Chicago, IL--Chicago police have located and taken into custody ex-convict, William Balfour who lived with the murdered victims and the missing child. That complicates and compromises any forensic examinations.
So far Balfour has not been charged with the killings. Since he’s on parole, I’m almost certain police found some technical parole violations they can use in order to hold him at least for a while.
Balfour’s fingerprints and DNA will be found everywhere in that home simply because he lived there.
Police have detained and questioned other people associated with Balfour, but none have been arrested.
Police will need a witness, confession, the murder weapon or other items actually found in Balfour’s possession.
Since seven year-old Julian King is still missing and probably knows what happened, that made him an undeniable and certain murder target. Sadly I’ve given up all hope that he will be found alive. Police are working against the clock to find the boy’s body in order to find a preserve any evidence.
Finding both vehicles associated with this case may be helpful but again, finding Balfour’s fingerprints or DNA in vehicles he uses or has been in the past a legitimate passenger is also meaningless.
The Chicago police detectives from Area1 have their work cut out for them. This may well turn into one of those cases that go unresolved that we hear so much about.
As for Jennifer Hudson, she will have to deal with this nightmare. Hudson does not live in her mother’s home but in a near North side high rise building. She and her sister will be dealing with funeral and estate issues in the coming weeks.
Update: 8:55 AM Officer O’Brian of Chicago Police News Affairs would not officially confirm Balflour’s arrest or interrogation. He did say a number of subjects were interrogated and so far no arrests have been made. O’Brien did say officers are working several promising leads at this hour.
Breaking News! The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Balfour is in custody and being interrogated by Chicago Police, Area 1 detectives at this hour (9:30 PM Chicago time). The missing child has not been found. I've been told that the interrogation ended when Balfour demanded a lawyer. He will have a court appearance in the morning for bail purposes. This is where they will appoint an attorney for him and by the afternoon he will be in the Cook County Jail. I suspect even if he’s not charged with murder he will not be bondable because of various parole violations.
Chicago, IL--Chicago police are seeking William Balfour as a suspect in the killing of Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother. Balfour is also suspected in the abduction of seven year-old Julian King.
Balfour should be considered armed and dangerous. He is believed to be driving a white 1994 Chevy Suburban with license plate: X58-4859 or a teal or green Chrysler Concord with a temporary tag with a left front headlight hanging out and scratches on the left side of the vehicle.
When Balfour was last seen he had his hair in "Buckwheat" style braids.
Balfour is the husband of Jennifer Hudson's older sister, Julia. He was a resident of the home where the killings happened.
Here is the Illinois Department of Corrections history of this suspect:
Amber Alert Information: Abducted Name(s): Julian King Date/Time Abducted: 10/24/2008 Between 8am and 3pm Location of Abduction: 7019 S Yale, Chicago, IL View/Close Details
Originating Agency: Chicago Police Department Contact Person: Area 1 Detective Division Phone: 312-747-8380 Fax: 312-747-5372
Photo(s): If available, photos are posted at www.missingkids.com
Description of Abduction: The Chicago Police Department have a confirmed child abduction that occurred at 7019 S Yale, Chicago, IL. Julian King is a male black, 7 years old, 4 feet 11 inches, 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, wearing a brown polo shirt with stripes and khaki pants. Suspect vehicle is a white 1994 Chevrolet Suburban, Illinois registration, X584859. Anyone with information should call 9-1-1 and advise they have an Amber Alert report. This concludes this Amber Alert issued by the Illinois State Police.
Additional Details: STATEWIDE
My question: What was the Illinois Pardon and Parole Board thinking when the let this mutt go? A source has informed me that Jennifer Hudson appeared on his behalf before the board or at leasst wrote a letter for him.
Photo of Jenifer Hudson with her mother Darnell Hudson Donerson.
Chicago, IL—Two bodies were discovered in a home owned by American Idol singer, and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson's mother. Early reports indicate that Hudson’s mother, Darnell Hudson Donerson and an adult male identified Jennifer Hudson’s brother Justin Hudson were shot to death. The home is located at 7019 S. Yale on Chicago’s South Side.
Officers of the Chicago Police Department are investigating this as a double homicide. I will have details about this crime later as the investigation unfolds.
