Lawyers say that Nathan Carman (pictured), now 23, drilled holes in his mother’s boat
A New Hampshire man suspected of killing his wealthy 87-year-old grandfather and then his mother to get his hands on her inheritance sabotaged the boat she perished on, new court documents allege.
Lawyers representing the company that insured Nathan Carman’s boat say he used a power tool to enlarge holes found on the vessel after it sank with his mother aboard.
Carman, 23, has also been called a suspect in the shooting death of 87-year-old real estate developer John Chakalos in Connecticut in 2013.
Police have yet to make an arrest in the case.
He has also been questioned about the day his boat sank with his mother, Linda Carman, on it. She’s presumed dead. He said he doesn’t know if anyone has seen his mother since their fishing trip in 2016.
Carman has also been called a suspect in the shooting death of 87-year-old real estate developer John Chakalos in Connecticut in 2013
He said he doesn’t know if anyone has seen his mother, Linda Carman (pictured), since their fishing trip in 2016 and has not been arrested by police
John Chakalos’ three surviving daughters have filed a court order seeking to prevent the 23-year-old from getting any of his $29 million fortune after his mother’s disappearance in September.
Meanwhile, U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Sullivan ordered Nathan Carman to turn over information about a Sig Sauer .308-caliber semi-automatic rifle he owned.
According to previous reports, the lawsuit filed against Nathan states that prior to Chakalos’ death, Nathan purchased a semi-automatic rifle that matched the caliber of the weapon used to kill Chakalos.
The judge said Carman must also turn over phone records from Sept. 1 through Sept. 25, 2016, the day he was rescued
That weapon is now missing, according to documents filed in a different lawsuit in New Hampshire.
But Sullivan rejected a request by the boat’s insurer to get information about other guns Carman may have owned, saying it was ‘sheer speculation’ for them to ask for records about every firearm Carman might have ever owned or possessed.
Carman and his mother, Linda, embarked on a fishing trip out of Rhode Island on Sept. 17, 2016. He was rescued a week later after being found floating on a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean nearly 100 miles offshore.
The judge said Carman must also turn over phone records from Sept. 1 through Sept. 25, 2016, the day he was rescued.
Carman has acknowledged patching some holes on the 31-foot-long boat with marine putty before going fishing with his mother but insisted the boat was seaworthy.
In a filing on Thursday, the insurer’s lawyers alleged that Carman must have enlarged the holes in his boat’s hull.
‘No wonder the boat sank and Carman’s mother died,’ the filing said.
Carman’s lawyer said he would not address ‘unsupported allegations’ or engage in ‘litigation in the press’ when asked about the assertions about the holes after Friday’s hearing.
Nathan Carman has denied allegations that he killed Chakalos, and said he doesn’t know the whereabouts of his mother.
Nathan Carman has denied allegations that he killed Chakalos, and said he doesn’t know the whereabouts of his mother.
Carman has acknowledged patching some holes on the 31-foot-long boat with marine putty before going fishing with his mother