Julian King 2001-2008
The Cook County Medical Examiners office is processing a crime scene on a Chicago street and have found the body of missing Julian King, nephew of actress Jennifer Hudson. Illinois State Police Lt. Luis Gutierrez confirmed that the Amber Alert has been canceled for the vehicle and for Julian. They are no longer looking for the car or the missing child.
Police had been searching for a white SUV that has been missing since Friday. It was located on a Chicago street this morning, reportedly with the young boys body inside.
The 1994 Chevrolet Suburban, with a license plate number matching suspect William Balfour‘s, was discovered on the 1300 block of South Kolin Avenue at 8:00 a.m. The vehicle has been towed away for evidence processing.
Balfour, 27, has been held by police since Friday following the discovery of the bodies of Darnell Donerson and Jason Hudson. He is the estranged husband of Julia Hudson, Julian’s mother and Jennifer Hudson’s sister.
Police had initially found spent gun casings in the boys bedroom. The seven year old had not been seen since the discovery of Hudson’s murdered mother and brother at their Chicago home. Julian’s mother had been hopeful that he had simply been hiding after witnessing the brutal slaying of his grandmother and uncle.
Hudson made a plea on her website over the weekend, offering a $100,000 reward for the safe return of the boy. Check out the entire story here.
Police Supt. Jody Weis confirmed that the body found on Chicago’s West Side is that of 7-year-old Julian King. Two black SUV’s carried approximately a dozen family members to the Cook County medical examiner’s office at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon and the group departed without comment at 3:54 p.m.
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