Dreamgirls, Academy Award Winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, were found shot to death at Hudson's mother's house in the South Side of Chicago on Friday afternoon.
The police are now looking for Hudson's 7 year-old nephew, Julian King, who has been missing since Friday.
The police have a suspect, William Balfour.
William Balfour is Jennifer Hudson's brother in-law, married to her sister Julia and is on parole after spending over 6 years behind bars for attempted murder and car-jacking.
Monster and Critics reports:
Detectives describe the double murder was a 'domestic incident' that had got out of control.
Hudson, 27, has reportedly flown back to Chicago from Florida, and cancelled her trip to Japan on Monday, where she was promoting her new album.
A statement from her representative Lisa Kasteler said: 'We can confirm that there is an ongoing investigation concerning the deaths of Jennifer Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, and her brother, Jason Hudson.
'No further comment will be made and the family has asked that their privacy be respected at this difficult time.'
Officers found Hudson's mechanic brother Jason, 29, shot in the chest, and dead in a bedroom, Patterson said. There was no sign of forced entry.
Hudson's mother Darnell, 57, was shot in the head while Jason was shot in the chest.
Hudson's sister bus driver Julia reported her son as missing after work on Friday.
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