Chicago police finally charged William Balfour, 27, with murder in the triple homicides of actress Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew. Balfour was married to Hudson’s sister Julia Hudson.
After allowing the state to babysit their only suspect for five weeks, the CPD took Balfour into custody yesterday afternoon at the Illinois state prison where he has been held on a parole violation since October 26.
Police are now saying Balfour acted alone when he gunned down Jennifer Hudson’s mother, Darnell Donerson, 57, and brother, Jason Hudson, 29, in their South side home on October 24.
Hudson’s nephew, Julian King, 7, was found shot to death inside his uncle’s stolen SUV on October 27. There was evidence that the child had been tortured before he died. The fingers on his right hand were fractured and his hand was so severely lacerated and bloody that police originally thought it had been severed.
I’m sure police would love to tie this case up with a nice ribbon and get it off their books, but many troubling questions remain. For instance, what happened to Balfour’s accomplice who police claimed they were actively searching for?
How could Balfour drive two vehicles away from the murder scene?
Who parked his car at the school at !2:30 PM — two hours after the murders were committed?
Who were the two men seen on the West side driving the white SUV containing the body of Hudson’s nephew while Balfour was in police custody?
The way the Chicago police mishandled this high profile case has been a joke from the very start. The CPD couldn’t charge their only suspect with the flimsy evidence they had, so they held him on a non-existent parole violation.
The reason police gave for Balfour’s parole violation was laughable: police claimed he violated his probation by getting himself arrested. But police later clarified that Balfour was never really under arrest since he was never charged with anything. So what was his parole violation again?
By holding him on that fake violation, the CPD trampled Balfour’s rights by denying him access to an attorney for five weeks. It seems suspects don’t have the right to an attorney if they are not charged with any crimes.
The CPD admits their case against Balfour is largely circumstantial. Their only key witness is Balfour’s baby mama who claims she saw Balfour with a gun in his possession that “looked like” the murder weapon.
Still, the evidence against Balfour is so flimsy that any first year law school grad would have a field day with this case.
Loyal Sandrarose.com member Elove put it best with this comment:
IF the crux of their case is ONE of his girlfriend’s said she saw him with the gun THAT committed these murders… THEN that’s a VERY WEAK case in regards to a High-Profile triple homicide (One being a child under 12 yrs old)
Reasonable Doubt & Double Jepordy…
R U listening state prosecutorsIF you can’t pass that threshold then don’t waste the tax-payers money with a bogus trial…
OH, And try and find the Real murderers that are STILL walking the streets !!!
It’s good to see that you(KyMy) didn’t go to jail yesterday…….Where’s K-weezy, hope she ain’t locked up either……
This ish is ridiculous, can’t they get assistance from another agency. A child was killed and two much info is outstanding.
I was CLOSE to it goat … beat that boy to sleep .. he was in bed by 7 .. and i got home at 5:30 … anywhoooo …
This Boy’s momma was all on the news .. they ain’t GAT NO CASE .. they made my baby take his hair down .. couldn’t find no blood splatters .. where’s dey case .. they ain’t find no fanga prints wheres dey case … they got they info from a crackhead girlfriend who mad cuz he ain’t won’t her no mo .. where dey case !! ..
can they PLEASE stop interviewing her … sheesh
I completely believe the CPD has totally mishandled this case. He could not have done this alone. They keep saying that both cars was missing his and the brother. They saw someone drop him off. This guy is going to get off. Horrible…
They really need to stop interviewing his mother. He is not a baby he is a grown man and she is an enabler. So what he had to take his hair down. Any boy over the age of 2 (haircut age) should not have braids anyway. The police really messed this one up. I could have all that evidence in court and I only know what I know about law from tv shows.
I am so mad sandra they blocked this website at work -.- so now i have to wait till i get home to post comments
SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
should say I could have any evidence thrown out. Sorry I am still sleepy.
i am here. not in jail. can’t say the same for my momma who reports runaway love had the nerve to be mouthy and hardheaded (tried to ignore her when she was asked to do something) and is steady in denial of any wrong doing. all i’mma say is she picked the WRONG sistah to play with in the form of my momma. she will hurt a child and it is christmas time with an abundance of drop cords…so she might need to chill..
okay on to lil billy balfour. his momma should beat HIS azz with a drop cord. dropped him off in nebraska something. none of this would be going down like this. she know her precious baby boy killed those folks. to try to take up for him is a sin itself. let’s hope the hudson fam can find a little peace in this latest development.
WTF! CPD is crazy to think that William Belfour retarded azz murder the Hudson family by himself. I just dont believe he is the master-mind behind the killings. Ohhh Im so frustrated with the CPD.
