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Jennifer Hudson's Mother, Brother Murdered

post #1 of 63
10/25/08 at 2:44am
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Crazy story. Her mom and brother were shot to death in the home co-owned by Hudson and her mother. Her nephew as of now (her sister's son) is missing, supposedly kidnapped by the murder suspect, Hudson's brother-in-law. He's now in custody, but the child is still missing. Hudson's sister is also missing. She drives buses for a living, drove her shift today, and hasnt been seen since. Terrible, terrible tragedy for Jen and her family.

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/24/jennif...er-found-dead/
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post #2 of 63
10/25/08 at 9:27pm
I cannot even bear to think about what happened to that child.

He's still missing, a full day later.
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post #3 of 63
10/25/08 at 11:01pm
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I hate to say this, but it's a statistical fact that a missing child's odds of coming home alive grow dimmer after the first 24 hours. The suspect's refusal to cooperate with authorities leaves two possible outcomes in my mind: either the child is alive, being held in some location and will be found soon, or the child is deceased.

I heard speculation that the guy could be keeping the child somewhere as ransom, since the child's aunt is a celebrity, but I don't think this was a money-motivated crime. Apparently, this guy has a criminal past and had threatened revenge against the family a few weeks ago, according to neighbors.
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post #4 of 63
10/25/08 at 11:51pm
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Originally Posted by HarleyQuinn22 View Post
I hate to say this, but it's a statistical fact that a missing child's odds of coming home alive grow dimmer after the first 24 hours.
Everyone who has ever watched an episode of CSI knows that.

Fucked up story, though. The kid is probably dead, but there's never any reason to give up, because there are plenty of stories when the kid is thought to be all but dead and somehow gets found. Of course, the kids fucked up for life anyway so really, it sucks no matter what.
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post #5 of 63
10/27/08 at 11:38am
Body of a child was found in a SUV. Although its not confirmed yet, it likely Hudson's nephew.
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post #6 of 63
10/27/08 at 12:48pm
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Goddamn it. I was praying for a miracle. This whole situation is just beyond tragic. To lose three members of your family so publicly and so violently...I cannot imagine.
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post #7 of 63
10/27/08 at 12:50pm
I always quote NAS in times like this....

"Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high, because you never know, when you're gonna go."
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post #8 of 63
10/27/08 at 4:56pm
I am beyond saddened by this. News sources are saying that the little boy was shot numerous times in the back of the stolen SUV.

What the fuck is wrong with people? How can you just repeatedly shoot a child? Sick.
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post #9 of 63
10/27/08 at 5:33pm
What a horrible, sad business. Hope Jennifer and the other bereaved family members can stay strong in the face of all this...
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post #10 of 63
10/27/08 at 5:43pm
He:



was probably killed by this ... individual ... William Balfour.



Even with CHUD's somewhat calloused and cynical forum environment, somehow I doubt we'll be seeing any "joke" posts in this thread.
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post #11 of 63
10/27/08 at 6:00pm
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was probably killed by this ... individual ... William Balfour.
That's what it's looking like. Guy has a pretty nice rap sheet, too. From a NYT (Fuck TMZ) Article

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Julian is the son of Ms. Hudson’s older sister, Julia. William Balfour, the boy’s estranged stepfather and former husband of Julia Hudson, has been named as a “person of interest” in the case, but has not been charged.

On Sunday, he was taken into custody by the Illinois Department of Corrections for a parole violation. He has convictions for attempted murder, vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen motor vehicle, according to the department. He was released from prison in May 2006 and remains on probation.
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post #12 of 63
10/27/08 at 6:17pm
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He:



was probably killed by this ... individual ... William Balfour.



Even with CHUD's somewhat calloused and cynical forum environment, somehow I doubt we'll be seeing any "joke" posts in this thread.
You've got to be a major league bastard to look at that face and put a bullet in it. Fucking bastard.
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post #13 of 63
10/27/08 at 6:30pm
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You've got to be a major league bastard to look at that face and put a bullet in it. Fucking bastard.
So you're for the death penalty? I would be in this case.

