NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The case involving Nathan Carman, a Middletown, Connecticut, native who was accused of killing his mother off the Rhode Island coast in 2016, is being featured in ABC’s “20/20” this week.
The new special, “Family Lies,” premieres at 9 p.m. Friday, April 4, on News 8.
Carman, who lived in Vernon, Vermont, was charged with first-degree murder and fraud in the death of his mother, 54-year-old Linda Carman, on a fishing trip off Block Island in September 2016. She was never seen again and is presumed dead.
In 2023, Carman died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial.
According to the trailer posted on social media, the episode will feature never-before-seen police interrogation videos and new details and interviews about the case.
The episode will also discuss the death of Carman’s grandfather, John Chakalos, a wealthy real estate developer, who was shot at his home in Windsor in December 2013.
Carman was never charged in his grandfather’s death, and he had denied any involvement in the two deaths.
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