William Balfour Arrested for Hudson Murders

31. WRONG!!!! Try again..This Man did not kill this family..CPD is RIDICULOUS, CROOKED AND CANT GET STRAIGHT!!! This is exactly why there will be a mistrail and he will WALK..or CPD is just waiting to see how the PUBLIC respond to this BOGUS newsworthy story.....Too many holes in this investigation, a defense attorney would eat it up..c'mon CPD i know yall are not that incompetent............LAWD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS talk and about and release the truth

Posted at 9:23PM on Dec 1st 2008 by ikno

32. For Chicago reader, why is Belford being arrested for the killings but not being charged for the murders? From the headlines he would have went to court for his parole violations Dec. 2, Now CPD decide to arrest him but he has NOT been charged, someone help me understand what's going on!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 9:36PM on Dec 1st 2008 by Monitor

33. Now I can tell by his mug shot that he has been framed. He obviously is a fine young man who was raised by parents that taught him the difference between right and wrong. I'm sure that he has good character, a strong work ethic and is kind to children, the elderly and animals.

GET REAL! Flush this turd down the toilet, ASAP! Friggin' canker sore.

Posted at 9:51PM on Dec 1st 2008 by What a fine young man ...

34. PEOPLE LIKE HIM ARE A POX ON THIS NATION.
All they do is waste space in the legal system and cost us money.
Illinois doesn't even have the death penalty, not that anything would
happen to him quickly anyway. He will go through the court and jail system
for years and years and years and hopefully will never see the
outside world again.
Just remember though, he already has kids and another on the way...how
lucky that he spread his seed around to pass on his fabulous genealogy.

Posted at 10:07PM on Dec 1st 2008 by He Be Framed! Sure.

35. GEE, WHAT A SHOCKER!! WHAT A CREEP,

Posted at 10:15PM on Dec 1st 2008 by Sir Nigel Buttercrumpett

36. Well he may have been involved but he didn't move that SUV from jail.

Posted at 10:31PM on Dec 1st 2008 by christmaself

37. I think this is some BULL he did'nt do it anf CPD is tripped out

Posted at 10:40PM on Dec 1st 2008 by ohreallyyy

38. @ ikno I agree with you 100%. There is way more to all of this than meets the eye. At some point obvious questions will begin to be asked. They should also stop tossing this fake suspect at us. This case was heart wrenching for most, especially because of the child. I hope they don't just frame this guy and let a true Monster continue to roam the streets.

Posted at 10:41PM on Dec 1st 2008 by ohrealllyyy

39. All the judges and parole people should be held responsible for letting this kind of human excrement back out. I wonder if that human excrement that killed the anchor lady was out on parole. Joe Stalin had a saying, "Man with a problem, no more man no more problem."

Posted at 10:41PM on Dec 1st 2008 by allen antrim

40. DNA is a powerful thing. The police caught the Pressley murderer because of DNA, prisoners have to give it when they are arrested. Hopefully the Chicago PD have dna that matches up with Balfour. There is a huge DNA bank being compiled and it's going to be very hard for criminals to get away with crimes.

As for Balfour, I believe he had an accomplice. And as for Julia, she's "ghetto" and not of her right mind. Balfour had two women besides Julia....meaning he's a big fat liar and not to be trusted.

Posted at 6:19AM on Dec 4th 2008 by Sally in Chicago

41. Too bad that mark on his head isn't a bullet hole.

Posted at 11:31PM on Dec 1st 2008 by Great Guy

42. sounds to me like they just picked up the first black man they could find to pin this on. We need some evidence not just a frame up so the cops look good. Maybe Obama can give this poor man a pardon if he gets convicted. I think we should start up a defense fund for him. Maybe the democrats have some change left over they can spare.

Posted at 11:55PM on Dec 1st 2008 by OMG

43. I totally agree with you on this one!


42. Maybe this guy is not guilty. And no I am not a family member of his either. I was so stunned and saddened when I heard of this tragdey that I just cried. But, there seems to be some unanswered questions regaurding his guilt or innocense. It has been said that he admitted to being at the house that morning and his car was seen in the neighborhood. Maybe he was there because he did spend the night and maybe his car was in the neighborhood, rather than in front of the house, because he wasn't supposed to be there and Julia snuk him in after her mother went to bed. Why would he or someone move and abandon his car at a school. If he committed the murders why wouldn't he just get in his car and drive away.Or maybe he parked the car at the school so it wouldn't be seen in front of the house that night. Did the camera at the school show when/what time the car was put there? Or maybe he was there when everything went down and he ran but knew who it was. Did the police ever say how long Julian had been dead when they found him. Why would he admit to being there at all if he is guilty. If he and Julia were arguing about the car at the house, then she lied when she said she found out about it when she got to work and called him. If he is quilty then I hope he fries but if he is not guilty I hope the police don't just pin this on him because of his past record. Why take the child away from the house period. I think whoever did this was going to hold the child for money but when Balfour was arrested they deceided to let him take the blame so they killed the child and planted his body in that area where he was found. Balfour was arrested at his girlfriends house and the van was found near there. Why wouldn't the police look all over that area for that van. Notice it was found after Balfour was arrested. Too many questions. Unless they have some concrete evidence I will give him the benefit of the doubt. It is not a known fact that he did this.

Posted at 11:52PM on Dec 1st 2008 by mae

Posted at 12:14AM on Dec 2nd 2008 by Zen

44. If he did it, I doubt he did it alone. I just find something fishy about the whole thing. There could be other suspects that police are looking at and perhaps they don't want that info leaked to the press.

Posted at 1:10AM on Dec 2nd 2008 by Well....

45. Mae # 42 I totally agree with you!!!

Posted at 3:53AM on Dec 2nd 2008 by tania