Julian King, the nephew of Jennifer Hudson, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the autopsy report on Tuesday.
Cook County spokesman Sean Howard told The Associated Press that in Tuesday's autopsy the county's medical examiner ruled Julian King's death a homicide.
Howard declined to say where the child suffered wounds or how long he had been dead, citing an ongoing Chicago police investigation.
Police found King's body in his mother Julia Hudson's 1994 Chevy Suburban on Chicago's West Side on Monday around 8 a.m. An Amber alert was issued after police found Hudson's mother Darnell Donerson and older brother Jason Hudson dead on Friday in the home they shared on Chicago's South Side. King, who was in the house at the time, had disappeared.
The deaths of Donerson, 57, Hudson, 27, and now King have been ruled as homicides.
The SUV found was believed to be the getaway vehicle driven by William Balfour, a suspect in the murders of the family members of Oscar-winning actress/singer Hudson. He is listed as a "person of interest" in the case.
Hudson, the Oscar-winning actress/singer, placed a $100,000 reward on Sunday for the safe return of her missing 7-year-old nephew Julian King, the son of Julia Hudson.
The Amber Alert listed Balfour, the estranged husband of Julia Hudson, as a suspect in a "double homicide investigation."
Jennifer Hudson, who won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in 2007 for her role in "Dreamgirls," was in Chicago with her family during the weekend. She confirmed the bodies of her mother and brother at the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Records from the corrections department indicate Balfour, 27, is on parole and spent nearly seven years in prison for attempted murder, vehicular hijacking and possessing a stolen vehicle. He was arrested for drug possession in June, but state officials didn't revoke his parole
Balfour, who had been in police custody since Friday, was transferred Sunday to the Illinois Department of Corrections "based on his active parole violation unrelated to this investigation."
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