Hudson said, “Yes, that’s him,” when she was shown the face of Julian King on a wall-mounted video screen. She entered the room with her head bowed but “remained strong for her family,” said the spokesman. “It was very clear that she was the leader. She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”

The actress, who won an Oscar for her role in Dreamgirls, had offered a $100,000 dollar reward on Sunday for the safe return of her nephew, which was accompanied by an emotional plea from the boy’s mother, Julia. He was reported missing on Friday, after Hudson’s mother and brother had been found shot dead in their home. Julian’s body was found on Monday, also shot dead, in his uncle’s white SUV, which had been stolen on the day of the shootings, 14 miles from the family home in Englewood on Chicago’s South Side.