Shocking news! Michael Jackson death 18 to 20 years ago.

This was forwarded to me by E-mail. Not sure where it came from. What do you guys think?

SANTA
BARBARA, CA-During a search for evidence at the Neverland Valley
Ranch, investigators discovered a corpse that has been identified as that of
Michael Jackson, Santa
Barbara police officials announced Tuesday.

"Coroners have
officially pronounced Michael Jackson dead. From what we can tell, he died
between 18 and 20 years ago," forensic investigator Tim Holbrooke said. "We are
not certain, at this time, who-or what-has been standing trial in that Santa Maria courthouse."

According to
Holbrooke, Jackson's corpse was buried just inches below a
stretch of the miniature-train tracks that run throughout Neverland. The largely
desiccated corpse wore the remains of a red, zipper-covered leather jacket and a
single glove.

"We positively
identified the body as Jackson by his dental records and DNA,"
Holbrooke said. "But even before we conducted a single forensic test, we began
to suspect that that we'd uncovered the real Michael, and that the disturbing
figure claiming to be Jackson was a fake."

Holbrooke said
that, although the corpse was in an advanced stage of decomposition, when
investigators compared the body to early-career publicity photos of Jackson, they saw a
striking resemblance in bone structure and facial features. But when they
compared the body to photos taken after 1987, the resemblance was negligible.

"This discovery
raises a lot of questions, but it also sheds light on a number of disturbing
incidents," Holbrooke said. "Frankly, Jackson had been acting pretty strange."

Forensic experts
and music critics are postulating that Jackson was dead before the release of the
multi-platinum album Bad.
Detectives are currently analyzing the lyrics to "Man In The Mirror" for any
clues relating to a look-alike entity that many suspect murdered the youngest
member of the Jackson 5 and assumed his identity.

"We believe that
Neverland served as some sort of freakishly whimsical tomb constructed by
Jackson's
killer," Holbrooke said. "We also suspect that all of the iniquities that
occurred on that ranch were the work of the imposter. I wouldn't have ever
thought it possible, but we are looking at a situation where the sexual abuse of
a 13-year-old cancer patient is the tip of the iceberg."

Holbrooke said
that, while the living Jackson is the leading suspect in the murder
investigation, he "could be another victim of some sort."

"Basically, we have
no idea what type of creature we are dealing with," Holbrooke said.

A member of the
investigative team that discovered Jackson's body described the experience as
"otherworldly."

"As we neared the
perimeter of Neverland, the dogs started whining and howling like crazy,"
Santa Barbara
County detective Frank
Poeller said. "We had to pull them into the house. When we got to Jackson's bedroom, one of
them almost choked himself to death on his leash trying to get out through the
window. Minutes later, the same dog led us to the corpse."

A representative
from Jackson's self-created label, MJJ
Productions, said he was not surprised to find out that the current Jackson is an imposter.

"When we were
recording 'Heal The World' for Dangerous, I could tell something was
terribly, terribly wrong," MJJ manager Luke Allard said. "Michael didn't seem
like himself anymore. He'd demand bizarre food and sit for hours in a hyperbaric
chamber. His appearance began to become more and more peculiar. Soon afterwards,
he started wearing a mask and confiding in a chimpanzee.."

"I remember
thinking, 'This man has become a monster,'" Allard said. "If only I'd known how
right I was."

Allard said he
thinks that the imposter broke ties with Jackson's former friends and surrounded himself
with children who were too young to notice the radical change.

Vanity
Fair reporter Beth Pither visited Neverland in
1994.

"A strangely
fearful staff member led me to Jackson, but ran off before I opened the door,"
Pither said. "Standing there with my hand on an ice-cold doorknob, I heard
strange, unnatural sounds-leathery wings flapping, a sorrowful wail, and loud
hissing. A wave of dread passed through me as I opened the door, but all I found
was Michael and some kids in pajamas eating ice cream and watching 101 Dalmatians."

While their claims
have not been corroborated, other Neverland visitors have reported that when
when Jackson entered a room, lights flickered, faucets ran blood-red, and
screams escaped from the walls.

To aid in the
investigation, the FBI enlisted Dr. Richard Weingarden, a noted expert on the
paranormal from UC Santa Barbara. After only two hours, Weingarden abandoned the
project.

"The smell of
sulfur, the decaying facial features, the bizarrely high-pitched voice-it sounds
exactly like..." Weingarden said, trailing off. "I'm sure it's nothing. Not a
big deal. Nothing to be terrified about, certainly. I have to go. I've got a
family."

Thomas Sneddon, the
prosecutor in Jackson's child-molestation lawsuit, said it
remains to be seen how the shocking discovery will affect the trial.

Megan Gustafson,
who left her post as president of the Akron,
OH Michael Jackson Fan Club after the singer was accused
of molestation, offered a positive view of the grisly revelation.

"This is very
disturbing news," Gustafson said. "But to be honest, it's kind of a relief too.
Thriller and Off The Wall are really amazing records.
Now I can pull them out of my 'ruined by child abuse' storage bin and start
listening to them again."