\nA judge dismissed the charge for lack of probable cause in July, but under the strict rules of the state\u2019s parole program, Balfour could have gone back to prison just for the arrest. No one has been charged in the shooting deaths of Hudson\u2019s mother, 57-year-old Darnell Donerson, her brother, 29-year-old Jason Hudson, and 7-year-old nephew Julian King.
\nThe older victims were found in the family\u2019s home Friday afternoon. Julian\u2019s body was found in the back of an SUV on Chicago\u2019s West Side on Monday; authorities declared his death a homicide Tuesday.
\nAround the time the first bodies were found, Balfour\u2019s parole agent had reached him by phone after Balfour missed a meeting with him that day. Balfour told the agent he was \u201cbaby-sitting on the West Side of Chicago,\u201d according to the documents, obtained by The Associated Press.
\nThe agent said he thought he heard a child in the background during the call. Balfour was taken into custody later Friday.
\nBalfour, Julian\u2019s stepfather and the estranged husband of Hudson\u2019s sister, served seven years for attempted murder and vehicular hijacking.
\nThe Illinois Department of Corrections issued a warrant for Balfour on Saturday for violating terms of his parole by possessing a weapon and failing to attend anger management counseling and a substance abuse program, according to his parole history report.
\nThe records indicate a parole supervisor declined to issue a warrant to revoke Balfour\u2019s parole after Chicago police arrested him June 19 for possession of cocaine. \u201cPer supervisor \u2026 no warrant,\u201d the report reads. \u201cAgent to monitor offender, impose sanctions.\u201d
\nCriminal charges can send parolees back to prison and keep them there even if the counts are ultimately dropped. A board that reviews such cases after parolees are sent back to prison relies on a preponderance of the evidence, a lower standard than in court.
\nThe board considers the violence of the original crime, the parole agent\u2019s recommendation, the arrest report, the parolee\u2019s adjustment and his attitude during a follow-up interview in prison, among other things.
\nIn Balfour\u2019s case, a violation could have sent him back behind bars for a period as long as the remainder of his parole \u2014 until May 2009 \u2014 minus a day off for each day of good behavior. That would have meant a release date in mid-December at the earliest.
\nThe parole history report on Balfour also shows that a woman at Balfour\u2019s home refused to open the door during an agent\u2019s visit on Aug. 27. The woman told the agent during the 8:30 a.m. visit that Balfour was at work but Balfour\u2019s boss told the agent he wasn\u2019t due until noon. \u201cAgent heard other people inside the host site and suspected maybe suspicious activities going on,\u201d the report said. \u201cAgent will be following up for a possible warrant on parolee.\u201d
\nThere\u2019s no warrant mentioned in following days on the report, which does note, however, that Balfour passed a drug test. Schnapp, the corrections spokesman, said the evidence again wasn\u2019t sufficient to warrant revoking parole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"