These two deaths are just more for the newly crowned Murder Capital of America.
Update: Police are also reporting that a child, believed to be Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, is missing. Police are actively searching for an SUV that was seen in the area, a 1994 white Suburban, Illinois license plate number X584859
Pittsburgh, PA—That McCain volunteer who claimed she was robbed and mutilated has not rung true with this investigator. Ashley Todd, 20 told the story that the robber carved the letter B on her face.
The biggest problem I have is the "carving" is so superficial and was made by numerous small and minimal scratches rather than real cutting.
In this world we have pathetic people that need attention. This story smelled to me from the beginning. I suspect that before the ink is dry on the police reports this allegation will be debunked.
The good news here if there is any is that Todd has not implicated some real person for this attack.
What’s the solution? Voters need to read and mark a sample ballot before they get to the polling place.
Ballots are often long and confusing to some voters. Those ballots include bond issues and propositions. It is a lot of reading material. More importantly too many people are really dumb. Voters don’t bother reading anything sent to them by their election commissions including the sample ballot they send out.
It’s evident that most voters have seen the ballot for the very first time once their inside the voting booth.
Poll workers should be handing sample ballots to voters standing in those long lines but they seldom are smart enough to do that. Additional real problems involve the pathetic literacy skills of voters. Bi-lingual ballots don’t help if people can’t read their native language either.
Voters should be in and out of their booth in less than one minute.
This is the latest ad from the NRA that exposes the real Barrack Obama. The story they are talking about happened in Wimette Illinois and involved Chicago restaurant owner Hale Demar. Obama wanted Demar jailed and given a criminal record for the rest of his life because he defended his family. Another reason for NOBAMA!
Joliet, IL-- Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow has a miserable life these days. He’s been hounded for more than a year to indict two men for murder with no evidence or even a body. The targets for prosecution are retired Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson and private investigator Craig Stebic.
Is it the families of the missing women ranting a raving for impossible prosecutions? Not really. Instead it’s a bunch of pathetic true crime story junkies that want to somehow be a part of these cases. These people don’t have a life and have way too much time on their hands. These concerned citizens troll the Internet consuming and spreading the worst kind of gossip. They think that they are somehow helping police and the potential victimized families.
The Illinois State Police and prosecutors are the object of wrath. Wrath facilitated by the Internet ramblings of the true crime busybodies. The officials can’t allow themselves to be seen as ineffective or unconcerned so they spin their wheels and beat their chests to convince the world they can convict people with paper thin or no evidence. The danger is that it’s way too easy to indict anyone for anything.
The Internet has created a new and just as ugly form of a lynch mob. Their hero is that washed up prosecutor who found new life by pandering to the dysfunctional busybodies and television addicts, Nancy Grace.
Prosecutors are political animals who don’t want to become targets for these inquiring minds.
Now James Glasgow has issued a press release to convince his constituents that he’s still alive and really earning his wages. Read his two page release here:
Chicago, IL—Second City Cop is reporting that Chicago police officer Mike Mette who is fresh out of that Iowa prison has been attending classes at the academy. That means he was given his star, shield ID card and new pile of training materials.
Mette is in what’s called a retread (as in used rubber tires) class held for officers who have been off for extended periods such as leaves of absence. I can’t think of another similar case where an officer was convicted of a crime, sent to prison and later cleared on appeal going back to work.
This training covers new laws and departmental rules and procedures and requalification on the firing range. Soon a personnel order will be cut sending him to his permanent assignment. It remains to be seen if he returns to Fillmore (011) or is sent elsewhere.
Crimefile wishes Mette the assignment of his choice and some much needed privacy to continue his life. Mette is going to discover the department has changed a lot since he last worked the mean streets. Stay safe Mike...
Chicago, IL— The Barack Obama campaign is planning a massive rally inside Grant Park. Chicago police will never get motivated in today’s political climate to even attempt to control this group once they get out of hand and they will get out of hand. All of Chicago’s strongest supporters of Obama will be on hand to totally destroy that city landmark if McCain wins and probably destroy it even if Obama wins in their jubilation.
