Who is Mary Carmen Torres (Mary C. Torres)

This article is part of our Pro Se Litigant series, case: Torres v. Torres – The People

Did Mary Torres manipulate her adopted mother?

Mary Carmen Torres (Mary C. Torres) is the adopted daughter of the Defendant Sophie J. Torres, a daughter who had been specifically excluded as an heir in her parents’ Will. This appears to have been central to the case of Torres v. Torres. Torres v. Torres references phone calls where Mary repeatedly told her brother, Jesse E. Torres III, that she did not like to care for her father, who had Alzheimers, and that her brother had to move back East, or bring his father back to live with him in Mexico. It is alleged that it was the late father, Jesse E. Torres Jr., who insisted on removing Mary from his and his wife’s, Sophie J. Torres’, Will.

In Summary: We have no reason to doubt Jesse E. Torres III’s statement that his father, Jesse E. Torres Jr., was in above-average physical health but suffering mentally from Alzheimers, fell down the stairs in his home, (carpeted stairs with a strong railing), broke his neck and died. Jesse Jr.’s wife, Sophie J. Torres, is reported to have been in the home at the time. It is unclear when Mary came into the home that day. Right after Jesse Torres Jr.’s funeral, Mary Torres, in a draft of the new Will, was added to the Will and, according to appraisals, this would have benefited her by $800,000. Mary Torres has been a bookkeeper at Soft As A Grape for many years, and reportedly does, or assists with, her Mother’s accounting as well. Did she at least know of, and/or assisted in, the transfer of an account originally containing $150,000 held for her brother, by her father, into an account exclusive to Sophie J. Torres? Discovery should uncover these facts.

Text from an email sent by Mary to her mother’s attorney, and the attorney’s reply (we received a copy when apparently the reply-all button was clicked):

Mary has called regarding this e-mail. It did not play out this way. Mary is concerned about her mother. Stuff was left behind. Drew took everything.

Can they put a sign up regarding selling the property? 

Please call Mary to discuss. 508-295-9900 x 103.” – Available here.

The Details

$850,000, not a penny for Dad: Jesse Jr. had spent 5 months with his son and Jenny Adams at their home in Mexico. The Verified Complaint is very clear, that Jenny and Jesse spent over $30,000on the care and medical expenses of Jesse Jr., and did so right after the dot com crash. Jesse Jr. needed more medical care, care he was responding well to, as well as additional personnel to help with his care. Jesse and Jenny’s few remaining funds had been exhausted by these costs.

Note #1:  Jennifer and Jesse were in the software industry and were originally invited to Mexico by the Baja North Economic Development Division. They where exploring the possibilities of opening an office in Mexico.

Note #2: When Sophie J. Torres sent her husband, who was in stage 5 Alzheimers to her son, she never disclosed that he was suffering from this dreadful disease. Anyone can imagine the devastation when discovering this about their father. Jesse said in his weekly calls home, his dad and he just used to laugh and tease. Anyone that has a parent that has inflicted with Alzheimers will understand how its victims can hide their symptoms when you are unaware they exist.

Jesse Torres Jr’s wife, the Defendant Sophie J. Torres, had just received an offer for property that was a gift to Jesse Jr. from Fred Rose, Jessed Jr’s uncle. When Jesse III called his mother, the Defendant Sophie J. Torres and asked that she sell Dad’s property and help with his care, she refused and said send him home.  That was the only time in 5 months she asked that her husband be returned, stating that he could stay with him (Jesse III) as long as he assumed all financial responsibility. The cost of Jesse Jr.’s first class care in Mexico would have been less than $800 per month. She had available $850,000 from property that was a gift specific to her husband. Was Mary C. Torres part of that decision? While we cannot state it as fact, we believe the email above speaks volumes to answer that question.

Dad and the adopted daughter: Phone records verify numerous calls from the Home of Defendant Sophie J. Torres to her son’s phone in Mexico on Tuesday evenings. These calls match up exactly to when the Defendant Sophie J. Torres went to her Tops Diet Club meetings, where she is listed as the Club Treasurer for the past 15+ years. We specifically asked Mr. Torres III what these phone calls were about. He stated that, his adopted sister, Mary Carmen Torres (Mary C. Torres) stayed with her adopted father, Jesse E. Torres, Jr. when the Defendant Sophie J. Torres went to the Tops Diet Club. She told Jesse III that she was not happy with having to take care of Jesse Jr.; telling Jesse III that he either had to come home or take his father back to Mexico. Jesse said she repeatedly said that she couldn’t take it anymore. She also claimed that Jesse Jr. was still very strong and physically fit, and she was hesitant about making him any madder at her than he already was.

