayers are with the Hudson family. I agree no death penalty,but give him solitary confinement after the prison general public are finished passin him around to do with him as they please, then put him what is left of him solitary. I have heard that prisoners do not take kindly to those that have commited crimes to children
So, so sad. R.I.P and all of my condolences to Jennifer and her family.
this is just horrible news jennifer and her family are in my prayers.
I WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR JENNIFER & HER FAMILY THIS IS TRULY A TRAGEDY!!!!!!
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And that NUT who did this needs to be taken to Saudia Arabia for his death penalty. Thiey still believe in be-heading folks. That is why their crime rate is so low. THEY DON’T PLAY!!!!!!!
OMG!! JHUD if your reading this Believe in the Lord and he will
give you strength. Lift your eyes to the hills, from which all our help cometh from. May the Lord continue to strengthen you each day
Incredibly sad news. I am praying for this family, and all families in general who are victims of domestic violence and hate. What a sad sad world.
This is so sad & unbelievable. My heart goes out 2 her and her family. I met Jennifer & she so sweet & down to earth. & it hurts my heart that the car has been there since saturday & no 1 reported it! Well not until she offered a reward then some 1 called the athorities. I pray that they will hold on 2 there faith & let it get them through this.
This sick son of a b!tch had the devil in him. I hope he burns in hell. How can you kill a baby. The world is sick, and I can go buy a gun anywhere.
SO terrible. I hope Jennifer and Julia will continue to lean on each other and God. I couldnt even imagine.
This is so sad and she will continue to be in my prayers. Who could do such a thing? God bless the Hudson family!
OMG, this is so sad. My heart goes out to Jenny and her entire family
This nucca needs to be put to death point blank period, forget a life sentence or jail time!!!
I will continue to hold this family up in prayer.