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A Chicago Police car sits parked in the driveway as a makeshift memorial is left in front of the childhood home of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson on October 27, 2008. A body found in an SUV on Chicago's west side early Monday morning is believed to be that of Jennifer Hudson's missing 7-year-old nephew Julian King, the focus of a desperate search since the Oscar winner's mother Darnell Donerson, 57, and 29-year old brother Jason Hudson were found shot to death in their home three days earlier. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey) 
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Published: Oct. 29, 2008 at 2:42 PM

CHICAGO, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Chicago police are looking at the movements of their only suspect on the day three relatives of Chicago-born singer-actress Jennifer Hudson were killed.

Law enforcement sources say evidence suggests that more than one person may have been involved in the shooting deaths of Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday.

The sources told the newspaper investigators are trying to determine whether someone drove convicted felon William Balfour, identified as a person of interest, to the city's West Side after the killings at the Hudsons' South Side home.

They are also looking into conflicts between Balfour and his estranged wife, Jennifer's sister Julia, and other members of the Hudson family.

"No means did my son do this," Balfour's mother Michele Davis-Balfour told CNN. "My son's alibi was (he was) with one of his girlfriends, OK?"

Davis-Balfour also denied her son had a stormy relationship with Julia Hudson, claiming the couple were together Thursday night to celebrate Julia Hudson's birthday.

Topics: Jennifer Hudson, Michele Davis, William Balfour
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