Hudson Family Update

Posted on October 31st, 2008 by by Melody

Jennifer Hudson and family have found a way to be positive in their very tragic time by opening a foundation to help other families of murder victims. In an announcement via her MySpace blog, she posted the following:

JULIA & JENNIFER HUDSON ESTABLISH THE HUDSON-KING FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES OF SLAIN VICTIMS IN HONOR OF THEIR FAMILY

In the wake of the tragic deaths of Darnell Hudson Donerson, Jason Hudson and Julian King, Julia and Jennifer Hudson have established the Hudson-King Foundation For Families of Slain Victims in honor of their family members. The specific purpose of the Foundation is to care for the needs of families who have lost relatives to a violent crime. This encompasses their basic needs of food, clothing and shelter as well as grief counseling.

Donations to the Hudson-King Foundation:
c/o Abrams Garfinkel Margolis Bergson, LLP
Attn: William L. Abrams, Esq.
237 West 35th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001

In addition, the family will have a private memorial service next week for Jennifer’s slain mother, brother and nephew.

The invitation-only funeral will be held Monday on the South Side. The arrangements are being handled by Hudson Funeral Home, whose owners are related to the actress.

The family on Friday is expected to announce plans for a public memorial, according to the funeral home. The second service would allow fans to mourn the deaths of the Oscar-winner’s mother, Darnell Donerson, brother, Jason Hudson, and nephew Julian King.

Detectives believe the 7-year-old nephew of Jennifer Hudson was probably shot in the sport-utility vehicle where his body was later found, a police official said Thursday.

Officials think Julian King was alive when he left the house where his uncle and grandmother were killed last week, said the official, who was not authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Police said they recovered a weapon in an alley within a block of where Hudson’s 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, was found dead in an SUV on Monday morning. Aerial footage of the scene taken by Chicago TV station WLS showed an investigator putting a pistol in a box.

A police spokesman said testing was needed to confirm whether the weapon was connected to the Hudson case.

All Flowers, Gifts and Cards can be sent to the address below:

Hudson Funeral Home
8747 S. Commercial Ave.
Chicago, IL 60617
773-221-3404