This little boy is missing. He is the the seven-year-old son of Julia Balfour, sister of movie actress Jennifer Hudson who was Academy-Award-nominated for her role as one of the Supremes.

The missing little boy’s name is Julian King, and he has vanished since his grandmother and uncle (Julia Balfour’s and Jennifer’s Hudson’s mother and brother) were murdered on the south side of Chicago two days ago.

The south side of Chicago is notorious for having deteriorated into a deeply violent and crime-ridden area for the last many decades, and though the neighbors heard the gunshots that killed Darnell (grandmother) and Jason (uncle, age 29), no one called the police… as some explained… ‘gunfire is so common here’

Regardless of details of the murders, this little guy is innocent, and here at TMV we pray he will be found safe and whole, very soon.

If you have any information about or have made a sighting of this child, call 911 stat. The little boy’s nickname is Tugga-bear.

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CODA. There are over 10,000 little children missing in the US at any given time. They usually cannot fend for nor free themselves without someone else recognizing them and intervening. To help, please Google ‘missing children’ for your home state and take a look at the pictures there. Many children are found not too far from the places of their disappearances. If there are missing children in your area, you may spot them.