Celebrity Justice
Hudson Murders - "Trouble in the Marriage"

The hunt for Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew continues to intensify. And we're told the operating theory among Chicago detectives is an "ongoing domestic dispute" between the suspect, William Balfour, and his estranged wife, Julia Hudson.

Chicago cops would not be more specific, other than to tells us there is an "underlying domestic aspect" to the investigation ... that there was "trouble in the marriage."

We're told cops continue to interview people, but no one other than Balfour is in custody. As for Balfour, so far no charges have been filed.

Chicago cops are now using flyers with Julian King's pic to find the missing boy.

The boy hasn't been seen since the bodies of Hudson's mother and brother were found Friday in her home in the South side of Chicago. The two had been shot to death.

The police will be handing out the flyers today all over Chicago, particularly on the South side.



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16. where is the poor boy?!!!

Posted at 11:46AM on Oct 26th 2008 by sympathy

17. Sorry Dont nobody wanna live or stay in the hood specially these days trust that........Jennifer was selfish and now she will live with that guilt...I feel bad moms and bro.........Im good with my commits cus if I go up bump everybody and everything else....My moms got no choice but to come with me or ima flip......Im sure her moms talked her into stardom........if she ca pay A-idol, 5 % she could have gave her only moms a 1/2 percent......

Posted at 11:47AM on Oct 26th 2008 by solay

18. It is almost 2009 and I can't believe some of the ignorant and petty crap that still comes out of some folks mouths. The "jungle" huh. The "jungle" doesn't have planes to fly the massive amounts of drugs pumped into it. The "jungle" didn't tell the Arab and Korean owned liquor stores to post on every corner. The "jungle" doesn't under fund the schools in the just their areas. The "jungle" doesn't want the police to beat and arrest innocent people or sell guns to their kids. I refuse to even lower myself to your level by telling how I feel about you and people like you; but what I will tell you is that I will pray for you. Have a blessed one.

Posted at 5:50PM on Oct 26th 2008 by 2009 & your still in the dark

19. Mitzi I think it's a case of it will never happen to me as far as JHud's mother goes. She lived in the neighborhood so long that she thought that since she was not involved in crime and violence that it would not be visited upon her. I think that if she didn't want to move she should at least had more security measures put at her home such as an alarm system and cameras to help deter some crazy commiting crime. At least the authorities could have gotten this crime on tape. Jennifer's reps should have had the foresight to have done this for her mother.

Posted at 11:52AM on Oct 26th 2008 by MyTwoCents

20. It's not up to Jennifer to decide where her family lives. It's up to her family to decide where they want tolive.

Posted at 11:54AM on Oct 26th 2008 by Huh??

21. it seems weird they were still living in that crappy neighbhorhood. They had a famous family, they should have and probably could have moved. ALthough this loser was a family member, and he'd have found them anyways. What a sad story.

Posted at 11:56AM on Oct 26th 2008 by Leea

22. Jennifer Hudson just moved out of that house last year. She offered to move her mother but they did not want to be moved. They lived there all of their lives and were set in their ways. When my father moved us out of the "hood" my mother did not want to go and down right refused until the last day, then decided to go for the sake of my brother and I. She still goes down to that god awful place to this day. No it's not odd at all that people who live in a bad neighborhood would want to remain there.

Posted at 6:41AM on Oct 27th 2008 by hudfan19

23. Is it just me or is Jennifer's sister a little too composed after losing her brother and mother. Not to mention her son is missing.
I think she knows more than what she is telling.

Posted at 11:57AM on Oct 26th 2008 by ROAMINGAROUND

24. mother said "was" and then corrected herself and said :is: when referring to her son.

Posted at 12:01PM on Oct 26th 2008 by pretty

25. People,

Jennifer Hudson has been in like two movies and is just at the beginning of her career. She's made way less than one million bucks before taxes. She simply doesn't have the money to buy everyone in her extended family a house in a gated community. Even if she had the likely trigger man in this incident would have been along for the ride. Use a little common sense why don't you.

Posted at 11:58AM on Oct 26th 2008 by Think a Little

26. MAYBE HER MOTHER DIDNT WANT TO MOVE. CRIME IS EVERYWHERE DUMMY. FOR SOME REASON PEOPLE STILL THINK CRIME ONLY HAPPENS IN THE GHETTO AS SOME OF YOU SAY. BE REAL AND OPEN YOUR EYES. AS YOUR POSTING ON THIS WEBSITE IM SURE SOME OF YOUR KIDS ARE IN THE BASEMENT WRAPPING A BELT AROUND THERE ARMS LOOKING FOR THE BEST VEIN. CRIME IS CRIME, NO MATTER WHAT ARE YOUR FROM OR WHATS NATIONALITY YOU ARE. GET IT STRAIGHT IDIOTS

Posted at 11:59AM on Oct 26th 2008 by bestvenom123

27. I couldn't agree more with the very first comment made. I don't understand why this is plastered all over TMZ. First, Jennifer H. is really not newsworthy. Second, this is the kind of stuff that goes down with blacks all the time. C'mon folks, stop making a big deal about this.

Posted at 12:03PM on Oct 26th 2008 by BabyMama

28. Every body knows especially when your BLACK wheather you wanna move or not....when you getting them dollars it is just not safe.........yes it was the girls responsibility not to bring this drama on her moms......she was famous and could not help that......It was an unsafe situation for her moms period...........Haters have flooded our hoods in the 2000's.......this is not the 70's its a spiritual warfare out here....if you a crab out the barrel you parents are prime targets....Freak family.....but parents and children are exceptions to those rules.........

Posted at 12:01PM on Oct 26th 2008 by solay

29. The lady didn't move because this was her home, the place where she raised her family. This is where her memories - good, bad, ugly - were. Even if Ms. Hudson had moved her mother to a better neighborhood this might have still happened given the prime suspect is a family member who was living in the home with her. Revenge motivated, cold blooded murder - MURDER, not "murda" which, by the way, isn't even a word!! The culprit has no conscious, no remorse, no heart. If he did he'd be talking and telling someone where this poor child is. What kind of sick individual kills because the victim(s) stopped him from stealing a car??? I can only hope and pray that Gods justice is as cruel and painful as this cowards actions.

Posted at 12:02PM on Oct 26th 2008 by Luciana

30. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE SHE IS BLACK AND HAS MONEY SHE IS TARGET. GET A CLUE PEOPLE ARE BEING SHOT EVERYDAY. THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ANYONE IT DOESNT MATTER IF SHE HAS MONEY OR NOT. ITS NOT LIKE SOME RANDOM PERSON KIDNAPPED HER MOTHER AND LEFT A RANSOM NOTE.

Posted at 12:07PM on Oct 26th 2008 by bestvenom123

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