Not to be a prick or anything, because emotions run high in cases like this, but shit like this happens and you never even hear about it because it has nothing to do with a celebrity.
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post #14 of 63
10/27/08 at 6:47pm
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So you're for the death penalty? I would be in this case.

Not to be a prick or anything, because emotions run high in cases like this, but shit like this happens and you never even hear about it because it has nothing to do with a celebrity.
Actually, I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that a quadruple homicide, in which essentially an entire family is killed over a property dispute, when the perpetrator has familial ties to everyone involved, and in which a seven year old child is callously murdered, isn't all that common.

Sure, with 5-6 billion people around, horrible crimes happen all the time, but celebrity or no this one is particularly disturbing. I mean, we're talking about a car? Unless there's something else going on (one obvious possibility: mental illness) it's a hunk of metal you move around in.
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post #15 of 63
10/27/08 at 6:48pm
Yeah, this would have made national news no matter who they were related to.
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post #16 of 63
10/27/08 at 7:19pm
I...I can't tell if Devin's being sarcastic or not anymore? Overlord, you said quadruple? Who else besides the mother, sister, and little boy?
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post #17 of 63
10/27/08 at 7:22pm
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I...I can't tell if Devin's being sarcastic or not anymore? Overlord, you said quadruple? Who else besides the mother, sister, and little boy?
Julia King, the mother of the little boy, "can't be located." The bodies of Hudson's mother, brother and the 7 year old nephew have already been found.

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Mother,_...ported_missing

I hope she's found alive.
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post #18 of 63
10/27/08 at 7:33pm
Luckily, she eventually did turn up. Link.
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post #19 of 63
10/27/08 at 7:41pm
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Luckily, she eventually did turn up. Link.
William Balfour: only a triple murderer.
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post #20 of 63
10/27/08 at 7:42pm
Not for lack of trying, mind you.
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post #21 of 63
10/27/08 at 9:08pm
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So you're for the death penalty? I would be in this case.
This piece of shit deserves to die.

Someone will show up and say that's barbaric*, of course, and tell us all that he should sit in prison for the rest of his life "thinking about what he's done". Which is fine, I guess, until you realize that a monster cold enough to kill a seven year old child (after killing two adults) doesn't give a shit about what he did.

So hopefully he gets the death penalty. If not, sucks to be a kid killer in prison. Good luck with that, asshole.

* I genuinely question the humanity of anyone unable to muster any rage at the murder of a child. I absolutely do.
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post #22 of 63
10/27/08 at 9:10pm
It has nothing to do with rage. I genuinely question the intellect of anyone unable to understand that we have a justice system, not a vengeance system.
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post #23 of 63
10/27/08 at 9:25pm
You could say that the chief role of the justice system is to remove emotions such as rage from the process.
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post #24 of 63
10/27/08 at 10:01pm
They don't have the death penalty in Illinois, do they?

The Black Blogosphere and forums have been all over this, and the story is just more twisted and fucked up than I could have ever imagined. This bastard has a child on the way.
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post #25 of 63
10/28/08 at 9:40am
Us Magazine finally got some comments from the Idol judges, and thankfully they are just as horrified as the rest of us, by this senseless tragedy. A little disappointed we don't have anything from Randy Jackson, I'd like to know what he thinks. But we at least get a comment from Kevin Smith, who sums it up as good as anybody can.

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/simon-cowe...ndous/14685?nc

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Simon Cowell: Hudson Family Deaths Are "Absolutely Horrendous"

By Us Magazine

American Idol judges Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul are expressing their well wishes to season three contestant Jennifer Hudson, whose mother, brother and nephew were violently killed by an unidentified assailant last week in Chicago.

"What has happened is absolutely horrendous," Cowell tells Usmagazine.com in a statement. "My thoughts go out to Jennifer and all her family. This is absolutely horrible."

