Suspect Arrested in Jennifer Hudson's Family Murders
Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law has been arrested and is awaiting formal charges in connection with the murders of her mother, brother and nephew.
William Balfour was arrested on Monday in connection with the shooting deaths of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. Balfour is the former husband of Hudson's sister and is awaiting charges in relation to the three murders. Balfour was picked up shortly after the murders and was generally considered to be the prime suspect, although investigators declined to comment and Balfour was being held on charges of a parole violation. Weeks passed until yesterday, when investigators arrested Balfour at the prison where he was being held on the parole violation.
Investigators have leaked information to the press indicating that a murder weapon has been recovered and that they will be charging Balfour with all three murders in the coming days. Balfour's attorney, Joshua Kutnick, is maintaining his client's innocence and insists, "Any evidence pointing to Mr. Balfour is not even thin. It is very, very weak." While this is pretty much standard procedure for criminal defense attorneys - to proclaim their clients' innocence - it is odd that this case took so long to develop and that Kutnick is already commenting on prosecutors' evidence in the case.
Balfour's mother is also speaking to the press about her son's innocence and the apparent lack of evidence against him. "If they found gun powder on his hands, you got a case; if they found a gun on him, he had a case; if they found a fingerprint on the truck that he did this, you got a case; but they don't have nothing," Michelle Davis-Balfour said.
William Balfour had previously served seven years in prison for attempted murder and vehicular hijacking.
Investigators have leaked information to the press indicating that a murder weapon has been recovered and that they will be charging Balfour with all three murders in the coming days. Balfour's attorney, Joshua Kutnick, is maintaining his client's innocence and insists, "Any evidence pointing to Mr. Balfour is not even thin. It is very, very weak." While this is pretty much standard procedure for criminal defense attorneys - to proclaim their clients' innocence - it is odd that this case took so long to develop and that Kutnick is already commenting on prosecutors' evidence in the case.
Balfour's mother is also speaking to the press about her son's innocence and the apparent lack of evidence against him. "If they found gun powder on his hands, you got a case; if they found a gun on him, he had a case; if they found a fingerprint on the truck that he did this, you got a case; but they don't have nothing," Michelle Davis-Balfour said.
William Balfour had previously served seven years in prison for attempted murder and vehicular hijacking.
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