If I owned property anywhere near Grant Park I’d board up the windows and hire people for security and fire control until the crowd estimated to be well beyond tens of thousands vacate the area. Preparations to accommodate that anticipated huge crowd in Grant Park are already underway.
News organizations covering this event need to send their only oldest equipment and give their people helmets and protective vests. I expect to see TV satellite and live trucks burned. There may be a price to pay for members of Chicago’s media that have trashed rank and file cops in recent times. I just can’t imagine cops risking their lives for anyone who they feel hate them.
The low paid and poorly trained private security people hired by the Obama people will be unarmed and themselves part of the problem.
News organizations will not be able to use helicopters because of Secret Service demands for a wide no fly zone. You can count on overflowing hospital emergency rooms everywhere.
The job of the US Secret Service is a simple one. At the first sign of trouble they will evacuate Obama and get out of Dodge.
Anyone who can escape working that night will be really lucky. Those working need to plan a quick getaway to safety.
The results of this planed disaster will gut an already bankrupt city. Whoever dreamed up this really dumb idea will get as much fame as Mrs. O’Leary and her cow.
Chicago police can be counted to toss a little tear gas around while they stand back and watch the revelers do their thing. Police officers smart enough to avoid conflicts and clashing with the crowd in any way will never face criminal charges of violating people’s civil rights. Chicago cops are extremely tired of listening to Chicago’s African-American reverends scream and whine every time they do their jobs. Of course that will change in a hurry if the crowd attacks the officers. If I were on the job today in Chicago I'd be planing ahead with my physician to be on the medical role November 4th.
Los Angeles, CA—TMZ is reporting that actor Michael Madsen was removed from his home by Sheriff’s officers for signs of mental instability. He was placed into treatment on what California designates as a “5150 hold” that requires reasonable belief that Madsen is a danger to himself or others.
Madsen, a Chicago boy, may be best remembered for his frightening portrayal of Mr. Blond aka Vic Vega in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. Madsen also played an all American dad in, Free Willy. Madsen has been very busy appearing in many films many of which are currently in production. The Internet Movie Database lists Madsen's participation in a whopping 167 films. I don’t have details but wish Madsen a quick rest and success with any health issues.
I don’t like the message that’s being spread around right now. At least one African-American columnist from the Baltimore Sun has tried to spread fear and racial divide. What I see is a lame attempt at extortionate intimidation to assure Barack Obama gets installed into the Whitehouse.
African-Americans can’t have that short a memory. When that happens in our country the death and destruction always becomes localized in the ghettos. The impact, damage and suffering is always heaviest on the African-Americans themselves.
A far better idea is move forward encouraging businesses and investors to create jobs. Too many people forget that no government can force anyone to create job opportunities. That only happens when people unite with purpose and energy giving confidence to the business community. That will never happen under Obama’s anti-business Socialist ways.
I have no problem with an African-American President. I have a huge problem with a Socialist President of any race. Barrack Obama is a socialist, who has tightly aligned himself with fellow Communists and Socialists. Obama has a terrible agenda for America that will cost millions their jobs.
San Francisco, CA—If some get their way in the City by the Bay, local taxpayers stand to save $11 million dollars a year not including courts and jail costs.
It’s on the ballot and It’s called Proposition K and it forbids the local authorities arresting, investigating or prosecuting anyone for sexual commerce between consenting adults.
I thought the Indian reservations were going to break ground with this idea like they did with gambling. It just has not happened, yet.
I know that prostitution enforcement and the defense lawyers generate as much commerce as the prostitution itself. But this may be a way for cash strapped local governments to save some real money.
Police could and should still enforce public indecency laws and preclude child prostitution and child exploitation. I don’t see any real benefit to trying to outlaw the world’s oldest profession.
I suspect that decriminalization would mean the hookers would rely less on pimps and panderers and be able to keep more of their earnings. This also may reduce other crimes associated with prostitution because they would interfere with a legal business.
Tampa, FLTampa, FL—14 years after Area 2 Detective’s Commander, Jon Burge was fired by the police board and today he was taken into custody by FBI agents.
The United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced that “Burge was charged with two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of perjury in a three-count indictment that was returned under seal by a federal grand jury last Thursday and unsealed today following his arrest by FBI agents from Chicago and Tampa."
