Another sad day for Jennifer Hudson and her sister, Julia Balfour.

The women must identify the child’s body believed to be Julia’s son, Julian King, 7.

It has been reported that Julian’s body was discovered in an abandoned white Suburban, shot to death in the back seat.

Police are testing the clothing of William Balfour, Julia’s estranged husband, for gun powder residue.

Hudson family members will be identifying the boy at around 3p.m. today. A police press conference will be held at 4 p.m.

The vehicle was discovered by a 75-year-old, John Louden.

From ChicagoBreakingNews.com:

He [John Louden] said he has lived on the block for 18 years and worried about people selling drugs in the abandoned building behind it. He saw the SUV while walking his dog. After a double-take, he realized the license plate matched the one police were looking for.

“I didn’t look in there. I didn’t touch it. I knew it was a strange vehicle,” Louden said. He said police showed up in about five minutes after his wife called them. They discovered the child inside. The body was removed and the SUV was towed away for evidence processing. “I feel bad about that baby,” Louden said.

If the boy is identified as Julian King, it will confirm detectives’ worst fears because a law enforcement source said bullet casings were found in the boy’s room on Friday. But the source said they had not found other evidence of violence in the room.

As the car was processed by evidence technicians and workers at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office sought to identify the body, Hudson’s family members and supporters assumed this was the third member of her family killed since Friday.

“It’s shocking. It’s unreal. We had been praying that it would not come to this,” said Rev. Krista Alston, a cousin of Hudson and a minister at the Pleasant Gift Baptist Church in Chicago. “We know it’s a reality now, but it’s still shocking.”

UPDATE:

The boy believed to be Julian King suffered at least one gunshot wound to the head. [TMZ]

The body has been confirmed to be that of Julian. [ABC]