Jennifer Hudson and her sister Julia Hudson have released a statement about the murder sentencing of William Balfour for the murders of her mother, brother and nephew.

They said: ''We have many people to thank but our first thank you is to God, always.

A jury has found Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law William Balfour guilty of murdering her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.

Balfour, 31, was found guilty of three counts of murder and four other counts related to the 2008 killings and he now faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

The jury deciding the verdict of Jennifer Hudson's family's murder trial will continued deliberating the decision today.

Prosecutors spent more than two hours Wednesday urging the jury to consider the huge amount of evidence for suspect William Balfour's motive and to try dispelling the notion that it requires overwhelming forensic evidence to convict him.

The DNA of the man accused of killing Jennifer Hudson's family was not found on the offending weapon.

Illinois State Police forensic scientist Pauline Gordon said she tested the gun and found an inadequate measure of DNA belonging to a man.

The 911 call made by Jennifer Hudson's sister upon finding the body of their mother, has been released.

William Balfour is currently on trial for the murder of Jennifer's mother Darnell, brother Jason and nephew Julian, seven and the call made by Julia Hudson when she found their mother dead was made public today (30.04.12) despite the pleases of the prosecution not to do so.

A witness at the trial of William Balfour has claimed he saw him riding the SUV Jennifer Hudson's seven-year-old nephew Julian was found dead in.

Bill Graham, a 71-year-old retiree, claims he saw the murder suspect in the white SUV, which was different from the green Chrysler he knew he usually drove.