CHICAGO — Hundreds attended a private funeral service for Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson’s slain mother, brother and nephew Monday at a South Side church.
A composed Hudson paused before the bodies of her relatives before giving her mother a final kiss, said attendees of the invitation-only service.
Mayor Richard Daley and the Rev. Jesse Jackson were among those who spoke at the three-hour service for Darnell Hudson Donerson, 57; Jason Hudson, 29; and Julian King, 7.
The three were found shot to death late last month, the adults in Donerson’s home and Julian in a vehicle found several miles away. Julian is the son of Jennifer Hudson’s older sister, Julia Hudson.
Authorities have called Julia Hudson’s estranged husband, 27-year-old William Balfour, a “person of interest” in the case. He remains in custody on a parole violation.
