jennifer hudsonJennifer Hudson has set up a new foundation to help the families of murder victims less than a week after her mother, brother and nephew were all shot.

Jennifer’s mum Darnell and brother Jason were found dead at their home in Chicago last Friday afternoon and the body of seven year old Julian King was found in an abandoned car on Monday morning.

A private memorial service for the three victims is scheduled to take place in the city on Monday but a statement released yesterday explained that Jennifer wanted to make a more lasting mark in their memory so established the Hudson-King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims.

The statement explained: “The specific purpose of the Foundation is to care for the needs of families who have lost relatives to a violent crime. This encompasses their basic needs of food, clothing and shelter as well as grief counseling.”

Jennifer’s estranged brother-in-law William Balfour is currently being held as a “person of interest” in relation to the shootings but has yet to be officially named as a suspect.

  • Donations for the Foundation can be sent to:
    c/o Abrams Garfinkel Margolis Bergson, LLP
    Attn: William L. Abrams, Esq.
    237 West 35th Street, 4th Floor
    New York, NY 10001
    USA