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The man accused of killing Jennifer Hudson’s family couldn’t help but shed tears as prosecutors showed photos of the bloody dead body of his youngest victim, Hudson’s 7-year-old nephew, Julian King.

STORY: The Youngest Victim! Jennifer Hudson Family Murder Trial Focuses On Her Nephew

In the third day of testimony this was the first time that William Balfour, 30, showed any emotion. He dabbed his eyes with a tissue as pictures of the blood-soaked body of Julian appeared on a large courtroom screen.

One of the graphic photographs showed bullet holes through the top of Julian head. Another showed him laying on a medical examiner’s table with his white T-shirt drenched in blood.

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Balfour was estranged from his wife, Hudson’s sister, Julia at the time of the 2008 killings. Balfour has pleaded not guilty to murdering Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew.

As for Hudson, the thought of looking at her nephew’s body was too much; she spent much of the morning outside the courtroom and only entered the room after the photos were shown.

Julia testified on Monday that Balfour was so prone to jealousy, he even became angry when Julian kissed her.

“He’d say, ‘Get off my wife,'” she said.

As there were no surviving witnesses to the murders, prosecutors will introduce evidence in the next few days that includes cell phone records and security-camera footage that place Balfour in the area of the killings, since he denies he was there.

Another challenge for prosecutors will be tying Balfour to the alleged murder weapon, a silver and black .45-calibre handgun that sat on a stack of papers at the prosecution table in plain view of jurors.

Prosecutors believe Balfour went inside the three-story house around 9 a.m. on October 24, 2008, shot Hudson’s mother in the living room, then shot her brother, Jason Hudson, twice in the head as he was lying in bed.

Investigators allege Balfour then drove off in Jason’s sport utility vehicle with Julian inside, and later shot the boy in the head as he hid behind the front seat.

If convicted of at least two of the murder counts, Balfour would face a mandatory life sentence.

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