Jennifer Hudson’s brother-in-law has become the prime suspect in the murders of her mother, brother, and nephew.
Chicago police arrested William Balfour today for the Oct. 24 shooting deaths that tore Hudson’s family apart.
Chicago police detectives went to the Illinois’ Stateville Correctional Center, where Balfour has been detained for two days after the murders. The 27-year-old was transferred into police custody at 2:45 local time.
“He is awaiting formal charges for three counts of murder,” said the police department spokesman. “There likely will be a press conference once there are formal charges against him.”
Hudson’s mother, Darnell Donerson, and 29-year-old brother, Jason Hudson were found shot to death in Donerson’s home. Julian King, the 7-year-old son of Hudson’s sister, Julia, was reported missing and found dead from a gunshot wound to the head three days later.
Balfour was immediately seen as a “person of interest” in the case right after the murders transfixed the nation. But had been jailed on unrelated charges of parole violation stemming from a 1999 attempted-murder conviction.
At last month’s hearing, the Illinois Prisoner Review Board decided to keep him locked up after hearing evidence that he appeared in places where drugs were sold and, according to his girlfriend, for possession of a gun matching the description of the Hudson murder weapon.
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