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What really happened to Katherine Jackson?

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    'Geraldo at Large' traces the back-story leading up to the disappearance

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Legendary King of -- My returns.

Have to -- okay.

June 25.

2000.

-- -- -- -- The special report the kidnapping of Katherine Jackson begins with -- son Michael's sudden death at age fifteen.

Leading three young children and a mountain of debt.

As his estate across this -- by licensing an extraordinary records that.

Katherine as -- worth a king's ransom -- on the King of Pop has left their 40%.

His kids 40% it's the 20% of the estate remaining going to children's charity.

Additionally Michael has named Katherine guardian of his three -- -- Now Michael's will and Catherine's guardianship are under attack from relatives who have been cut out but a family -- struggle is one thing.

Kidnapping.

Another.

Late Saturday night mom Katherine who is raising his kids.

-- reported missing Sunday July 22.

Michael's daughter Paris tweets.

Yes make -- others missing -- haven't spoken with her in a week I want her home now.

At this point the -- it's prince fifty Paris fourteen.

Blanket ten years old had not seen their grandma for seven days.

Rejecting explanations for her uncles and aunt Janet Jackson.

Paris -- directly to the public.

If anybody sees my grandmother please call the authorities where this number.

81887601.

Where is Graham.

The teens -- set -- a nationwide search.

We took data reports.

And we've been attempting to contact her.

A bizarre family drama then plays out in full -- at the heart of the struggle is Michael's money.

And the hard fact that his father Joseph and his siblings including the four involved in this escapade.

Randy Jermaine.

Janet and -- have been cut out.

As for Katherine is mysterious disappearance.

Jermaine -- It's let me put to bed two days nonsense.

As I make clear some days ago my mother is safe and well in Arizona.

And the doctor to order Christian group.

-- -- -- -- And million bad and he won't -- and also where we should be -- -- couldn't be on the phone in this kind of from from the outside world -- appreciate.

But Paris is skeptical of her uncles and -- The same doctor that testified on behalf of doctor -- saying my father was a drug addict ally is caring for my grandmother just saying.

-- -- Monday July 23.

Still no contact with a grandmother Paris streets again.

Eight days and counting something is really off this isn't like her at all I want to talk directly to my grandmother.

Day nine Tuesday July 24.

Video -- an altercation -- Catherine's home involving Jermaine Randy Janet and Paris.

Deputies did.

Determined and that a minor scuffle occurred.

-- -- Janet -- slapped Paris Jackson in the face after the slap Janet Jackson told Paris Jackson you're spoiled little and.

It wasn't a slap but rather -- by -- to -- -- Smartphone.

Again Paris tweets ninety's -- counting so help me god I will make who ever did this pay.

Day ten Wednesday July 25.

Reeling from reaction to the teens please the -- Jackson's -- let.

It.

Go to live from the left cursed in news troops can go in -- -- -- is it would have.

Or talk to their -- any true.

But now even some of Michael's siblings share his children's concerns.

We've been told that a mother -- She's doing well.

But we have not spoken with him.

We have not talked with him.

And I don't know women that.

I don't know who among us.

Finally ten days after her disappearance.

Katherine Jackson re emergence and speaks to the world.

Think it's going around about me -- I've been kidnapped and held against my real.

I'm here today to let everybody know that I'm -- I'm fine and I'm here with my children and my children would never do things like that told me against my will.

But whether -- ten day disappearance was voluntary the courts disapprove.

Temporarily stripping -- of custody of her three grandchildren.

-- in court today was about the guardianship.

And I think it was based on the front lines and devastated and Thailand in a way that my children my grandchildren have been taken away from me.

Find late Thursday August 2 a California court restores Katherine to custody.

But with a catch an adult grandson Tito Jackson junior is awarded -- guardianship.

When his grandmother came home -- james' grandmother had discussed.

What she would like and what she had decided after the meeting live.

Prince Paris and blanket was that they would like to formally recognized PG as a -- party.