When a New York father decided on a whim to take his teen daughter to Michael Jackson’s childhood home in Gary during a cross-county trip looking at colleges, they unwittingly crossed paths with Oasia ...

Oasia Barnes, 70, attacked a 17-year-old tourist and her father in 2024 outside the 2300 Jackson Street home. He was sentenced Wednesday to 164 years in prison.

Jurors found 69-year-old Oasia Barnes guilty of 17 counts of rape, kidnapping, armed robbery, intimidation, sexual battery, confinement and pointing a firearm.

AUDRY BARNES Gary, Indiana Audry Barnes, age 73, formerly of McComb, MS, was called home on Friday, February 1, 2008. She is survived by: 3 daughters, Shirley, Lenese and Denise; 1 son, Oasia; 3 si… ...