As you may already have read on an earlier post, Oscar-winning actress and American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson is searching for her 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, after police found the singer’s mother and brother shot to death in their home on Friday. Hudson posted a $100,000 reward for any information leading to the safe return of her nephew.

Unfortunately, The Associated Press has reported that the body of a young, black male has been found in the back of the white van in Chicago. Though the body has not been confirmed as being Julian, the van matched the one being sought after in the Amber Alert issued for Julian’s disappearance.

We cannot possibly think of any reason to harm an innocent child, so we hope the police find out who did this soon.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Hudson family…

In case you haven’t heard (what? Have you not gotten out of bed for 2 days?) tragedy has befallen Jennifer Hudson. According to every news source ever, Jennifer’s mother and brother were killed yesterday in their Chicago home. Her 7 year old nephew is also missing.

Jennifer flew back from Tampa where, we imagine, she was busy promoting her new self-titled album and her latest film, The Secret Life of Bees.

We can’t imagine what could have provoked such a horrible act on such a kind family, and our hearts go out to the rest of the Hudsons. We interviewed Jennifer a few months back and she was incredibly gracious and kind and sweet and everything you would want in a friend.

We can’t really be her support system (because we really don’t know her, but if she needs a shoulder to lean on ours happen to be quite comfortable), but we are definitely thinkin’ about her right now.