Police say Jennifer Hudson‘s mother, Darnell Hudson, 57, and her brother, Jason, 29, were shot and killed in their Chicago home today in an apparent double homicide. Hudson’s seven-year-old nephew Julian King is reportedly missing, and is believed to be with the murder suspect — identified as William Balfour, an African-American male in his late 20′s, who is considered armed and dangerous. According to MTV News:
Balfour had been living at the residence, according to public records, and may have had a romantic relationship with Hudson’s sister Julia, as vehicles are co-registered to both of them. Police said Balfour is believed to be driving either a white Chevrolet Suburban, 1994 model, with the license plate X584859, or a green Chrysler Concord, with the license plate 332K823.
The Oscar-winning actress and singer grew up in Chicago and is engaged to David Otunga, known to VH1 viewers as Punk from I Love New York. Share your condolences …
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111 Responses to “Jennifer Hudson’s Mother And Brother Shot Dead”
Sorry to hear your lost of a love one I just wanted to tell you that I would pray for the best for you and keep your head up I could tell yours a very strong individual.
Love you,
Carlos Cloud
My heart goes out to Jennifer. May God be with her during this tragic time.
My prayer’s and heart go to Jennifer Hudson and her family.
i am so sorry to hear what happen to your famiy and i will pray 4 you god bless you dearly with love your fane
OMFG, r u serious?! o man, n she bout to get married too. i feel very srry for her, i hope that dewd that killed her mom n bro gets SHANKED!!!!!! lol (O.O)
My condolences to you, Jennifer and your family. May your nephew, Julian, be safe and returned quickly.
OMG! How shocking. I am so sorry about your loss. Be strong and know that their are people around you who love and care for you. You are a strong woman, may God bless and keep you safe and strong.
I”m devastated for Jennifer Family I am one her biggest fan. I love her So. My heart goes out to her. Jennifer I’m truely sorry about your family. God will not allow this to pass. I love yoou Jennifer
Hudson and God bless your family
I am so shocked to hear about your loss, and if you ever read this Ms Hudson, please no I am praying for and wishing you the best on your life endevors.
God Bless
that is so sad i would try kill my sefl if that happened to my family
Strangely enough i was listening to you song “Spotlight” when i saw this. Girl hang in there…..my prayers are with you and your family.. I’m so sorry.
i feel so sorry for her but i will just pray for you
GOD WILL BRING YOU THRU EVERYTHING, KEEP UR HEAD UP EVEN THO I KNO ITS HARD BUT PRAY,PRAY,PRAY N I’LL PRAY 4 U 2 BCZ I KNO THIS IS A HARD PILL 2 SWALLOW, KEEP UR HEAD ON LOVE BREYUNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My heart goes out to the entire Hudson family. May whatever faith you have sustain you in this very dark moment in your lives.
When my mother gave me the news I was crushed…I will keep her family in my prays…Keep praying Jennifer and God will see you through….
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP. I AM SORRY ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. LET GOD GUIDE YOU THROUGH YOUR TROUBE TIMES. PRAY AND KEEP PRAYING THAT YOUR NEPHEW WILL TURN UP UNHARMED AND BE ALRIGHT. STAY WITH GOD AND HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN.
I am so sorry to hear about Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother. My heart goes out to her. I will pray for her and her family. Keep your head up Jennifer and I hope they catch whoever did this and bring your nephew home safely.
I’m going to keep her and her family in my prayers. God bless.
Hey Jennifer,
My Name is Josephus from west africa Liberia. I know is hard and understand how u feel now.
But i will like to wish you and the rest of your family my condolences and prayer. May god proctect and strengthen you during the hard times. Good Luck.
I will pray that you find who has done this… its a foul thing to do just wrong God bless you Jennifer I hope you can make it through this I want you to make it through this
I’m so sorry to hear about your lose. My prayers are with you and your family. God will surely see you THROUGH. My condolences
jennifer, you and your family are in our prayers.GOD bless you in your time of sorrow.and we are praying for your nephew to return home safely.we love you and we know GOD will guide you and provide you with his love and strength.
God bless you and your family!
i feel so bad for her and what has happen . that is so sad that it hade to happen to a nice person as her self and god blees you jennifer and i love you your fan dequenna from clevekand ohio. please let her know that i have her in my prayers
This is horrible. Not that my condolences make any difference, but I hope some how Jennifer is able to make sense of such a tragedy. I hope her nephew is found safe, and I pray that he brother and mother rest in peace.
this is beyond horrible. I don’t know much about Jennifer Hudson, but no one deserves this.
I was really surprised to see that her mom was residing in Englewood, Chicago. I don’t know why, I just figured that maybe with all of her success, Jennifer Hudson would’ve moved her mom out of such a notoriously high-crime area, but that’s just my thought. It was stated that this was domestic, anyway, either way.. this is so terrible
Dear Jennifer Hudson if you are reading this i just want to say sorry about what happened to your mother…:( i really wanted 2 cry when i saw that on the vh1 latest news…..so sorry aand i love the way you sing if that makes you feel better.;)……………………..you AND I BOTH KNOW THAT U WILL SEE HER AGAIN IN HEAVEN SHE IS IN A BETTER PLACE……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….LOVE YA ALWAYZ,
uSILLIA wRIGHT A.K.A:mZ.fANTABULOUS: I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU AND YO MUSIC
May God be the light in your time of darkness. My condolences to you and your family and i pray the your nephew is found unharmed
This is a truly horrible thing to happen to someone, I hope that Jennifer can get through this with her sanity and I hope her loved ones are supporting her in the best way possible right now…
In other news; someone needs to get cecilenoe his/her medication.
