Jason Hudson's white Chevrolet Suburban went missing from the home and was found on Chicago's West Side this morning. A spokesperson from the Cook County medical examiner's office told the Chicago Tribune the body of a black boy was found inside. Television news coverage showed the vehicle being towed away.
William Balfour, the estranged husband of Jennifer Hudson's sister Julia, was questioned by police and reportedly denied involvement in the murders and kidnapping but, at some point, he stopped talking. Yesterday (10/26), he was taken into custody for violating conditions of parole following a 1999 conviction for attempted murder.
Also yesterday, Hudson offered up a $100,000 reward for the safe return of King. The family posted a blog at the performer's MySpace page thanking well-wishers for their support and asking for help in finding the boy.
Family members said King's mother, Julia Hudson, had been separated from Balfour for some time, according to the Tribune. A family friend told the paper that Balfour recently threatened to take King away.
The murders of Donerson and Jason Hudson occurred at about 9 a.m. Friday (10/24) when a gunman shot through the front door of the family's home, striking Hudson and then entering the house and shooting Donerson, sources told the Tribune. Neighbors, who reportedly are used to hearing gunfire in the neighborhood, did not call police.
A family member reportedly found Donerson's body at about 3 p.m. and called authorities, who then found Hudson's body.
After rocketing to stardom as a contestant on "American Idol" and winning an Oscar for her performance in the film "Dreamgirls," Jennifer Hudson found sanctuary in her mother's South Side Chicago home.
"My faith in God and my family--they're very realistic and very normal; they're not into the whole limelight kind of thing, so when I go home to Chicago, that's just another place that's home," Hudson recently told the Associated Press. "I stand in line with everybody else, or, when I go home to my mom, I'm just Jennifer, [so she says], 'You get up and you take care of your own stuff.' And I love that; I don't like when people tell you everything you want to hear. I want to hear the truth, you know what I mean?"
The singer/actress co-stars alongside Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys and Dakota Fanning in the recently released film "The Secret Life of Bees."
The FBI has stated that they believe a dead body found in a white SUV in Chicago, Illinois, is that of 7-year-old Julian King. King was the nephew of American singer and Academy Award winning actress, Jennifer Hudson.

King was kidnapped from his home in Chicago on Friday after someone shot and killed Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, 57 and brother, Jason, 29. An AMBER Alert was issued shortly after the incident, and on Sunday, a US$100,000 reward was offered for his safe return.

"We found a body who we believe to be the missing victim in Chicago, the nephew of Jennifer Hudson. We are working with Chicago police to get a positive identification of the victim," said the FBI in a statement. An autopsy is scheduled to take place on Tuesday.

Police found the SUV, belonging to Jason, while searching for the boy on Monday. It had been parked in an area of brownstone houses and apartment buildings on the West-side of Chicago. It was found around 7:00 a.m. (CDT). Police searched the vehicle as it matched the description of the SUV sought in connection with the murder, kidnapping.

Police have detained and questioned several people, and some reports say that includes William Balfour, who police previous thought to have kidnapped King. Reports say he is Julia's ex-boyfriend, having since been separated. Police deny that he is a suspect in either the murders or kidnapping and will not confirm or deny if he is or was in custody. So far no charges have been filed against anyone for the crimes.