@ Charles – I can’t stand when they do that
i wish someone would volunteer and become a spokesperson for the balfour family. i wanna put a muzzle on his moms mouth…kym relayed it best though…
“she was the weakest link, she had a drug case, blah blah blah…b!tch STFU!
they better release some details…either the police are even dumber than i thought or william is w/ the “no snitching” club
what a shame…..
mizzdallas Says:
WTF! CPD is crazy to think that William Belfour retarded azz murder the Hudson family by himself. I just dont believe he is the master-mind behind the killings. Ohhh Im so frustrated with the CPD.
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His name and “master-mind in the same sentenance doesn’t even sound right. I too believe he was not capable of being the lone gunman. He is willing to take the fall because there are not any names that were even thrown out in thin air. I guess he doesn’t want to be a “snitch” SMH!
bloggergirlz Says:
“…either the police are even dumber than i thought or william is w/ the “no snitching” club
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I took too long to type. We are on the same page.
He looks like Easy-E in that pic…
I believe he commited these horrendous crimes but he didn’t act alone. Like it’s been said, he don’t seem to bright. Anger makes people do stupid things and this one will land this fool in jail for life. I don’t think the hudson family will have any type of closure until ALL the guilty ones are caught and prosecuted.
Don’t screw it up CPD, we don’t need another OJ fiasco!
I don’t think he did it but I think he knows who did, I just think the police should have more than circumstancial evidence with three people dead, a car full of prints, a gun with no prints…this sounds fishy to me so I’ll reserve judgement. Somehoe I think Julia knows more than she’s saying…last time I checked he was still listed as a friend on her MySpace
SIDENOTE …. I wonder if Puffy will use this mugshot as an Ad for sean john sunglasses ? ? ?
if his hand is that bloody im surethey got dna.
Chicago police aren’t saying that Balfour acted alone, he’s just the only person the have charged with the case! Do your research Sandra!
Sandra, I’m glad you’re only a blogger and not a P.I.
Kym, here u go, I was trying not to lol today but I justspit coffee on my screen.
Just too many holes in this case, you ask me he didnt do none of it, he is just an easy target because of his background and an easy way for CPD to put a lid on it. His momma………….Geesh, not worse than the lil girl on our local news though talking bout the dentist worked on her teefis.
There’s just not enough CONCRETE Information for me to conclude that Balfour killed ALL THREE victims… The time-line of KNOWN events just don’t add up to me
I mean Balfour has been locked up while alot of this stuff was being discovered & investigated
And why hasn’t he spoke to a lawyer yet …
I just want them to get ALL the parties that were involved in this crime !!!
I will never understand why some people commit some of the most heinous offenses. What sets Balfour and so many like him (male or female) apart from you or me; besides the murder? What makes a person so empty inside that he/she takes the lives of three people and not be remorseful? Is it upbringing? Did Balfour have a difficult childhood and if he did who’s to blame? On the other hand you have individuals who have horrible upbringings but don’t grow up to be sociopaths. So what makes the difference between two people who grow up in unimaginable (child abuse physical & mental) circumstances where one has a productive life and the other takes life? How do some beat the odds of insanity while others teeter on it?
Don’t get me wrong, everything in me wants Balfour to suffer but then sometimes I’m like monsters aren’t born, they are created. So, if monsters are created, how does someone fight that within themselves? People always say “we all have choices in life” but is it truly that black and white? And this is all hypothetical but how would Balfour or anyone fight that; how does one fight becoming a soul less monster when that is all he/she knows because of their circumstances? I’ve said this before; at the end of the day it is what it is; it’s not a perfect world and it’s not always a fair world but it’s the only one we’ve got. And as a society we don’t have all of the answers and most likely never will.
Nevertheless, regardless of what Balfour did or did not go through during his life does not compare to what Jennifer’s nephew was going through before he was murdered. How do I know that? I know that because Balfour is still alive. Even if Balfour is convicted and sentenced to death he still would not have gotten what he so richly deserves.
Sorry all; the older I get the more I tend to try and wrap my head around crazy shi!t like this; I just don’t get it and never will.
Which shows was the mom on? I cant find the interview from yesterday anywhere on the net..
Has anyone been watching TMZ reports on Julia Hudson’s myspace page? I think the Chicago PD needs to look into that because who gives a hell about myspace everyday updating profile info when your mom, brother, and baby boy have been murdered?
I’ve watched way too many Lifetime movies, Dateline and 48 Hours episodes not to give Julia Hudson the sideeye.
I just think its more to this story. Why even have a male like that in your son’s life and around your family? Just a jailbird that can’t do nothing but lay up in the house and make babies and go back to jail.
Jennifer stays in my prayers because I can’t imagine being in her shoes.