Linda Carman Family Asks NH Court To Declare Son Nathan A Murderer

NARRAGANSETT, RI — Linda Carman was last seen alive almost a year ago when she and son Nathan left Point Judith on a fishing trip. His boat, the Chicken Pox, sank last September, and she never returned. She is presumed dead. Nathan was rescued after spending days on a raft. It was not his first link to a suspicious death. He was a suspect in the murder of his grandfather in Winsor, Conn. But he has denied any involvement in his grandfather's death and said he is grieving for his mother. Now, her surviving sisters have filed a lawsuit in New Hampshire. 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.

“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.

"The surviving sisters cannot stand idle while their father's killer, and perhaps their sister's killer also, profits from his actions. 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.

"This is not about money, it is about justice. If the Chakalos sisters win this lawsuit and any money that would have gone to Nathan instead goes to the surviving sisters individually, they pledge to use those funds exclusively to pay for expenses incurred relating to the investigation into the death of their father and disappearance of their sister, and any remaining funds will go to charity.

"The Chakalos sisters did not undertake this action lightly. This entire ordeal has been extraordinarily painful to the family and the public attention has made it even more difficult. However, they also know this is the right thing to do, and it is what their father and their sister would have wished.”