Over several decades Burge was accused of departmental violations and the City of Chicago paid millions in civil damages to various suspects after they claimed officers under Burge’s command tortured them into confessing crimes.
The people Burge’s detectives were accused of torturing were among the most notorious cop killers and street gang members in Chicago. Some of the convicted suspects were pardoned by former Governor George Ryan who is currently serving a federal prison term for official corruption.
Burge and his officers were the target of African-American community group’s wrath for decades.
If convicted, Burge faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on each count of obstruction of justice and 5 years in prison for perjury, and a $250,000 fine on each count. The Court, however, would determine the appropriate sentence to be imposed under the advisory United States Sentencing Guidelines.
Update: Jon Burge is scheduled to appear at 2 p.m. (Tampa time) before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun III in Courtroom 12B of the U.S. District Court in Tampa (Middle District of Florida), which is located at 801 North Florida, in Tampa (Sam Gibbons Federal Courthouse.)
Court update: We have received the following information about Burge’s court appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun III in Federal Court in Tampa:
Burge was represented by a federal court-appointed attorney for today’s hearing. (I don’t have his/her name.) He is being released this afternoon on a $250,000 secured bond, meaning he will be posting his residence as security. He must surrender his passport. He must report to pre-trial services in the Middle District of Florida twice a week. He must surrender his firearms to a friend for safe-keeping.
Burge's travel is restricted to the Middle District of Florida and the Northern District of Illinois. He must give pre-trial services in Tampa his travel plans when he comes to Chicago. He is currently scheduled to be arraigned at 9 a.m. on Monday October 27 before U.S. District Judge Joan H. Lefkow in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
Los Angeles, CA—In the City of Angels the inmates are running the asylum. Women can’t carry firearms for protection and because of sheer recklessness rapists are going free.
Why you ask? It’s because the LAPD has let over 7000 rape evidence collection kits go untested. That caused hundreds of rape cases to run past the statute of limitations eliminating the possibility of prosecutions. Unforgivable you say? The city’s gun laws held the women down so the rapists could rape with impunity. Then the LAPD made sure the rapists would go free.
If you want to rape, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his solidly Democratic cronies on the city council has declared open season on women. This situation is unfolding as a state budget crisis is forcing the wholesale release of prison inmates.
If you like to kidnap and rape women the L.A. city government will protect you with severe gun laws and the city will fix your case and set you free.
Everyone thinks that the NRAis single minded and only fights for gun rights.
The NRA is the number one trainer for police organizations and civilians alike. The training has made Americans safe as they have taught gun owners how to effectively hit their targets.
Iraq gun owning population along with folks in the entire Mideast love to celebrate with their firearms. They don't have the NRA but really need their services. As you can see in this video some don’t always pay attention to simple safety rules.
What a worthless friend the dumbass is who made the video not to warn about the impending disaster. Don’t let this happen to you…
Phoenix, AZ—B. Michael Dann was a Maricopa County Superior Court judge for 20 years. The last five of those years included replacing Judge Robert C. Broomfield as Presiding Judge when he won a federal Judgeship.
Judge Dann is a classy and distinguished fellow who brought several innovations to the court that were copied in other jurisdictions throughout the country. My opinion is that Judge Dann was one of those judicial activists who felt we have a “Living Constitution” that could be simply changed by the courts to be what he believed were the needs of the community.
As Presiding Judge, Dann regulated process servers and continued enforcement of a “guideline” that prohibited process servers from carrying firearms in that gun friendly state. It was a guideline rather than law because the Arizona Legislature refused to sanction the rights violation. It was not a court rule since even court rules were and are subject to public debate and Arizona Supreme Court approval.
The guideline seemed somewhat enforceable since process servers were licensed at the sole desertion of the Presiding Judge. Of Course no judge is permitted to violate anyone’s Constitutional rights including the right to keep and bear arms. Arizona's own Constitution has a very strong gun rights provision.
Dann made it clear to me that he’s yank my license if I dared carry a gun for self-protection. Dann hated guns and felt nobody especially process servers should be allowed to carry them. Yes, Judge Dann was a flaming Liberal and subscribed to the party line. It wasn’t that Judge Dann was evil, but rather had an agenda he believed was for public welfare and safety.
