After 48 hours the longest Chicago police can hold a person without charges Balfour was taken by the Illinois Department of Corrections on the suspected parole violation. Balfour Julians stepfather and the estranged husband of
Photo: Newscom/Illinois Department of Corrections. William Balfour, the only suspect so far named in the murders of Jennifer Hudsons mother, brother and nephew, has been officially charged with their homicides, the Cook County States
</p><p>A Cook County prosecutor said at a hearing Wednesday that William Balfour came to the family's home the morning of the Oct. 24 killings and confronted Julia Hudson - his estranged wife and Jennifer Hudson's older sister.
