{"id":5119,"date":"2008-10-25T23:48:25","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T23:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2008\/10\/25\/jennifer-hudsons-mother-brother-found-dead-amber-alert-issued-for-nephew-suspect-in-custody\/"},"modified":"2008-10-25T23:48:25","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T23:48:25","slug":"jennifer-hudsons-mother-brother-found-dead-amber-alert-issued-for-nephew-suspect-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2008\/10\/25\/jennifer-hudsons-mother-brother-found-dead-amber-alert-issued-for-nephew-suspect-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Hudson\u2019s mother, brother found dead;  amber alert issued for nephew; suspect in custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/>Authorities are investigating the death of Jennifer Hudson\u2019s mother and brother, after the two were found shot and killed in the family\u2019s home in Chicago\u2019s South Side, Friday.<br \/>\nJennifer Hudson\u2019s publicist was first to confirm the victims of the shootings were the Oscar-winner\u2019s mother, Darnell Donerson, and her brother, Jason Hudson.<br \/>\n\u201cWe can confirm that there is an ongoing investigation concerning the deaths of Jennifer Hudson\u2019s mother, Darnell Donerson, and her brother, Jason Hudson,\u201d Lisa Kasteler, Jennifer Hudson\u2019s rep, said in a statement released to Access Hollywood. \u201cNo further comment will be made and the family has asked that their privacy be respected at this difficult time.\u201d<br \/>\nOn Friday evening, authorities finally confirmed publicly that the two people found murdered were Darnell and Jason.<br \/>\nThe medical examiner\u2019s office of Cook County confirmed the victims were Darnell, 57, and Jason, 29, according to the Chicago Tribune.<br \/>\nWMAQ in Chicago was the first to report that two adults were found shot to death inside the home on Chicago\u2019s South Side.<br \/>\nOn Friday afternoon, police told Access the incident \u201cmay be [related to a] domestic disturbance.\u201d<br \/>\nPolice also confirmed they issued an Amber Alert for a seven-year-old boy, named Julian King, who is believed to be Jennifer\u2019s nephew.<br \/>\nAuthorities named William Balfour \u201ca suspect in the double homicide.\u201d<br \/>\nThe suspect was taken into custody and is being questioned, the Chicago Tribune reported late Friday. However, the boy was not found with the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Balfour had been considered to be \u201carmed and dangerous,\u201d police told Access earlier in the day.<br \/>\nPolice had been looking for a 1994 white Suburban, which they believed may have contained Balfour and the boy. According to the Chicago Tribune, the vehicle is registered to Jason Hudson, Jennifer\u2019s brother.<br \/>\nAccess has confirmed Balfour resided at Darnell Donerson\u2019s home in 2007.<br \/>\nPolice told Access the victims were discovered at around 3 PM local time. Access has verified the address of the home where the victims were found is listed in Darnell Donerson\u2019s name.<br \/>\nJennifer, the former \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d alum and Academy Award winner for her role in \u201cDreamgirls,\u201d was in Florida at the time of the incident, according to WABC-TV in New York. She is now reportedly en route to Chicago.<br \/>\nIn her self-titled debut album, released in September, Jennifer included a message of love to her family, including her mother.<br \/>\n\u201cNext, of course, is u my mommy DARNELL AKA DOLL\u2026,\u201d Hudson wrote in the liner note of the album after thanking God. \u201cThank u for instilling in me that I could do anything I put my mind to and teaching me to always put God first. Thank you for loving me no matter what.\u201d<br \/>\nAfter sending the message of thanks to her mother, Jennifer also including loving words for her siblings and her nephew.<br \/>\n\u201cTo the original JHUD\u2019s, my big bro and sis JASON and JULIA, I love you so much. Thank you both for rooting me on and supporting me like nobody else. Also for believing in me and never letting me settle for just ok but the best. Because of u, I don\u2019t believe in limits. LIL\u2019 JULIAN KING my lil\u2019 nephew, I love u, baby.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities are investigating the death of Jennifer Hudson\u2019s mother and brother, after the two were found shot and killed in the family\u2019s home in Chicago\u2019s South Side, Friday. Jennifer Hudson\u2019s publicist was first to confirm the victims of the shootings were the Oscar-winner\u2019s mother, Darnell Donerson, and her brother, Jason Hudson. \u201cWe can confirm that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}