Federal authorities say the man charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip off the coast of New England has died. Prosecutors say 29-year-old Nathan Carman plotted to inherit millions of dollars. He was scheduled to face trial in October. The cause of Carman’s death was not immediately clear. He had pleaded not guilty last year to fraud and first-degree murder in the death of his mother, Linda Carman. The eight-count indictment also says Carman shot and killed his wealthy grandfather John Chakalos at the man’s home in Connecticut in 2013, but does not charge Carman with murder in his death.
The Vermont U.S. attorney’s office said Carman died Thursday in U.S. Marshals custody — which handles defendants who are detained before trial — and that the U.S. Marshals Service partners with state and local governments to house defendants because it doesn’t operate its own detention facilities.
Carman was the sole occupant of a cell when found dead at around 2:30 a.m. by guards at a county jail in Keene, New Hampshire, said Doug Losue, the superintendent of the Cheshire Corrections Department. Losue said the death was being investigated by police in Keene, which is near the Vermont state line.
-AP News
