Unveiling the Family Behind Jennifer Hudson's Success

In May 2012, a jury found William Balfour—the estranged husband of Jennifer Hudson's sister, Julia—guilty of three counts of first-degree ... The star's mother, brother and nephew were tragically murdered. The 41-year-old's mum Darnell Donnerson, 57, and brother Jason, 29, were shot and killed. People can't stop gushing about the 30-year-old Brit, who voices the film's main character, dubbing him and his beautiful family a group of “ ... 24) -- The publicist for Jennifer Hudson has confirmed to PEOPLE that the singer's mother and brother are dead after a fatal shooting in Chicago ... The victims were the brother and mother of singer Jennifer Hudson. Jennifer's seven-year-old nephew Julian King, the son of her elder sister Julia Hudson ... Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law sentenced to life in prison for killing family ... CHICAGO — The man convicted of gunning down the mother, ... After a two-week trial on the gruesome triple-homicide that also took the lives of her brother and 7-year-old son, jurors are deliberating this ... May 2008–William Balfour, the husband of Jennifer Hudson's sister Julia, moves out of Hudson family home in the 7900 block of South Yale ... Shot to death were Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, and her brother, Jason Hudson. Missing from the home was Julian King, the son of ... Chicago, Illinois police arrested William Balfour, the estranged brother-in-law of Oscar-winning American actress and singer Jennifer Hudson, on ...