Jennifer Hudson has made her first statement following the tragic shootings on Friday of her mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson.
“Thank you all for your prayers and your calls,” she wrote in a letter signed by the Hudson family on her MySpace Celebrity Blog on Sunday. “Please keep praying for our family and that we get Julian King back home safely.”
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Julian, her nephew and the 7-year-old son of sister Julia, has been missing since the shootings on Friday.
“If anyone has any information about his whereabouts please contact the authorities immediately,” she added. “Here is a picture of Julian and what he was last seen wearing. Once again thank you all for being there for us through this tough time.”
As previously reported by AccessHollywood.com, the FBI joined the Chicago police department in the search on Saturday.
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Sister Julia spoke out on Saturday, giving a press conference at the Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church, according to People.
“I don’t care who you are, just let the baby go,” she reportedly said. “I just want my son. He doesn’t deserve this… My greatest fear has already happened. My greatest hope is for him to come back.”
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Julia noted he responds to nicknames such as “Juice Box” and “Dr. King,” and that he was very close with his grandmother, who was murdered Friday.
“I worked, so he was always with her, day in and day out,” she reportedly said. “She did everything for him. She got him ready for school. She got him ready for bed.”
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