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| Actress's missing nephew sought | Actress's missing nephew sought |
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| US police investigating the killing of the mother and brother of actress Jennifer Hudson are still searching for her sister Julia's son, aged seven. | US police investigating the killing of the mother and brother of actress Jennifer Hudson are still searching for her sister Julia's son, aged seven. |
| Darnell Donerson, 57, and Jason Hudson, 29, were found shot dead at their family home in Chicago on Friday by Julia when she returned from work. | Darnell Donerson, 57, and Jason Hudson, 29, were found shot dead at their family home in Chicago on Friday by Julia when she returned from work. |
| Police have detained Julia's husband William Balfour, the boy's stepfather, but no charges have been brought. | Police have detained Julia's husband William Balfour, the boy's stepfather, but no charges have been brought. |
| Julia Hudson has appealed for the safe return of her son. | Julia Hudson has appealed for the safe return of her son. |
| A state-wide alert has been issued in Illinois for the little boy. | A state-wide alert has been issued in Illinois for the little boy. |
| Gunshot wounds | Gunshot wounds |
| Police say the two adults died from gunshot wounds. | Police say the two adults died from gunshot wounds. |
| Police have issued a state-wide alert for Jennifer Hudson's nephew | Police have issued a state-wide alert for Jennifer Hudson's nephew |
| Julia Hudson's son, Julian King, is believed to have been in the house with his grandmother and uncle before the shooting. | Julia Hudson's son, Julian King, is believed to have been in the house with his grandmother and uncle before the shooting. |
| Deputy Police Chief Joseph Patterson said Ms Donerson's body had been found on the living-room floor of her home in the south side of Chicago. Jason Hudson's body was discovered in the bedroom. | Deputy Police Chief Joseph Patterson said Ms Donerson's body had been found on the living-room floor of her home in the south side of Chicago. Jason Hudson's body was discovered in the bedroom. |
| Investigators say there did not appear to be any sign of forced entry. | Investigators say there did not appear to be any sign of forced entry. |
| The authorities have issued an amber alert - the US term for a search for a missing child - for Julian King. | The authorities have issued an amber alert - the US term for a search for a missing child - for Julian King. |
| "Give me my baby back, that's all I ask," Julia Hudson said, speaking to media at a Baptist church on Chicago's South Side. | "Give me my baby back, that's all I ask," Julia Hudson said, speaking to media at a Baptist church on Chicago's South Side. |
| "I know he's out there. Put him on the side of the street. Just let him go." | "I know he's out there. Put him on the side of the street. Just let him go." |
| Stepfather held | Stepfather held |
| William Balfour, 27, was taken into custody for questioning after being named in a police alert regarding the child's disappearance. Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for her role in Dreamgirls in 2006 | |
| Mr Balfour's mother, Michele Davis Balfour, denied her son had anything to do with the killings or the boy's disappearance. | Mr Balfour's mother, Michele Davis Balfour, denied her son had anything to do with the killings or the boy's disappearance. |
| "I'm very upset with the police because they are refusing to let me see my son," she was quoted as saying by the Chicago Sun-Times. | "I'm very upset with the police because they are refusing to let me see my son," she was quoted as saying by the Chicago Sun-Times. |
| She said that Ms Donerson had ordered her son to move out of the family home last winter. | She said that Ms Donerson had ordered her son to move out of the family home last winter. |
| Records from the Illinois Department of Corrections show that Mr Balfour is on parole after having spent nearly seven years in prison for attempted murder, hijacking and possessing a stolen car. | Records from the Illinois Department of Corrections show that Mr Balfour is on parole after having spent nearly seven years in prison for attempted murder, hijacking and possessing a stolen car. |
| Jennifer Hudson, 27, a singer-turned-actress who found fame on American Idol in 2005, won an Oscar for best supporting actress in the hit-film Dreamgirls in 2006 and starred in the film Sex and the City. | Jennifer Hudson, 27, a singer-turned-actress who found fame on American Idol in 2005, won an Oscar for best supporting actress in the hit-film Dreamgirls in 2006 and starred in the film Sex and the City. |
| She is currently starring in The Secret Life of Bees while her song Spotlight is No 1 in the Billboard R&B charts. | |
| Her representatives would not disclose her whereabouts but it is believed she has travelled back to Chicago. | Her representatives would not disclose her whereabouts but it is believed she has travelled back to Chicago. |