Hudson Chicago tragedy worsens: Boy found in white SUV

By April MacIntyre Oct 27, 2008, 14:40 GMT

The news from Chicago is grim, as the body of a child found on West Side inside the sought-after white SUV may be the missing nephew of Jennifer Hudson, Julian King. © Robin Wong / PR Photos

The news from Chicago is grim, as the body of a child found on West Side inside the sought-after white SUV may be the missing nephew of Jennifer Hudson, Julian King.

CNN is reporting that the body of a male child matching Julian King's description was found Monday morning in a white suburban on the West Side, and authorities are investigating whether it was Julian King, the 7-year-old nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson.

The network showed aerial footage as law enforcement, Coroner's Office personnel and the Medical Examiner's Office were examining the scene at 1313 S. Kolin Ave. after receiving a report of a black male child being found in an SUV.

Julian was reported missing from the crime scene Friday where the bodies of Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother were found in their home in the 7000 block of South Yale Avenue.

Friday afternoon, the bodies of 57-year-old Darnell Donerson, Jennifer Hudson’s mother and 29-year-old Jason Hudson, her brother, were found shot to death in the home.  Neighbors said they heard gunshots between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Friday morning, according to the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune.

Hudson's mother was found on the living room floor; the brother was found in a bedroom.

An all-points-bulletin for Julian King was issued after the two bodies were found; King is Donerson’s grandson, taken from the house in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said. He was in a white 1994 Chevrolet Suburban SUV with Illinois license plate X584859, police said.

TMZ reports that the white SUV has been towed with the body still inside the vehicle. The SUV is now at a police garage in Chicago.  The body has not been positively confirmed as Julian King so far.