[Star Gazer]

I just wanted to say that I don't think it's that unusual for someone to not view a body. I had an uncle of mine pass away a couple of years ago and there was talk of having a viewing and I told my family if that was the case I wouldn't be going to the viewing, I just couldn't stand the thought of seeing him like that. Even though some of the points raised here are suspicious I don't think that not viewing the body is a sign of a hoax - many people choose not to.

[lucrecia]

Kate and Joe neither

Is it true???? :shock:

It's true. They spoke about not seeing his body back in June/July. They said that they didn't want to see it, something like that. I don't think a lot of the family saw his body. LaToya defiantly saw it, she took his children to see him. Not sure who else saw him. Sorta odd that his parents didn't want to see his body. But maybe it was too hard for them? Or it wasn't his body? Who knows anymore!!  :roll:  :roll:  :?

that is your body's son, although it is hard you need to see it, belive me.

[lucrecia]

Maybe its me but I find it cruel to take small children to see a dead body of someone they were that close to.  didn't they say that Blanket thought Michael was on holiday :?:   So when was suppose to have gone?  It does not add up.

i read this about blanket ages ago now!! and if adults couldn't see the body / didn't want to.. would you subject children to it!! I DON'T THINK SO.. as a mum myself i certainly wouldn't!!

yeah, the adults dont want to see the body but take the kids to see it!!!!!
Its very strange, I want to see that body rigth now!!!!

[Freeze Frame]

Ok if going along with the family's claim that MJ has passed...I thought there was a family viewing the night before the Memorial (my dates could be wrong). I remember seeing LaToya and Randy pulling into FL for it and then eventually other members. I guess at the viewing members can choose not to view and stay out of the room. I know when I was a young teenager and my grandparent died I chose not to view him b/c I wanted to remember him in better/ happier times.

[ENGELINHIER]

So first Frank DiLeo goes in to hospital to kiss Michael goodbye on his forhead.
LaToya and Jermaine sees the body.
The body is still warm, no wait its cold.
The Jackson kids get to see the body and tell their goodbyes to daddy.
Michael Jacksons face is so effin messed up they cant use a open casket.
His skull is opened and his brain is removed, chopped in pieces for chemical evaluations.
His brain returns back to his body and somehow they stitch his skull up.
According to LaToya Michael Jackson looks SO gorgeous and beautiful before laid to rest in a casket, with gorgeous state-makeup and beautiful clothes. He looked angelic and amazing.
Closed casket.

THE PART "BRAIN CHOPPED IN PIECES AND RETURNING TO HIS BODY" IS REALLY UNBELIEVABLE, LIKE ALL THE REST. I ALSO DO NOT THINK THE KIDS SAW THEIR DEAD FATHER.. I DO NOT THINK I WOULD...

[badloving]

I can't imagine how a mother wouldn't want to see her son's body as painfull as it may be...you just can't stay there without seing him...so either she didn't have what to see because the cascket was empty, either it was someone else and that could be a reason she wouldn't want to see it

[GirlInTheMirror]

One of the brothers, sorry, I don´t remember which one, also said it was so hard to see him lying in the casket. So it must have been open.
Others say it was closed.
On the one hand they saw him, on the other they didn´t.
Doesn´t add up. Again.

[Truth_Freedom]

Dead or alive, people have to take in family tradition and culture. I know in my family, we don't go back to visit the dead at all. Some people do open casket funerals and others don't. In the USA there is a wake, for the viewing and then there is a funeral. They had a private wake at Hayvenhurst (supposedly). That's when everyone was allowed to view the body. I think the stories are conflicted because some did not see the body immediately after the supposed death and some got to see the body for the actual viewing or wake. With regard to his face being bruised, perhaps that was fixed and concealed with make up. :?:  After 2 months you do not necessarily decay if the body is well preserved. When you have money you can do those things.

However, the circumstances are strange and they have really tried to sheild MJ from the public and protect him, dead or alive. 8-)