Jennifer Hudson gives Chicago concert

First time she’s appeared in her hometown since the murders in her family

	Jennifer Hudson performs at the Arie Crown Theatre in Chicago, Saturday, April 25. It was her first performance in her hometown since the deaths of her mother, brother and nephew.
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updated 5:48 p.m. ET April 26, 2009

CHICAGO - Oscar and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson has given her first hometown concert since her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew were murdered in Chicago last year.

Hudson sang Saturday night at a theater in Chicago’s McCormick Place.

She dedicated the song “You Pulled Me Through” to relatives in the audience and brought four cousins on stage to sing with her.

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The bodies of her mother and brother were found Oct. 24 at their home on Chicago’s South Side. The body of nephew Julian King was found days later on the city’s West Side.

The estranged husband of Hudson’s sister, William Balfour, is charged in the murders.

Hudson is in the middle of a tour with singer Robin Thicke.