Trial date set in Jennifer Hudson family murders

Jan 19, 2012 - 15:58
Jan 19, 2012 - 15:58
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Trial date set in Jennifer Hudson family murders
William Balfour

A judge says the man charged in the slayings of three members of Academy Award winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's family will face a jury this spring.

Cook County Judge Charles Bus on Thursday set jury selection for April 9 in the trial of William Balfour.

Balfour is charged with first-degree murder in the October 2008 slayings of Hudson's mother, brother and nephew.

Balfour was the estranged husband of Jennifer Hudson's sister, Julia. Prosecutors allege he shot her family in a jealous rage because Julia Hudson was dating another man.

The bodies of 57-year-old Daell Hudson and 29-year-old Jason Hudson were found in the family's home on the city's South Side. The body of 7-year-old Julian King was found days later in a sport utility vehicle on the city's West Side.

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