This week Wendy and Beth get into the case of William Balfour, the brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson (the singer and actress), allegedly because he was angry that his wife wanted a divorce and was seeing someone new.

We get get into the stats and setting (12:48) then move into the early life of some of the people involved in the story (25:04). We dive into the time line (36:04) and move on to the investigation and arrest (48:30). We share our take aways, how not to get murdered (102:05) and some shout outs (109:22). 

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Articles/Websites

Murderpedia. (n.d.). William Balfour. Retrieved 08/21/20 from https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/balfour-william.htm

Wikipedia contributors. (08/15/2020). Murder of Jason Hudson. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 08/21/2020 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Jason_Hudson&oldid=973174825

Justia US Law. (05/06/2015). People v. Balfour (Amended Opinion). Retrieved 08/22/2020 from https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-first-appellate-district/2015/1-12-2325-0.html

Meisner, Jason; St. Clair, Stacy. (04/28/2012). Girlfriend says Balfour admitted killing mother, brother of Jennifer Hudson. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 08/22/2020 from https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-jennifer-hudson-trial-0428-20120428-story.html

Schreiber, Barbara A. (n.d.). Jennifer Hudson. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 08/22/2020 from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jennifer-Hudson

ABC7 Eyewitness News. (12/31/2008). Murder rate jumps in 2008. Retrieved on 8/23/2020 from https://abc7chicago.com/archive/6580432/

Hoekstra, Dave. (12/16/2006). Living The Dream. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 08/23/2020 from https://web.archive.org/web/20090204155517/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/175911,sho-cst-dream17.article

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