Celebrity Justice
Chicago PD -- Body Is Hudson's Nephew

Chicago police have confirmed the body they found earlier in the day was in fact Julian King, Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew.
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Cops say they are reviewing surveillance tapes in the neighborhood where the SUV was found.

Police also say they are zooming in on the timeline -- it's still unclear when the SUV showed up in the neighborhood with Julian's body.

Cops have not named anyone as an official suspect. They have called William Balfour "a person of interest." Our law enforcement sources, however, have said Balfour is indeed the prime suspect.

Police spokeswoman Monique Bond says the boy had been shot.

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91. how tragic, how could something like this still happen???? my condolences to the family for this tremendous and violent loss, what a damn shame.

Posted at 6:48PM on Oct 27th 2008 by keb

92. WOW!!! TMZ....Why are you letting some of these other comments on that are REALLY ROUGH ON THE MOTHER and you're not letting mine on??? I thought you guys were more open minded to let ALL opinions on your site. What's happened to you?

Posted at 6:50PM on Oct 27th 2008 by noitall

93. RIP...Since my comments have been blocked ( for some reason), I'll have to say your post are the ones I most agree with.

Posted at 6:54PM on Oct 27th 2008 by noitall

94. I'd like to send my love, support, condolences and prayers to the entire Hudson family! This is a terrible tragedy, and I'm so very very sorry. I love you guys and God bless!

Posted at 7:03PM on Oct 27th 2008 by Prayers And Love To The Hudson Family

95. I don't understand what all of you people "praying" and saying 'Gad bless you" are thinking, where was your God when this whole family was being slautered by this careeer criminal? Her mother, brother, nephew were murdered, shot multiple times by her sister's mate, did GOD make him do that? Gad see all, causes all, doesn't HE? What are your excuses for THIS??

What as travesty your religion is...it deserts you in the worst of times. She has her fiance, her sister has her and her ex-husband who has lost his son because of his ex wife's choice of lover's. Pick a thug to mate, sleep with, this is what you get. Thugs, gangbangers (which he sure as hell looked like one) HAVE no feelings for anyone but themselves.

Posted at 7:20PM on Oct 27th 2008 by Reta

96. 1st- To #90. If you've had enough of the story, STOP READING IT!! It's not that hard stupid.
2nd- Where is this piece of s**ts mother, who said her son didn't do anything. The 1st time it was attempted murder, now he's graduated to triple murder. Someone helped this fool. That truck didn' come out of thin air, someone was hiding it for him. I guess if the truck showed up after he was already in custody, the police would think it was someone else. NO!! Start looking for who helped him, & lock them up too. They'll burn in hell, right along with him.
Where's his mama now? Probably somewhere asking herself how she could give birth to such garbage. A baby killer. I'd like to take that hair on his head, and choke him with it.

Posted at 6:59PM on Oct 27th 2008 by Tara

97. I'm going to turn my computer off and go hug my kids. Please, Lord, give the Hudson family the peace that only you can give.

Posted at 7:14PM on Oct 27th 2008 by Realist

98. You don't know who committed this crime. People are saying in that neighborhood that the SUV was not there, PAY ATTENTION TO THE NEWS. That SUV wasn't even there at 2:00am Monday Morning a neighbor says. This was allll over the news, I doubt the car with the same plates, same description, sitting in that area for the past three days and police not finding it, just 3 miles away from where they found William, and 10 miles from the scene. The man said came home and lives right there, and did not see it there., early this morning. So it's either he didn't do it and were assuming he did because of his history, and the whole car incident with his wife Julia, which she seems ashamed to say that he was "her William" or he had someone working with him.

Posted at 7:01PM on Oct 27th 2008 by Melinda

99. So it mysteriously shows up after the reward was offered. Okay!!!

UNBREAK MY HEART, SOMEBODY PLEASE. LOVE YOU JENNIFER.

Posted at 7:18PM on Oct 27th 2008 by ohmy!!!

100. I posted this elsewhere- thought I'd repost. This has me in tears. Who would kill a little boy? They could've waited until he was in school to strike. This is the worst type of revenge and whoever did it really had it out for Julia Hudson, it appears. I used to live in Detroit and this is some stuff that happens in the drug game. It happened to a friend of mine. To get back at her cousin- they killed his family, and let him live. That's how ruthless they are!!!
FYI- This was posted on another blog:
1)Balfour may not have acted alone. Some neighbors reported seeing 2 people go into the house. (These are the same neighbors who didn't call the police after hearing gunshots)
2)Other reports out of Chicago say that the killings were an “act of revenge” because Hudson’s mother had kicked Balfour out of her house."
3)Stanton said Balfour threatened to take the boy away if Julia Hudson continued to "play him." But she considered him harmless because he was "keen to stay out of jail" after serving prison time on a 1999 attempted murder and carjacking conviction. Balfour's family said he stole a car with other teens and hit a tree while the driver was on the hood.
4)Balfour's exercising his right to remain silent doesn't necessarily mean he was involved it could be b/c he fears the repercussions of snitching especially if the guilty parties(dealers?) have a wide reach of people. For all we know the hit could actually have been to send him a message. If he's not talking, he clearly knows who did it if it wasn't him. Rumors are now circulating in Chicago that this may have been drug related in an attempt to send a message to Julia.
5)He was found at his pregnant girlfriends house, although he is still married Julia Hudson. What's wrong with this picture?
6)Sources said that the boy was shot twice in the head and also suffered head trauma. The boy was wearing basketball shorts and a white T shirt when found. Police believe the boy was shot to death inside the Suburban. Police are testing the clothing of a man in custody for gunshot residue. The clothing is believed to belong to William Balfour, Jennifer Hudson’s bother-in-law.
7)Balfour was taken into custody at a girlfriend’s home hours after the bodies were found. Sources say the girlfriend contradicted his alibi. Police say they’ve also caught him in at least one other lie. Police were able to track his whereabouts Friday through cell phone records, sources said.

Posted at 7:30PM on Oct 27th 2008 by diva3serita

101. People are so disturbed....this is awful. I don't know how anyone can just shoot those people, let alone a sweet 7 year old child. It breaks my heart to look at pictures of that little boy and at the same time, it makes me sick. Who could justify shooting a little boy...it's not right and it's not fair....I hope they find out who did it.

Posted at 7:24PM on Oct 27th 2008 by Amy

102. Hey TMZ its been 5 minutes since your last post on this. Leave them alone you bunch of idiots. My gosh there must have already been 20 posts here already. 1st you say you confirm something then you say they are waiting for confirmation. Shut the H up about this already and let the family grieve.

Posted at 7:22PM on Oct 27th 2008 by Prince Von A-Hole

103. My question why was this child not in school??

Posted at 7:23PM on Oct 27th 2008 by Anya

104. my heart goes out to Jennifer and her Sis...i hope that they will be okay. anytime you lose someone it's bad but it's even worse so close to the holidays.

Posted at 7:26PM on Oct 27th 2008 by Toca

105. shot in the head? i would love to see that on youtube.

Posted at 7:28PM on Oct 27th 2008 by jesus

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