Carman Aunts Ask He Be Declared Murderer

WINDSOR, CT — Aunts of Nathan Carman are asking a New Hampshire court to declare him the murderer of his grandfather in order to prevent him from inheriting from the $40 million estate.The two aunts are the sisters of Linda Carman who was lost at sea while boating with Nathan Carman.

The so-called 'slayer' suit asks the court to declare Nathan Carman murdered their father John Chakalos, and to prevent him from collecting Linda's share of the Chakalos inheritance.

Carman was rescued by a freighter after being lost at sea for more than a week in 2016. His mother Linda Carman was never found and is presumed dead. Carman told officials that an accident caused the ship to sink.

“In 2013, four sisters suffered an unthinkable tragedy when their father John Chakalos was murdered in his own home," said the family attorney Dan Small. "Less than three years later one of those sisters, Linda Carman, disappeared at sea under highly suspicious circumstances. The last person to see both of these family members alive was Nathan Carman, John's grandson and Linda's son. The details and evidence in the death of John and the disappearance of Linda all point to Nathan as the prime suspect. Yet he now stands to inherit millions of dollars from their estates.

Jonh Chakalos was killed in December 2013 in Windsor. Nathan Carman was considered a suspect, but no one has been charged in connection with the killing.

The surviving sisters cannot stand idle while their father's killer, and perhaps their sister's killer also, profits from his actions, Small said. "Since the law has a provision to stop this unjust inheritance, they have filed a so-called ‘slayer action’ in New Hampshire State Court to block Nathan from collecting money from his murdered grandfather's estate."

Additional reporting by Margo Sullivan (Patch Staff)

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