Jackson mum vanishes in row over star’s will

Katherine Jackson, the missing mother of Michael Jackson who is the guardian of the pop legend’s three minor children, is safe in Arizona with family members, police said.

Investigators have made contact with Ms Jackson but no specific details on her whereabouts are being released, said Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Pope.

Ms Jackson, 82, was 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 said in a statement. He added that access to his mother was not being blocked.

A member of the Jackson family had reported the matriarch missing on Saturday, prompting a frantic plea from the late pop star’s only daughter to help locate her grandmother.

“I haven’t spoken with her in a week and 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.

Ms Jackson has been caring for Paris, Prince Michael and Blanket Jackson since their father’s death in June 2009.

The incident demonstrated divisions in the Jackson family just days after five of the 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 Ms Jackson was being manipulated by the executors, John Branca and John McClain, her health had been affected and she had suffered a mini-stroke.

The estate has denied the accusations, which have grown since Michael Jackson died from an overdose of a powerful anaesthetic.