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Close Sections Celebrities Celebrity babies Celebrity couples. Fashion News Celebrity style Royal style Hello! Makeup Skincare Hair. What's on TV What to Watch. Empowerment Good News Horoscopes. The case drew national attention because of the fame of family member Jennifer Hudson, who won the best-supporting-actress Academy Award for her role in the film "Dreamgirls.

William Balfour, the estranged husband of Julia Hudson, was taken into custody the day the first two bodies were found and held for 48 hours. He was then taken into custody by the Illinois Department of Corrections on a suspected parole violation. Balfour married Julia Hudson in but had been separated at the time of the shootings. He was thrown out of the Hudson home by Julia's mother in the winter of , according to reports. He denied any involvement with the Hudson case and denied statements that he had been seen with a gun, but remained in police custody.

Balfour served almost seven years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder, vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen vehicle.

He was on parole at the time that the murder took place. Balfour was arrested at Stateville Correctional Center where he was being held on parole violation charges. Prosecutors believed that the shootings at the Hudson family home were the result of an argument Balfour had with Julia about another man. Investigators learned that Balfour tried to get a former girlfriend, Brittany Acoff-Howard, to provide him with a false alibi for the day that the murders occurred.

According to court records, Balfour threatened to kill members of Hudson's family on at least two dozen occasions before the three murders in October Assistant State's Attorney James McKay said the threats began shortly after Balfour and his wife Julia Hudson broke up and he moved out of the family house.

You will be the last to die. After answering questions about their knowledge of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, 12 jurors and six alternates were chosen for the trial. Potential jurors in the trial were given questionnaires which asked if they were familiar with Hudson's career, if they regularly watched "American Idol," and even if they were members of Weight Watchers, a weight-loss program for which Hudson is a celebrity spokesperson.

The jury was composed of 10 women and eight men and was racially diverse. While waiting for opening statements to begin a month later, Judge Charles Burns asked the jurors not to watch the television show "American Idol," because Hudson was scheduled to make an appearance on an upcoming episode.

During opening statements, Balfour's defense attorney told jurors that police targeted him for the crime because they were under pressure to solve quickly what they knew would become a high-profile case, because of Jennifer Hudson's notoriety. Balfour pleaded not guilty to the charges and claimed he was nowhere near the house when the murders occurred.

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