Authorities in Chicago have released a tape showing the police interrogation of William Balfour, the man convicted of murdering three members of Jennifer Hudson's family, follow his arrest October 24, 2008, the same day the crimes occurred.

The jury watched the tape of Balfour's interrogation prior to finding him guilty on three counts of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and home invasion in the deaths of Jennifer's and Julia's mother Darnell Hudson Donerson, 57; brother Jason Hudson, 29; and Julia's son Julian King, 7.

Three days after the defense rested in the murder trial of Jennifer Hudson's family, the jury announced a guilty verdict on Friday afternoon in Chicago, RadarOnline.com is reporting.

William Balfour was on trial for the 2008 murder of Jennifer's mother Darnell Hudson Donerson, 57; her brother Jason Hudson, 29; and nephew Julian King, 7.

After two weeks of harrowing and often shocking testimony, the defense rested their case Tuesday in the triple murder trial of William Balfour, the man accused of killing Jennifer Hudson’s family.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Balfour faces three counts of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and home invasion in the deaths of Jennifer’s mother Darnell Hudson Donerson, 57; brother Jason Hudson, 29; and nephew Julian King, 7, in October 2008.

Jennifer Hudson wiped tears from her eyes in court Thursday as she watched Kent Williams tell the jury that hearing his best friend had died was "the worst thing I heard to this day, actually my whole life," according to ABC News.

Williams said he found out about the murders on his way back from work during the afternoon of October 24, 2008, and he recalled the moment to the Chicago courtroom.

The DNA of the man accused of killing actress Jennifer Hudson's family was not found on the murder weapon, a Chicago court heard Thursday.

Illinois State Police forensic scientist Pauline Gordon said she tested the .45-caliber pistol and found a limited amount of DNA belonging to a male, but admitted that it excluded William Balfour, according to the Detroit Free Press.

The man accused of killing Jennifer Hudson’s family was far from discreet in the months leading up to the murders, and even allegedly spilled his deadly desires to a 13-year-old stranger in a park.

The Chicago courtroom heard on Tuesday how William Balfour randomly approached teenager Maria Wilkes in the South Side park in the summer of 2008 and began pouring his heart out to her about his crumbling marriage and how he suspected wife, Julia Hudson, was cheating on him.

In the midst of the high profile trial of William Balfour for the murder of Jennifer Hudson’s family, the 911 call made by the Oscar-winner’s sister that was played in court last week was released on Monday, and RadarOnline.com has the distressing audio.

During the chilling tape, Julia Hudson can be heard appealing to the dispatcher to get help to the house on Yale Avenue on the South Side of Chicago after she discovered the body of her murdered mother at the family home.

It was far from happy families in the Hudson household when William Balfour was around.

Jurors in the Chicago courtroom triple murder trial heard from a family friend of Jennifer Hudson’s how the defendant repeatedly threatened to kill the Hudsons while attending a children’s birthday party a couple months before the murders, reported ChicagoCBSLocal.com.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Balfour faces three counts of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and home

Before he allegedly gunned down Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew, William Balfour was cheating on her sister, according to a witness who testified in his triple murder trial on Thursday.

Diana Grant told the Chicago courtroom that she met the defendant in 2007 through friends, she found out Balfour was married to Julia Hudson a few months later but says she was already in love with him and they continued to date, reported the Chicago Tribune.

With a tragic triple murder, an Oscar winner as a witness and allegations of drug-dealing victims and an abusive defendant, the Jennifer Hudson family murder trial has all the ingredients of a John Grisham novel.

Now RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal that the defense may have an extra tough time getting suspect William Balfour released because of the star power sitting in the Chicago courtroom.