Nathan Carman charged with killing his mother at sea in 2016
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A Vermont man has been accused of killing his mother, who has been missing since a boat the two were on sank in 2016, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Nathan Carman has also been accused by family members of shooting and killing his wealthy grandfather in 2013.
Carman, 28, is facing eight charges in connection to "the 2016 murder of his mother, Linda Carman, on the high seas, and related frauds to obtain family and insurance funds," the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Vermont alleges.
His grandfather, John Chakalos, was shot and killed at his Windsor, Connecticut, home nearly a decade ago. Then, in 2016, Carman allegedly murdered his mother, Linda Carman, and sank the boat they were on off the coast of Rhode Island, the attorney's office said. Her body was never found.

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