Nathan Carman Charged In Killing Of Mother In 2016: Feds

MIDDLETOWN, CT — Former Middletown resident Nathan Carman has been arrested in connection with the death of his mother after his boat sank off the coast of Rhode Island in 2016, according to authorities.

Carman, 28, was arrested Tuesday on an eight-count indictment charging him with the killing of Linda Carman on the high seas, and related frauds to obtain family and insurance funds, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Vermont announced. Carman will be arraigned in federal court on Wednesday.

“According to the unsealed indictment, in 2013, Nathan Carman shot and killed his grandfather John Chakalos at Chakalos’s home in Windsor, Connecticut, and, in 2016, killed his mother Linda Carman and sunk his boat during a supposed fishing trip off the coast of Rhode Island,” officials wrote in a news release. “The indictment alleges that both killings were part of a scheme to obtain money and property from the estate of John Chakalos and related family trusts. The indictment further alleges Carman attempted to defraud the company that insured his fishing boat.”

Officials said Carman faces mandatory life imprisonment if he is convicted of murder on the high seas. The fraud charges each carry a potential penalty of up to 30 years in prison.

“The indictment is an accusation only and Carman is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty,” officials wrote in the news release.

Participants in the multi-year investigation included the FBI, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Connecticut State Police, the Windsor Police Department, and the South Kingstown (Rhode Island) Police Department.

See related previous coverage:

• Judge Rules Against Nathan Carman's Aunts In Probate Case: Report
• Probate Case Against Nathan Carman Dismissed
• Nathan Carman Contributed To Boat's Sinking: Judge
• Nathan Carman Denies Knowing Mother's Whereabouts
• Nathan Carman Could Receive Millions From Murdered Grandfather's Estate
• Federal Authorities Join Investigation into Linda Carman's Disappearance
  
• Nathan Carman Denies Any Involvement with Grandfather's Death, Blasts Media
• Details Emerge in Freighter's Rescue of Nathan Carman

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