Friday 9 March 2012

Prosecutor: Many threats before Hudson killings

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2008 file booking photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour. Balfour, accused of killing the mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson on Chicago's South Side in 2008, is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing Friday, March 9, 2012. Jennifer Hudson is on the witness list for the upcoming Chicago trial of Balfour, according to court documents. But prosecutors haven't yet disclosed whether Hudson will actually testify at the April 9 trial of Balfour, who was the estranged husband of Hudson's sister, Julia. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department, File)The man accused of killing Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew had threatened to kill members of the family at least two dozen times before the October 2008 slayings, a prosecutor said during a Friday hearing in Chicago.


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