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Jacko sells Neverland Valley, returning to Gary

            By John LeForest

Michael Jackson is selling his Neverland Valley ranch for $44.8 million to California businessman Bill Wyatt and is in the process of purchasing property in Gary, Indiana, a source close to Jackson has told The Hoosier Gazette.

Gary, best known for being named “Murder Capital of America” in 1993 for having the highest per capita homicide rate in the nation, is Jackson’s birthplace and where his family formed the Jackson Five. 

Jackson’s friends in show business are perplexed by his recent decision to relocate to one of the most crime-ridden and rundown cities in the nation.

“I can’t believe this!  It is not like Michael to do something so strange.  I am really worried he might be losing it mentally,” said close friend and confidant Elizabeth Taylor.

“Poor Mikey is moving back to that horrible, horrible place!” added friend Liza Minnelli; “I hope being around so many bad influences doesn’t get him into trouble.”

It has been speculated Jackson is making the move to Gary to cut expenses to help pay for his recent legal problems and to toughen up his image.

“Most people don’t know what a bad-ass Mike is,” says ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley, “That is why I was attracted to him.  He is a nice guy but if you mess with him you better watch out.  Moving to Gary will show the public this side of him, something they haven’t seen since his video ‘Bad’ back in ’87.”

There is no word on which street gang Jackson will join upon moving to Gary, but there are several possibilities.  He is the hottest free agent on the market, and all the major gangs have invited The King of Pop to join.

“It’s been tough ‘round here since GRIT has been on our asses,” says G-City Ballaz member Rashon Carter, “Somebody with M.J.’s wallet would put us over the top and in control of drugs in the whole city.”  The Gary Response Investigative Team (GRIT), formed in 1997, is “comprised of members of the FBI, the DEA, the Gary Police Department, the Indiana State Police, the United States Attorney's Office, the Lake County Prosecutor's Office, and the Indiana Army National Guard to combat the high crime problem in the city of Gary, Indiana.” 

(http://indianapolis.fbi.gov/tfgrit.htm)

Jackson could elect to start his own gang, one that he could be head of and call his own shots.  “Mike just adores ‘West Side Story’ so I wouldn’t be surprised if he started a gang called either The Jets or The Sharks,” said Presley.

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