Suspect in Hudson family murders to remain in custody
Washington (ANI): Prime suspect in the family murders of actress Jennifer Hudson is to remain in custody on a parole violation while officers continue to be on the look out for more evidence. The police had arrested William Balfour, the estranged husband of the Oscar winner's sister Julia, in October suspecting his involvement in the murders of Hudson's mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.
Balfour had been presented before the Illinois State Parole Review Board on November 10 to establish if there was enough evidence to charge him with slayings or a violation, reports Contactmusic. As per the chairman of the Illinois Parole Review Board, Balfour is to remain behind bars after his girlfriend claimed she saw him with an "identical to the gun recovered by the Chicago police near the body of the murdered child" - days before the murders.
The
jury
members
ruled
they
had
"probable
cause
to
keep
Mr.
Balfour
until
December
3" until
the
case
was
completely
reviewed
along
with
another
re-examination
of
the
evidence
against
Balfour.
The
Dreamgirls
star's
mother
and
brother
were
found
shot
dead
on
October
24
in
their
Chicago
residence
while
the
body
of
the
singer's
nephew
was
discovered
three
days
later
in
an
abandoned
car
in
Chicago.