Body of Jennifer Hudson's nephew found

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by ojt | October 27, 2008 at 07:40 am
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Chicago police have located the missing car associated with the double homicide of the mother and brother of Jennifer Hudson. 

The vehicle belongs to Jason Hudson, the brother of Jennifer Hudson, who was found with a shot to the chest last Friday.  The vehicle was found just 13 miles from the crime scene and just 2 miles from where William Balfour was located. A medical examiner confirmed that the body found inside the vehicle indeed was that of Julian King, Miss Hudson's 7 year old nephew.  Miss Hudson offered a $100,000 reward to help locate Julian after he was reported missing last Friday.

William Balfour has had been questioned over the weekend and is currently back in prison due to parole violations.

Please see the related story update:
Police Confirm Body is Jennifer Hudson's Nephew


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dunkelberg
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at 09:01 on October 27th, 2008

CNN previously reported the Chicago Tribune had identified the body as Julian King "citing the medical examiner's office".  The report was posted in this space.  That has changed and no such reference appears on the CNN or the Chicago Tribune websites.  That story has been removed.

ABC now is stepping off the ledge.

The body of a young black boy recovered from a sport utility vehicle this morning is believed to be Jennifer Hudson's missing 7-year-old nephew Julian King, an FBI official told ABC News.

Source: abcnews.go.com

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dunkelberg
dunkelberg

at 06:09 on October 27th, 2008

Video of the scene where the SUV was discovered is also available at the site cited below.

A child's body was found in the vehicle police were looking for in their search for 7-year-old Julian King, the missing nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson.

The 1994 white Chevrolet Suburban with Illinois license plate X584859 was found in the 1300 block of South Kolin Avenue around 8 a.m.  Live TV shots showed a white Chevrolet Suburban being towed away.  

The Cook County medical examiner's office has sent investigators to the scene and said the body of a black boy was found inside, an office spokesman said. The child had not been identified.

A Chicago police spokesman released no information about the discovery.

Julian was reported missing and an Amber Alert was issued Friday after his grandmother and uncle were found shot to death inside the family's home in the 7000 block of South Yale Avenue.

Chicago police have interviewed William Balfour, 27, the estranged husband of the boy's mother, Julia Hudson.  He was initially described by police as a suspect in the investigation. 

Balfour has denied involvement in the killings or the disappearance of the boy, law-enforcement sources said. But at some point, Balfour stopped talking to authorities, sources told the Tribune.

Source: chicagobreakingnews.com


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ojt
ojt

at 06:12 on October 27th, 2008

Thanks dunkelberg

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bobbydarling
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at 06:53 on October 27th, 2008

If OJT his reporting new information from unique sources, I apologize in advance. If OJT thinks he/she is reporting what is known fact, he/she should add the would "may" to his/her headline. To report that the police "have" not "has" found the body is irresponsible journalism. That has not been confirmed as fact. 

The Public will continue to find all posting on these "news" sites suspect thanks to such careless reporting. When you ASSUME you make an A** out of U and ME.


Barry ORegan
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at 07:04 on October 27th, 2008

ojt, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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CJaye
CJaye

at 07:21 on October 27th, 2008

The tags are the same it is the SUV and it is the child

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bobbydarling
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at 08:36 on October 27th, 2008

You "may" have cancer. You go to be tested at a hospital. Many doctors agree that you show all the signs you "may" have the disease.

The lab tests have not come back, yet. However, one doctor who is going "off-shift" wants to be the FIRST tell you the bad news. Based on all the other doctors opinions and your symptoms he believes its a 99% chance you have the disease. He calls and tells you "I'm sorry it has been confirmed that you do indeed have cancer."

The tests come back that your tumor is benign. Would you 

a) consider what the doctor told you as "similar" to what the other doctors were saying and just dismiss it lightly.

OR 

b) demand an apology from the false reporting doctor and sue him to boot.

I think you would choose "b". Not only would you never trust another word out of that doctor's mouth, you would never return to that hospital ever again.

I certainly will never trust this writer or this website in the future. I will learn from my mistake.

Mary Richard
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at 07:25 on October 27th, 2008

ojt, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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Karen Hatter
Karen Hatter

at 07:32 on October 27th, 2008

Cable network news agencies, CNN and MSNBC, are reporting the identifty of the child found in the vehicle is unknown. 

It is premature to state it is the missing nephew.

lgal3824
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at 12:23 on October 27th, 2008

ojt, I like this story. It's good stuff.

nicole.furlong
nicole.furlong
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at 12:30 on October 27th, 2008

so sad

Rhonda J Mangus
Rhonda J Mangus
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at 12:48 on October 27th, 2008

ojt, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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dunkelberg
dunkelberg

at 13:34 on October 27th, 2008

UPDATE: Police Supt. Jody Weis says the body found on Chicago's West Side is that of 7-year-old Julian King. The identity of the body also was confirmed this afternoon by the Cook County medical examiner's office, where an autopsy will be done Tuesday.

Actress-singer Jennifer Hudson and three other relatives went to the office and identified the body, authorities said.

Around 3 p.m., two black SUVs believed to be carrying Hudson family members pulled out of the basement garage of the Trump Tower in downtown Chicago. An unmarked police squad car left shortly after that, followed by a crowd of about a dozen people who left through the luxury hotel's lobby and declined comment.

 

Soon after, the SUVs arrived at the offices of the Cook County medical examiner's office. The vehicles left the scene about 3:54 p.m.


The body was found in the back seat of the white Chevrolet Suburban police were looking for in their search for Julian, three days after Hudson's mother and brother were found shot to death in the mother's house in Englewood.

Law enforcement sources said that the boy was shot multiple times in the back of the vehicle. Police are testing the clothing of a man in custody for gunshot residue.

Police arrived at the Suburban with Illinois license plate X584859 before 8 a.m. in the 1300 block of South Kolin Avenue, after receiving a call of a suspicious vehicle.

It was found by a 75-year-old who lives on the block, John Louden. He said he has lived on the block for 18 years and worried about people selling drugs in the abandoned building behind it. He saw the SUV while walking his dog. After a double-take, he realized the license plate matched the one police were looking for.

"I didn't look in there. I didn't touch it. I knew it was a strange vehicle," Louden said. He said police showed up in about five minutes after his wife called them. They discovered the child inside. The body was removed and the SUV was towed away for evidence processing. "I feel bad about that baby," Louden said.

Source: chicagobreakingnews.com

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