William Balfour, the 31-year-old former brother-in-law of
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, was found guilty of murdering Hudson’s mother,
brother, and 7-year-old nephew. The jury took three days of deliberations to
reach a guilty verdict, and Balfour now faces a mandatory life sentence in
jail.
Balfour had been married to but separated from Hudson’s
sister, Julia, at the time of the shootings, and the prosecution tried to prove
that he had threatened to kill the Hudson family dozens of times while
attempting to reconcile with her. “He said, ‘If you leave me, you will be the
last to die. I’ll kill your family first,’” Julia Hudson testified.
Balfour had pleaded not guilty to three counts of
first-degree murder in the October 2008 killings. Jennifer Hudson also testified
for the prosecution and attended all 11 days of the trial.
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