Jennifer Hudsons Family Murder Trial Begins

Jennifer hudson(L) ,william balfour(R)

       The  trial in slaying of singer Jennifer Hudson's family has begun .A prosecutor says the man charged with murdering then Oscar-winner 's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew began threatening the family shortly after he left the family home in 2008.

    The prosecutor said during opening statements in william balfour's murder trial Monday that he was not making idle threats against his estranged wife's family members.
   Hudson was in the courthouse but a court spokesman says she would not be present for opening statements.Balfour has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the October 2008 slayings. William became enraged that Hudson's sister, his estranged wife, had begun dating someone else.