I purposely violated the guideline because I felt it was unlawful, and placed me in danger since the people I served court orders and summons were too often angry and could carry all the deadly weapons they wanted.
I filed a lawsuit seeking to have the process server gun guideline nullified. Less than a month later while engaged in the service of an eviction notice a drunken man with a .45 1911 pistol used it to club me over the head and then tried to shoot me. In the gravest extreme I drew and fired my S&W .38 snub-nosed revolver in the darkness critically wounding my attacker. I’m probably alive today because of my insubordination.
The process server gun guideline was rather quickly retired by the Arizona Supreme Court after I was cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with that shooting.
As for Judge Dann I could sense another very real reason for his hatred of firearms. Unfortunately the judge had a very troubled son, Brian Dann who burglarized people to support his drug habit. I believed that this father felt that a gun, any gun could possibly end his son’s risky life with Arizona's pro-gun culture.
In my mind I assigned blame for Dann’s son because of his father’s Liberal ways. In hindsight it was way too simplistic. Now I know that the Drug War was so counter -productive that Brian Dann was in effect set up for a miserable life. Judge Dann has been going through a massive heartbreak for decades.
Shortly after Judge Dann retired and moved on to a Washington D.C legal think tank, Brian Dann found himself charged with triple murder in what was described as a drug deal gone wrong in Central Phoenix. Perhaps Judge Dann had a premonition that a gun would bring a tragedy to his life. Despie my dispute with Judge Dann, I have always had respect for him and do to this day.
I’m not sure just what the evidence was in that case. I do know that the man who prosecuted the case was an an incredibly evil man. Prosecutor, Kenneth Jack Peasley from Tucson loved to brag that he put more people on Arizona’s Death Row than any other prosecutor in the entire state. Just like clockwork, Peasley put Brian Dann there too. After Dann received his death sentence they finally caught up with Peasley and disbarred the bastard. Peasley was caught in the act of deliberately putting a witness he knew was committing perjury before a jury on yet another death penalty case.
Because of Peasley’s long history of prosecutorial misconduct, I’d like to see Brian Dann win a new trial since I more than suspect prosecution chicanery at the first trial. I don’t have a clue if he is innocent of the carnage that happened in that apartment but perhaps a fresh look at the evidence is in order. Afterwards, I say let the chips fall where they may.
Kenneth Jack Peasley died on September 7, 2011 of cancer. After disbarment he worked as a paralegal for defense lawyers. He is receiving his punishment where he belongs, in Hell right now!
Here is Kenneth Peasley’s Disbarment Opinion and Order
New York—Governor Sarah Palin rocked Saturday Night Live last night. We have never had a politician with Palin’s kind of grace and charm in my lifetime. Palin is always a pleasure to watch and hear. If you click on the NBC logo you can see it in a larger format and also see the Sarah Palin rap song skit.
This was not about “Joe The Plumber” or the question put to Barack Obama about his tax increase plans. It was Obama’s candid answer that he plans to redistribute the wealth. That’s exactly what Karl Marx was all about. That’s un-American and that form of government has taken us to wars in order to prevent that from happening here.
In America we have created checks and balances to prevent a singular viewpoint to rule everyone in this diverse country. With Obama added to Pelosi and Reid as our absolute authority the checks and balances will vanish. The political bloodletting to follow will be painful and prove to be a derisive as any time ever in our country.
Our already deeply troubled economy will lose investors and our prolific productivity will end. Obama would be a disaster at this time in our nation. Marshal Law and the suspension of habeas corpus won’t be far behind. We may be in for some serious population control like we had in the 1860s in America.
Obama is the confessed cocaine using Socialist with minimal experience as a leader and no history of even minimal military service. Obama is the friend of terrorists, racists and people with the mindset to destroy our economy and way of life. Obama is dangerous for America.
The stock market and perilous economy will react to the election results. Should the Obama Bolsheviks win total control the wealthy Conservative Americans will lose faith and cash out of investments other than the land that they own.
Nobody with assets will want to leave them where our new government can take them to redistribute to those who have earned nothing. Say goodbye the Capitalist based economy we once knew.
Should John McCain win I predict only a recession we can hope to survive.
