Jennifer Hudson can't go inside her house

New York(ANI): Jennifer Hudson has not been able to step into her Chicago residence that had bared the slain bodies of her mother and brother, according to her friends. The Oscar winning-actress' family was found shot dead on October 24 in their home, while the body of the singer's nephew was discovered three days later in an abandoned car in Chicago.

"I believe she went back just once, to the gate, but didn't go inside," the New York Daily News quoted Hudon's friend and mentor Andre Leon Talley as telling them. The 'American Idol' runner up, who wooed many with her acclaimed performance in 'Dreamgirls' along with her golden voice, cannot bring herself to go inside the scene of the crime, Talley added.

The officials had arrested prime suspect William Balfour, the estranged husband of the singer's sister, though he is yet be charged for the slayings.