Jennifer Hudson’s Brother-In-Law Arrested
December 2nd, 2008

Chicago Police have arrested William Balfour, the estranged brother-in-law of R&B Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson. He will be charged with three counts for the October slayings of Hudson’s mother, brother and young nephew, authorities said today. “He was released to Chicago detectives,” Chicago Police Department spokeswoman Monique Bond said. Balfour, 27, who was married to Hudson’s sister Julia, was a person of interest after the slayings and was detained and questioned by police but not charged. Balfour, who was also imprisoned for violating his parole on a previous attempted murder conviction, was scheduled to have a hearing on Wednesday. Police did not reveal the evidence that led to Balfour’s arrest but he now faces charges for the slaying that tore the Oscar winner’s family apart and grabbed the attention of the nation in late October. Balfour will be charged for the shooting deaths of Hudson’s mother, Darnell Donerson, 57, brother, Jason Hudson, 29, and 7-year-old nephew, Julian King. Donerson and Jason Hudson were found shot to death on October 24 in Donerson’s home on the South Side of Chicago. Four days later, Hudson’s young nephew’s body was found in a stolen sport utility vehicle parked and abandoned on the West Side of the Windy City. A gun reportedly used in the slayings was found close to the SUV.
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my heart still goes out to j-hud and her family and i gonna send her a christmas card this month too. and who ever sent that comment saying “f—j-hud”, all i have to say u need some prayers too!!!!!!
I am very that Mrs. Hudson has some closure, although it won’t bring them back she can have some piece knowing that the idiot is where he belongs. My prayersto her and her family.
I’m happy that she has closure now.
My Prayers are with you Jennifer Hudson. It will be very hard, but KEEP GOD FIRST. The Lord will guide your footsteps.
God Bless you Gurlfriend and keep your FAITH.
IT IS FAR FROM OVER…..THE THIRD STAGE IS JUST BEGINING…..MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILY AND WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP THEM LIFTED IN PRAYER……ONLY GOD AND THEM STICKING WITH EACH OTHER WILL GET THEM THROUGH….SO DON’T JUDGE THEM, RIDICULE THE SISTER….BECAUSE THEY NEED MUCH PRAYER TO HELP ONE ANOTHER AT SUCH A DEVESTATING PERIOD IN THERE LIFE. MAY GOD BLESS YOU JULIA & J-HUD. & FAMILY…..
My heart goes out to the Hudson Family. At least now you can begin to find some kind of peace. Happy Holidays and may GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
TO:UMLAW:
You really need to go and do your research, what you said is indeed FALSE:
There ARE MORE of your KIND (WHITES) that are killing their self, people, and their own families over MONEY!!!!!!!! YOU PEOPLE (WHITES) are so use to stealing, born with a silver spoon, living off of daddy and mommy’s earnings for a living or even killing them to inherit their money that it’s a dame shame and sick!!!!!!!!!! Especially when one of YOU is fired,most of the time for doing NOTHING which ,most of YOU do anyway, you would rather OFF yourself and your whole family rather than struggle and TRY to survive like most of us BLACKS by taking on more than ONE JOB if we have to, what ever it takes to RAISE OUR FAMILIES!!!!!!!!!! SO UMLAW AND DAVID GO SOME WHERE ESLE WITH THE BULLSHI……………………………..
Justice Served! They need more detectives to help solve crimes like these in JA.
I really hope the police have done their jobs thoroughly because it seems strange that after holding this young man for the initial length of time to just release him and then to rearrest him just seems very odd. I want them to have the right person and not just a convenient criminal with a past however dark it may be. Let’s not close our eyes to her own families past and how trouble came right to their front door in such a violent way. We all know how the system works, highly publicized case with a great need for closure quickly. I really pray that everything was done with careful and meticulous good ole fashion police work. I could not begin to even imagine the pain that Jennifer must be going through to loose your family, your mom like that and to know that your sister, her ex-husband and your brother’s actions could have caused this great tragedy. It’s times like this that you truly pray that any person has a really good faith to carry the weight of this burden.
Wow, thats so sad , how people can just be so crule and have no respect for life. Thats something so evil that I dont think that I could wish on my worst enemy. Jennifer, my prayers go out to you and your sister Julia and of course to the rest of your family that God gives you and yours the strength to get through sad time. I know what it is to lose a brother, my yongest. I also have a sister in law that lost both of her sons within a year of each other. Neither one of them saw their 18th birthday. That was about three years ago, and I know the only thing that held her and all of us together was the grace of God. She’s ok. Sad at b-days and holidays, but as God brought my sis through He will bring you and your sis through too. Just give to Him! Now whether or not if the bro in law did this, which it is and has always looked to be him, or maybe someone else, we continue to pray for justice. They must get that animal off the street so it will not happen to someone else.
