The trial in slaying of singer, Jennifer Hudson's family has begun. A prosecutor says the man charged with murdering Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew began threatening the family shortly after he left the family home in 2008.
The murderer who is Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law, William Balfour has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the October 2008 slayings.
He sat with his eyes fixed on the
murder-scene photographs on a screen, but he didn't wince or show other
signs of emotion.
Several of the photographs showed Hudson's
57-year-old mother, Darnell Donerson, face down on the floor, a large
blood stain where she was shot through the back.
Other photos showed Hudson's 29-year-old brother, Jason
Hudson, with a gunshot wound near his ear, his head still on his pillow
as he lay in bed.
Before prosecutors projected dozens of photographs of her mother
sprawled on a living room floor in a blood-soaked, white nightgown and
her brother shot through the head on his bed, the 30-year-old singer and
actress left the room to avoid having to watch the disturbing images.
Hudson's sister, Julia Hudson, also left the courtroom
before the photographs were displayed on a large screen, though the
star's fiance, pro-wrestler David Otunga, stayed.
This is not easy for the Hudson sisters...I wonder what will become of me, if i were in their shoes.
If convicted of at least two of the murder counts,
Balfour would face a mandatory life sentence.
