Dudes! Is this that "guy named Jack" we talked about in another thread?
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4196831&postcount=37 (Thanks to LinasK for having posted the story.)
If so, perhaps "MOM", ie Patricia, is in this up to her earlobes.
This is FRAUD, plain and simple. (Idea - - was it Patricia's shaky signature on the checks?)
I am concerned and confused = I would assume that Jack owned the home, that seems a reasonable assumption, given that he rented it out. I would assume he wasn't subleasing, LOL. Thus, what happened to Jack's home? Did Jack sell his home? What happened to the money from that sale?
And that line, "The Sheltons believe that Jack lived on the Garrido property but they cannot say for sure." is chilling. Did Jack ever live there? Did the Garridos tell him they would take care of him?
(If there are any other individuals who have been defrauded by Garrido, I hope that they are able to come forward and are not stalled by shame and embarrassment.)