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Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law guilty of 3 murders

December 24, 2018 at 3:10 a.m.

As Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson stood in the silent courtroom Friday, shifting nervously from foot to foot, stardom and celebrity seemed worlds away. For all the attention, awards and...

Hudson murder case jury urged to convict based on ‘tsunami’ of circumstantial evidence

March 29, 2019 at 2:48 p.m.

Jurors will continue deliberating the fate of actress Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law Thursday, choosing between contradicting portraits of him painted during closing arguments. The racially diverse panel must decide whether...

No verdict in Hudson slayings as jurors to resume deliberations Thursday morning

May 16, 2019 at 10:36 a.m.

After less than two hours of deliberations Wednesday night, the jury deliberating the fate of the man accused of killing Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew requested transcripts...

Hudson murder case jury urged to convict based on ‘tsunami’ of circumstantial evidence

August 22, 2019 at 5:16 a.m.

Jurors will continue deliberating the fate of actress Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law Thursday, choosing between contradicting portraits of him painted during closing arguments. The racially diverse panel must decide whether...

Christ the King volunteer house dedicated in honor of Lizzy Seeberg

December 24, 2018 at 2:35 a.m.

In the nearly two years since Lizzy Seeberg died by suicide, her legacy has been largely defined by the sexual attack that she alleged nine days before her death and...

Drew Peterson’s murder case back in Will County for trial

December 24, 2018 at 2:16 a.m.

Drew Peterson's murder case is officially back in the Will County court system, after an almost two-year battle in the appellate courts. The Third District Appellate Court – which recently...

Charles Gardner exits the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago following the sentencing of William Balfour. William Balfour, convicted of killing Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew, was sentenced to 3 life sentences. Gardner, 48, testified he caught Balfour in the act of stealing his SUV in November 1998 and jumped onto the luggage rack, touching off a wild police chase through several South Side neighborhoods and down the Dan Ryan Expressway as Balfour tried to shake him off the roof.

Chicago police describe finding Jennifer Hudson’s nephew, 7, dead in SUV

June 17, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.

The young boy's left arm protruded from beneath a dirty shower curtain, resting lifeless on the rear seat of the abandoned white SUV. Amid the empty pop bottles, papers and...

Chicago police describe finding Jennifer Hudson’s nephew, 7, dead in SUV

December 24, 2018 at 1:53 a.m.

The young boy's left arm protruded from beneath a dirty shower curtain, resting lifeless on the rear seat of the abandoned white SUV. Amid the empty pop bottles, papers and...

William Balfour's mother, Michele Davis-Balfour, center, heads to the courtroom at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse as the second week of her son's trial begins.

911 call in Hudson murders: ‘Somebody killed my mother’

May 16, 2019 at 10:32 a.m.

A Cook County judge today granted a media request to release an emotional 911 recording in which Jennifer Hudson's sister begged dispatchers for help after she found her mother shot...

Jennifer Hudson moves in a protective bubble at murder trial

June 17, 2018 at 7:12 p.m.

Stepping off the elevator in stiletto boots and a black skirt, Jennifer Hudson draws a few sideways glances as she walks with her entourage to a Cook County courtroom where...

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