Washington, November 1: A private memorial service for actress Jennifer Hudson’s slain family has been set in Chicago, Illinois on November 3.

The ‘American Idol’ runner up and her family have launched ‘The Hudson-King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims’ to look after the needs of families who have lost their loved ones to a brutal crime.

The ‘Dreamgirls’ star has requested her fans to make donations, in place of spending on flowers, to the newly formed domestic violence organisation, reports Contactmusic.

Washington, October 30 : Police are looking at the possibility that an accomplice might have aided Jennifer Hudson’s family killer drive from the crime scene.

Cops are speculating the idea that another person may have dumped the car, which contained the body of the singer’s seven-year-old nephew, Julian, outside a school soon after the slayings.

New York, October 29: Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson’s seven-year-old nephew, who was found slain in a SUV, died of multiple gunshot wounds, cops have said.

Investigators, who had been on the look out for Julian since he went missing from the singer’s residence after her mother and brother were found shot dead, said the child was shot at many times.

Washington, October 28 : Jennifer Hudson’s seven-year-old nephew, who went missing from the singer’s residence after her mother and brother were found murdered, was found shot dead in the rear seat of a SUV.

The Oscar-winning actress, along with her family and friends, identified the body of Julian King who had reportedly suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

The police had issued an Amber Alert for Julian, who was believed to have been abducted, after an unidentified assailant fatally shot Hudson''s mother Darnell and brother Jason.

His body was found in the back seat of a SUV, parked across the street on Chicago''s West Side on October 27.