The double slaying of singer/actress Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother has seen support pouring in from all quarters, from Democratic presidential hopeful - Barack Obama to most everyone in Hollywood.  Hudson shares her hometown of Chicago hometown with Barack, on a personal request from Obama’s camp, sang the national anthem during the Democratic National Convention in August, when the party formally declared him to be the party’s nominee for the post of President of the USA.

New York, Oct 27 (ANI): American actress/singer Jennifer Hudson has offered a 100,000-dollar reward for the safe return of her seven-year-old nephew, who went missing after the brutal murder of her mother and brother on October 24.

Officials have issued an AMBER alert, and Hudson has also issued a plea for help in finding her nephew Julian King.

“Thank you for all your prayers and your calls. Please keep praying for our family and that we get Julian King back home safely,” the New York Post quoted Hudson, 27, as having written on her MySpace Web page.

Washington, October 26: Senator Barack Obama has offered his condolences to singer Jennifer Hudson who lost her mother and brother in a double murder on October 24.

London, October 26 : Jennifer Hudson is mourning the loss of her mother and brother, who were found shot dead at their Chicago residence.

According to officials, the double murder stems from domestic abuse and William Balfour, Hudson’s brother-in-law and the prime suspect behind the double murder and kidnapping, has been taken into custody.

The investigators are yet to find the musician’s seven-year-old nephew,

Julian King, who was believed to have been abducted from Hudson’s residence after the murders.

Friday brought horror and tragedy for actress Jennifer Hudson, 27, seen to be the embodiment of American dreams after she won an Oscar for her role in the 2006 musical Dreamgirls, even after having failed the American Idol acid test. 

Los Angeles - The mother and brother of Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson have been shot to death in Chicago in an apparent domestic dispute, local TV stations reported Friday.