And remember it’s not over and she can never really close this chapter but by the grace of God she can learn to live with this tragedy. Just as someone once said about an Oscar winner, that great honor and title will forever follow you no matter what. Everytime they call your name that title will be added, Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson; and for that to be marred with another headline that will always follow her no matter what she does in her career they will always reflect on this moment in her life . . . I can hear it now . . great movie but remember it was just several months, years ago she lost her family . . . when she gets married or have children; my prayer is that God sustain you and your faith carries you through an extremely difficult path in your life.
I AM HAPPY FOR JENNIFER FAMILY NOW THEY COULD MOVE ON.SOMETHING JUST NOT OK WITH HER SISTER THE WAY SHE ACT WHEN HER SON WAS MISSING AND THE WAY SHE CARRY HER SELF AFTER THE CHILD WAS FOUND.THE WAY SHE CARE HER SELF ON MY SPACE THATS NOT HOW SOMEONE THAT LOSS A CHILD WILL CARE ON.I HAVE BEEN AROUND AND SAW HOW PEOPLE CARRY ON WHEN THEY CHILDREN ARE SICK AND DIE.SHE ACT LIKE SHE IS HAPPY THAT HER CHILD AND FAMILY ARE GONE,JENNIFER IS THE ONE THAT ACT LIKE HER FAMILY ARE GONE ,HER MOTHER HER BROTHER AND NEPHEW,WHEN DO YOU HAVE TIME TO TAKE PITCURE AND GET ON MY SPACE.GOD BLESS TO THE FAMILY !!!!
I am happy to know that they (Chicago Police) finally got evidence to charge this monster for taking the lives of three beautiful people. My heart and prayers goes out to Jennifer and her sister. It is going to be hard getting through this, especially during the holidays. I continue to pray for her because she is truly a talented person who deserves the best out of life.
It’s sad that a person could do something like this too people, they once loved or so call themselves too. My prayer goes out to the Hudson family!
With respect,i do believe that ‘Bet.com’, when reporting about victims of crime, should use their full names at all times, only the criminals should be refered to by just the surname. (Its quite annoying) With respect!
My deepest love and best wishes to Miss Hudson and her family
Marcia xxx
London,England
My prayers are with all the family members during this time of sorrow.
Keeping praying for all involved to be arrested and held responsible for the terrible crime.
If God helped the police find the killer, why didn’t He just prevent the killing in the first place? Time to move past superstition and mythology.
My prayers continue to go out to the family, as this was a horrible act of violence. I do agree that there is more to the story and I hope that the police are really investigating this story to its fullest and not just arresting this man so the crime can be solved expeditiously. If it is him, may he get what he deserves. If it isn’t him, they need to really do what they can to catch the real person because locking up this man “just because” is not bringing justice to this family. And I’m sure he was not the only person involved so hopefully more arrests will follow.
first of all to this JeJe,you obviously are not a bible scholar or you would know that God had nothing to do with this. God does not cause death and destruction satan does and has anyone stopped to think, none of us were there, we dont kow who killed these people. pray for all of them that they be saved before Jesus comes back. if he did it, vengeance is God’s not ours,take a look at your own life before you judge others. sin is sin, killing, lieng, adultert, ect. sin is sin. if he did it he’ll pay, just like the rest of us, if we dont repent for wrong doings. let go and let God have his way. the truth will come to light
Im happy they got the killer;But yet again we lose more african americans to black on black crime and another black man to the system. When will our people learn.
Lady of Denial,
First of all, what i said is not racist in nature. I am blasting a subgroup within the Black community…not the whole race. And i’m not doing it a biased nature. Actually look up the numbers. Your whole rant on white people is a stereotype…something you get out of movies and a couple of media outlets. ‘White man offs others and self when he gets fired.’ HOWEVER, the idea about Black men and violent crimes is shown through the media since they are reporting crimes…but also in STATISTICS. Black men commit more crime (per capita/proportionally) than ANY OTHER GROUP IN THE USA. If you think this is me being racist, then you’re not only throwing that word around too loosely, but you also don’t know what racist means. Black men 18-30; not ALL Blacks. And of course Whites commit more crimes…there so many more Whites. But Black young men commit more crimes proportionately…and in gross numbers (violent crimes). LOOK IT UP BEFORE YOU ARGUE.