*One day after being reported as missing by a family member, authorities say Katherine is safe and with a another family member in Arizona.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s department said investigators made contact with Jackson, but he did not have specifics on her whereabouts. The agency previously said they believed she was with a relative and safe, but wanted to speak with her.
Katherine Jackson is with her daughter Rebbie in Arizona, following a doctor’s orders to “de-stress” and stay away from the phone and computers, her son Jermaine Jackson said in a statement late Sunday. He said access to his mother is not being blocked.
Katherine Jackson was reported missing on Saturday, prompting a frantic plea from the late Michael Jackson’s daughter to help locate her grandmother.
“I haven’t spoken with her in a week I want her home now,” 14-year-old Paris Jackson tweeted, later providing a number for people to contact in case they see her grandmother. Katherine Jackson has been caring for Paris, Prince Michael and Blanket Jackson since their father’s death in June 2009.
It was unclear who is taking care of the children in her absence.
The incident demonstrated divisions in the Jackson family just days after five of the late singer’s siblings once again claimed that the King of Pop’s will was a fake and that the executors of his lucrative estate should step down.
The undated letter, signed by Janet, Randy, Tito, Rebbie and Jermaine Jackson, claimed Katherine Jackson was being manipulated by the executors, John Branca and John McClain, her health had been affected, and she suffered a mini-stroke.
The estate has denied the accusations, which have swirled since Michael Jackson died from an overdose of a powerful anesthetic. Katherine Jackson obtained permission from a judge to investigate the will’s validity, but never pursued the matter in court.
“It dismays me that such an alarmist ‘missing person’ report has caused unnecessary anxiety among Michael’s children who will understandably react to what they misunderstand, hear or are told,” Jermaine Jackson wrote.
The mystery of Katherine Jackson’s whereabouts was compounded by a visit from her son’s former physician, Dr. Allan Metzger, who examined her July 14 after being brought to her Calabasas home by someone close to the family, said her attorney, Sandy Ribera.
She had been scheduled to depart on an RV trip to the Southwest to watch her sons perform. The elder Jackson never made any of the shows and Metzger apparently told her not to take the trip, Ribera said.
Interestingly, Paris Jackson referenced Metzger’s visit in a tweet early Sunday: “the same doctor that testified on behalf of dr murray saying my father was a drug addict (a lie) is caring for my grandmother… just saying.”
Katherine needed so rest from all of the feuding over Mike’s estate and such. I think eithr Rebbie or Janet should step in and help raise Michael’s kids they are at the age where it can prove to be too msuch for a 82 yr old woman. The brothers do not need to help because they have kids whom they are unable to raise etc.
Those grown A kids will be the death of her if she does not get some help raising them. That Paris is acting like she is in charge of something (I want her home now) Raising chldren that age could be a challenge. She may not be up to this after raising 9 of her own. Plus at one point there were several gramdchildren staying there like their parents had just dropped them off or something. Also this lady may not have had a chance to grieve for her son! He was the King Of Pop to us but he was her child it has to be hard to bury one of your children and to be thrust into the spotlight and enormous legal battles. I can imagine she needed a break from all this madness.I hope she gets the rest she needs becuase we all know that stress can kill you. So kiddos SHUT UP AND BE CHILDREN let grandma relax. And in that order!!!!!!