Relative arrested in Hudson killings

Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law has been arrested in connection with the murder of the actress's mother, brother and nephew, reports say.

William Balfour, who was originally questioned by police on the day of the shootings and classed as a "person of interest", will be charged with homicide, Chicago police confirmed on Monday.

The bodies of Jennifer Hudson's mother, Darnell Hudson Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, were discovered on October 24 at the family's home on the South Side of Chicago. The body of Hudson's nephew, seven-year-old Julian King, was found three days later in a sport utility vehicle. All three had been shot.

Balfour, 27, is the estranged husband of Hudson's sister, Julia.