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| Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law guilty in family killings
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 12-May-2012
6:20:41 AM |
| Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson wiped away silent tears on Friday as a jury read the verdict she had long awaited: her brother-in-law was guilty of killing her mother, brother and young nephew.
William Balfour, the estranged husband of Ms Hudson's sister Julia, was accused of killing his in-laws in October 2008 and then hiding his stepson's body to try to cover his crimes.
It was three days before the boy's desperate mother and aunt learned that he was also dead and not just held captive.
This was a vicious, cold-blooded, inhumane execution of three people, including a seven-year-old boy who just happened to be home from school," State Attorney Anita Alvarez told reporters.
"We are very, very happy with the verdict."
Jennifer Hudson declined to speak to reporters after the verdict, but Ms Alvarez said the entire family was relieved and grateful.
"She was very emotional about the verdict and so was her sister and the rest of the family - emotional but relieved," Ms Alvarez said.
"This verdict cannot bring back their loved ones but we hope it brings them some closure."
Prosecutors said Balfour acted out of an obsessive jealousy when he shot his way into Hudson's childhood home and killed everyone inside after getting into yet another argument with his estranged wife.
Julia Hudson was at work at the time of the shooting and came home to find her mother, Darnell Donerson, 57, dead on the floor in her nightgown.
She was so distressed that she ran outside to call police and did not realize immediately that her brother, Jason Hudson, 29, was dead in his bed or that her son was gone without a trace.
Julian King was eventually found hidden under a shower curtain on the floor of his uncle's stolen sport utility vehicle, which had been parked across town.
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