The Death of Dad: The local newspaper’s police log states that on January 7, 2008, Jesse E. Torres Jr. fell down the stairs in his home and broke his neck, dying from that injury. It states that Sophie J. Torres was at home with him at the time of the accident. It is believed that the adopted daughter Mary C. Torres showed up later . We are requesting a copy of the full Police Report from the Falmouth Police to see if any other parties were in the home at the time of death, and the timelines of their arrivals and departures.

Of Note: Before Jesse Jr. was returned home, both Sophie and Mary were advised many times by Jesse III, that, for Jesse Jr.’s safety, they would have to lock up any harmful chemicals as well as lock the kitchen and put in a gate at the top of the stairs. Jesse Jr. was extremely healthy and very active. Jesse III explained repeatedly what precautions he and Jenny took at their home to protect Dad from wandering off, injuring himself or eating something harmful. On each phone call home prior to his ordered return, Jesse III asked if the preparations had been made. Jenny even sent a book on care-giving for Alzheimer’s patients to Sophie and Mary. None of the simple precautions were ever implemented. Jesse III stated that he believes that if a gate had been placed on the stairs, as he repeatedly requested, his father may possibly be alive today.

A Coincidence?  Within a couple of weeks after the funeral of Jesse E. Torres Jr., after the Plaintiffs had left Cape Cod and returned to California, Mary Carmen Torres (Mary C. Torres) drove the Defendant Sophie J. Torres to an estate attorney, Kathryn Wilson (Kathryn Foster) of Mackey & Foster, P.A. Mackey & Foster was paid for by the Defendant Jesse E. Torres IV (aka Jesse Stockwell, Jesse E. Stockwell) [and] or Debtmerica LLC. It was Jesse IV who sent them to this specific law firm. The original Will of Jesse Jr. and Sophie Torres specifically excluded the Adopted Daughter and left all assets to the sole natural child, Jesse E. Torres III.

It’s about Character: Documents attached to the Verified Complaint specifically show that Attorney Kathryn Wilson agreed to accept service of the Verified Complaint on behalf of her client, Sophie J. Torres. According to the process server, when he came to her office to serve the Verified Complaint, Attorney Wilson refused service. We mention this not just to show you the actions of this attorney, and letting you decide on the ethics of her actions, but also because our story uncovered a pattern of similar actions by other attorneys selected and paid for by the Defendant Jesse E. Torres IV (aka Jesse Stockwell, Jesse E. Stockwell). This pattern even extended to Jesse IV, who avoided service three times, and apparently hid from the process servers in order to avoid being served his copy of the Verified Complaint. According to Jesse IV’s father, who hired the process servers, they reportedly joked that Jesse IV had been hiding under his desk. Another Attorney, Jeremy M. Carter of Wilkins DeYoung & Carter, who is also a former Mashpee Cop and current Mashpee Town Moderator, was accused of using political connections against the Pro Se Plaintiffs, as well as wrongfully adding himself personally to his client’s motion. He Lost. The story was made public by The New England Watchdogs and is reprinted here. It is also available at Obama Muscles.

Changed Will: Who, Why? Was it solely the Defendant Sophie J. Torres‘ idea to write a new Will? What was the adopted daughter’s, Mary Carmen Torres’ (Mary C. Torres), part in changing the Will? While it is impossible to know a person’s reasoning, we again show a copy of an email between Mary Carmen Torres (Mary C. Torres) and Janice Grenier of the Defendant’s Attorney’s Law firm of Wilkins, DeYoung & Carter. Apparently Ms. Grenier hit the reply-all button instead of the reply button when she forwarded a copy of the following email to Jesse III. It states:

Mary has called regarding this e-mail. It did not play out this way. Mary is concerned about her mother. Stuff was left behind. Drew took everything.

Can they put a sign up regarding selling the property? 

Please call Mary to discuss. 508-295-9900 x 103.” – Available here.

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