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There is more tragic news in the Jennifer Hudson case. Not only were her mother and brother found dead on Friday, but her nephew, Julian King, who had been missing since that day, is presumed dead. The white vehicle that the police were searching for was found this morning, and the body of a young African American male was found in the back. Chicago Tribune has the story:
Police arrived at the Suburban with Illinois license plate X584859 before 8 a.m. in the 1300 block of South Kolin Avenue, after receiving a call of a suspicious vehicle.
It was found by a 75-year-old who lives on the block, John Louden. He said he has lived on the block for 18 years and worried about people selling drugs in the abandoned building behind it. He saw the SUV while walking his dog. After a double-take, he realized the license plate matched the one police were looking for.
"I didn't look in there. I didn't touch it. I knew it was a strange vehicle," Louden said. He said police showed up in about five minutes after his wife called them. They discovered the child inside. The body was removed and the SUV was towed away for evidence processing. "I feel bad about that baby," Louden said.
If the boy is identified as Julian King, it will confirm detectives' worst fears because a law enforcement source said bullet casings were found in the boy's room on Friday. But the source said they had not found other evidence of violence in the room.
As the car was processed by evidence technicians and workers at the Cook County Medical Examiner's office sought to identify the body, Hudson's family members and supporters assumed this was the third member of her family killed since Friday.
"It's shocking. It's unreal. We had been praying that it would not come to this," said Rev. Krista Alston, a cousin of Hudson and a minister at the Pleasant Gift Baptist Church in Chicago. "We know it's a reality now, but it's still shocking."
Sadly, a distraught Hudson had put up a reward of $100,000 over the weekend for anyone who could return her young nephew. William Balfour, the estranged husband of Jennifer's sister, Julia, and the main suspect in the case, has reportedly had his alibi contradicted by his girlfriend.
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