Abdul tells Entertainment Tonight the domestic-related murders are a "horrific tragedy and my thoughts and prayers go out to Jennifer and her entire family.

"The time I had to get to know Jennifer and forge a wonderful friendship with her while she was on [American] Idol was very special to me, and I personally can't imagine a greater loss for any family."

Police are questioning William Balfour -- the estranged husband of Jennifer's sister -- as a person of interest in the Hudson family deaths.

Meanwhile, neighbors and well-wishers dropped off teddy bears and flowers outside the Hudson family's Chicago home on Monday.

According to the Chicago Tribune, no one planned the vigil ahead of time; all the neighbors said they gathered in a common grief.

The Hudson family deaths reflect the violence that is too often a part of the neighborhood.

"Everybody is touched by this," Kevin Smith - who brought his 5-year-old son, Kevin - told the Tribune. "You just wish there was more that you could do. You can't do nothing but come by here and pay your respects."
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post #26 of 63
10/28/08 at 10:34am
Yes, thank God Paula Abdul is horrified. Thank you! At least something can come of this senseless tragedy!
And did I read that right? Kevin Smith brought his 5 year old son to a vigil? WTF?
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post #27 of 63
10/28/08 at 11:05am
That's not "our" Kevin Smith--he doesn't have a son*. That sounds like a guy who lives in their neighborhood named Kevin Smith.

*I can't decide if I should be ashamed that I know how many kids Kevin Smith has.
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post #28 of 63
10/28/08 at 11:33am
Tee-hee, the only vigil that director Kevin Smith might attend would be in remembrance of Little Debbie.
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post #29 of 63
10/28/08 at 11:37am
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Tee-hee, the only vigil that director Kevin Smith might attend would be in remembrance of Little Debbie.
If I had a power ring, I'd be making you a big green box right now, Molt.
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post #30 of 63
10/28/08 at 2:17pm
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Tee-hee, the only vigil that director Kevin Smith might attend would be in remembrance of Little Debbie.
Kudos. That was definitely needed to lighten the mood a little bit.
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post #31 of 63
10/28/08 at 2:40pm
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They don't have the death penalty in Illinois, do they?
Yep, they gave Gacy the needle back in '90. They're pretty timid about using capital punishment, only 12 people executed since CP was reintroduced in 1976.
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post #32 of 63
10/28/08 at 2:53pm
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Yep, they gave Gacy the needle back in '90. They're pretty timid about using capital punishment, only 12 people executed since CP was reintroduced in 1976.
This fucker better be #13.
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post #33 of 63
10/28/08 at 10:08pm
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As high profile as this is, they WILL seek the death penalty unless the family asks for life instead.
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post #34 of 63
10/28/08 at 11:09pm
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As high profile as this is, they WILL seek the death penalty unless the family asks for life instead.
Well, seeing that Julia still has pics of this heartless fucker up on her Myspace ...
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post #35 of 63
10/29/08 at 12:02am
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Well, seeing that Julia still has pics of this heartless fucker up on her Myspace ...
I doubt changing her myspace page is high on her list of priorities....
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post #36 of 63
10/29/08 at 12:36am
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I doubt changing her myspace page is high on her list of priorities....
She's been on daily since Friday. And she posted about the situation today.
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post #37 of 63
10/29/08 at 4:48am
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Nearly her entire immediate family, not to mention her own child, was executed a few days ago. Her child was lit up like a Christmas tree by that bastard...and she's checking out her Myspace?

Da FUCK?!
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post #38 of 63
10/29/08 at 4:49am
I love the judgmental nature of people on the internet. Too funny.
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post #39 of 63
10/29/08 at 6:33am
Zero accountability.
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post #40 of 63
10/29/08 at 11:16am
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Nearly her entire immediate family, not to mention her own child, was executed a few days ago. Her child was lit up like a Christmas tree by that bastard...and she's checking out her Myspace?

