William Balfour is the only person detained by police for the murders of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew. However, Chicago Police said on Tuesday it may be possible more than one person was involved in the murders.
Balfour, the estranged husband of Julia Hudson, actress Jennifer Hudson’s sister, is still being held on a parole violation after an arrest and questioning on Friday, but has not yet been charged.
Law enforcement sources told the Chicago Tribune that they are focusing on Balfour’s movements the day the murders took place, October 24, but that they are also trying to determine whether someone else drove Balfour to the Hudson family home in Chicago.
Witnesses have said the Chrysler parked a block from the Hudson home was driven by Balfour, 27, at approximately 7 a.m. on Friday, the same vehicle was later found outside a local high school. A security video showed someone parking the car there, but detectives have yet to identify the driver.
A portrait of Heath Ledger has been submitted for the 2008 Archibald Prize, Australia’s most prestigious award for portraiture.
The CBC reports that Vincent Fantauzzo painted Ledger just two months before his death. The painting features two mischievous versions of Ledger whispering in either ear of a more sombre version of himself.
Fantauzzo will find out if he won on Friday, but he already knows what he’ll be doing with the painting – he’s giving it to Ledger’s family.
“It seems only right, as we did the sitting at his mom’s house in Perth and she was very much a part of the process, making us tea and crumpets and watching from the sideline,” he told The Art Newspaper.
Fantauzzo described Ledger as “charismatic, witty, sarcastic and a lot of fun; very positive about the future.”
Two brothers who own a transport company have been ordered to pay the family of Toby Keith $2.8 million for the wrongful death of the country star’s father.
Yahoo! News reports that Elias and Pedro Rodriguez had neglected to fix the badly damaged brakes of their charter bus, even after they were warned of the problem. Keith’s father, H.K. Covel, was driving down the interstate in March 2001 when he was bumped by another vehicle and sent veering into the charter bus, which was unable to stop in time.
Of the verdict, attorney Greg Dixon stated, “The jury found no fault on the part of Mr. Covel in the wreck that claimed his life.”
Covel left behind a wife and three children.
Hilary and Haylie Duff’s cheating father was ordered yesterday to pay $100,000 in support to mother Duff.
Susan Duff won her request for Bob Duff to pay her $20,000 per month for living expenses during their pending divorce proceedings. According to the Houston Chronicle, that’s in addition to the $100,000 in living expenses and legal fees he was previously ordered to pay, which he has not done.
Mrs. Duff testified that she was largely been supported by her famous daughters for the past five years. When asked if the Duff sisters would not continue to support her, Mrs. Duff snapped, “Of course they would, [but] it is not their job to pay for their father’s philandering and divorce.” An accountant told the Chronicle that the divorce is already approaching a cost of $1 million in legal fees.
The young Duffs have not testified in court, but have attended court in support of their mother.