I am still at a lost for words… i will definitely have Jennifer and her family in my prayers. Hopefully her nephew will be returned safely really soon. I think i heard that it was her nephew’s father that comitted the crimes and took the boy. Regardless of the situation, he didn’t have to do this.
i just want to give her and her family my deepest condolences i wish people would learn too love and walk away from volience its senseless lotts of love too you hold on too your faith and keeping believing in our father above he will never leave you nor forsake you godd bless you and your family at this time of sorrow
This is truly horrible. My prayers are with her and her family at this time.
This is a story I sincerly wish was just a rumor. My condolences to Jennifer and her family. I paray for a safr return of the nephew. This is really a tragedy in entertainment hisory!!
what a horrible thing to happen to such a wonderful giving family …….. could not even imagine what she could be going through ….. my condolences to her family and friends.
I am so sorry for what had happened I will keep you and your family in my prayers. I am very sorry that your family is going through that.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I don’t know you personally but I am so happy for the way your career is going. I’m just sad to hear about your loss of your mom and brother. All I can say is allow yourself to grieve and let God carry you a long the way. My prayers are with you and your family. I don’t know why these things happen but allow your faith to bring you through. Keep you memories and cherish them. Tomorrow is not promise to any of us so live, love and laugh like it’s your last day on earth. Make the best of each moment and thank God for the great wonderful times you’ve had with your loved ones. You will see them again one day and I’m sure they would want you to go on and live your life. Take it one day at a time and let God guide you. My heart goes out to you Jennifer. God Bless You!
Im so sorry this happen to you (jennifer hudson) no body deserve this not even the worse person in the world i will pray to God that he will give you strenght in your time of need and im truely sorry this happen to you may God lift you up at such a hard time love you
in my prayers,
sarah L
I’AM CRIING BECAUSE WHY HER MOM AND HER BROTHER NEPHEW IF SHE WAS THERE THE MEN WILL KILL HER TOO .THAT SAD. CONDOLEANCE JENNIFER HUDSON GOD BLESS YOU FIND CONFORT ON GOD AND STRENGH FAITH ,COURAGE LOVE. OUR FATHER WHO ARE IN HEAVEN HOLLOWING BY NAME BY KINGTOM COME WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS Y IN HEAVEN.
NOTRE PERE QUI ES DANS LE CIEUX ,QUE TON ROYAUME VIENNENT QUE TA VOLONTE SOIT FAITE SUR LA TERRE ,COMME DANS LE CIEL DONNE NOUS LE PAIN QUOTIDIEN DE CHAQUE JOUR ET NE NOUS SOUMET PAS A LA TENTATION MET DELIVRE NOUS DE MAL
SATAN ET TOUS C’EST DEMONS.AMEN………………….FOR JENNIFER HUDSON.
hi am very sorry for what happen to your famliy
I am so saddened by this news. It is hard to believe something so terrible. Words can’t express my sincere sorrow and sympathy. My heart goes out to Jennifer. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family. We love you Jennifer. God Bless You.
dis every where huh evey1 diein dis year bernie mac now dis damn but anawayz R.I.P
OH MY GOD THIS IS SO SAD.MY PRAYS GO OUT TO MRS HUDSON.
This is so sad! That’s why I can’t stand Chicago and I barely want to contunue living here. There’s way too much BS…..I mean you can’t stop violence because it’s everywhere you go, but it’s like Damn when will this stop? Everyday I read the Suntimes and you hear about stuff like this. And mostly it’s the kids killing the kids, or black on black crime. My Condolenses and prayers go out to the Hudson’s and Donerson’s. Words cannot express how i feel about this and it’s too bad that I have to live in this community.
This is a very tragic thing. I can’t imagine what Jennifer is feeling.
My thoughts and prayers are with you in this time of immense
sorrow. The person who did this has a lot of karma coming his way.
What goes around comes around.
My deepest condolences to you and your family in such a difficult and private matter God Bless you Jennifer , keep the faith , the Lord Jesus will comfort you ,
I’m sorry this happened. I pray that you will be better and that they’ll find him
i’M TRULy SORRy 4 yUR LOSS…jUSz kNOW DAT GOD WiLL ALWAySz BE By yUR SiDE…i PRAy DAT DEy CATCH HiM CUZ HE DESERVESz 2 BE PUT UP FOR THiS…ND i HOPE DAT yUR NEPHEW COMESz BACk SAFE.
This is horrible!!!!!! My prayers to Jennifer and her family, R.I.P. Mrs.Hudson and your son. Keep your head up Jennifer*
MY PRAYER’S GO OUT TO YOU JENNIFER , IM VERY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS
I PRAY YOUR NEWPHEW MAKE IT HOME SAFE,AND THAT ANIMAL IS PUT AWAY
GOD BLESS
maybe now you `%`(#$~(@%@(*~)(#^ s will get rid of guns