Da FUCK?!
She must have done it!
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post #41 of 63
10/29/08 at 1:23pm
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Nearly her entire immediate family, not to mention her own child, was executed a few days ago. Her child was lit up like a Christmas tree by that bastard...and she's checking out her Myspace?

Da FUCK?!
I just don't know what to think. There's no manual written on how to grieve when nearly you're entire family has been slaughtered, possibly by your own husband, and I figure she's coping the only way she knows how. Over the weekend, I thought that maybe she was checking her Myspace and looking at the many pictures of her mother, brother, and precious little boy, and maybe the prayers and supportive comments from friends gave her some much needed comfort.

But then she wrote a comment about the situation, and it kind of became clear that not only was she checking Myspace, but reading message boards and blogs, which seemed ... bizarre.

And then this:
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When I started my MySpace all of the above was true, now because I chose to do what was natural to me and love someone, it cost me my beautiful family
This dude was on probation for attempted murder and robbery, was/is a drug user, belonged to a gang, and had no job to speak of. Falling in love with a person like that is not "natural".
I cannot even imagine the pain and guilt she must be experiencing right now, but she's still justifying being with this punk ass bitch after everything he's done.

And he's STILL on her Myspace top three, and his pictures are all over her page. No fucking words.
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post #42 of 63
10/29/08 at 1:28pm
Top THREE?!
Fuck that bitch. She had it coming.
I hope they keep Hell hot for her!
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post #43 of 63
10/29/08 at 1:36pm
Yeah, deleting him from her friends would surely wipe away the pain.
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post #44 of 63
10/29/08 at 1:39pm
Please act this way, person who suffered incomprehensible devastation.
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post #45 of 63
10/29/08 at 2:28pm
I'm not saying that she had it coming, or that this tragedy is her fault. And you're behaving like asses to even suggest it.

What I'm saying is, that she's been on the internet often during the past week--she commented on discussion taking place on various forums and blogs. She's changed her pictures, she's posting on Myspace--it would have taken less than a minute to wipe the bastard who's responsible for these heinous murder off of the site that is effectively now a memorial page for her family.

It seems weird that she hasn't done it yet, and disturbing seeing this violent asshole in all of his shirtless, thugged out glory prominently displayed next to the family he murdered.
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post #46 of 63
10/29/08 at 2:29pm
I think you care more than she does.
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post #47 of 63
10/29/08 at 2:33pm
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What I'm saying is, that she's been on the internet often during the past week--she commented on discussion taking place on various forums and blogs. She's changed her pictures, she's posting on Myspace--it would have taken less than a minute to wipe the bastard who's responsible for these heinous murder off of the site that is effectively now a memorial page for her family.
Have I missed something? Has someone been charged? Convicted? By someone other than yourself.
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post #48 of 63
10/29/08 at 2:38pm
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I love the judgmental nature of people on the internet. Too funny.
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Originally Posted by devincf View Post
I love the judgmental nature of people on the internet. Too funny.
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Originally Posted by devincf View Post
I love the judgmental nature of people on the internet. Too funny.
Oh mah lawd.
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post #49 of 63
10/29/08 at 2:51pm
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Have I missed something? Has someone been charged? Convicted? By someone other than yourself.
No. He's a person of interest, and knowing all of the information that has come out about this scumbag, from being on drugs, to being in gangs, to threatening the entire family shortly before the murders took place, to going to her job and threatening her and her coworkers, to his shady alibi, I don't hold out much hope that he's not responsible for all of this.
He's a violent criminal with unsavory connections, and had no business being around a child.

And I think she cares too, or else she wouldn't have addressed the rumors and discussion on her Myspace page.

I'm probably a little too emotionally invested in all of this, but it's looking more and more like these people died over some absolute bullshit. Some domestic foolery all over a goddamn car.
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post #50 of 63
10/29/08 at 3:03pm
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And I think she cares too, or else she wouldn't have addressed the rumors and discussion on her Myspace page.
I meant you care about the pictures on her MySpace page more than she does.
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