Vt. man described as 'murder boy' to police investigating grandfather's death

WINDSOR, Conn. — A man found after a week lost at sea has been described as capable of violence, according to police documents into the man’s grandfather’s death.

Nathan Carman, 22, was lost at sea for a week after going on a fishing trip with his mom, Linda, 54. Their boat sank, but he was able to get onto a life raft, said the U.S. Coast Guard. He was found by a freighter last Sunday and returned to land Tuesday. His mother is presumed dead.

Wednesday afternoon, Nathan told the Associated Press, "I had absolutely nothing to do," with wealthy grandfather's 2013 unsolved slaying.

According to documents, Nathan was a suspect in the suspicious death of his grandfather, John Chakalos, in December 2013.

Chakalos, a wealthy real estate developer and Linda’s father, was found shot to death in his Windsor, Connecticut mansion. Chakalos was a wealthy real estate developer, who was well known for his ornate Christmas lights display.

In a 2014 search warrant, Linda  told police she believed Nathan was the last person to see his grandfather alive. She told police she was due to meet Nathan later that day, but he never turned up.

When police spoke with Nathan, they said there were several inconsistencies with his alibi, “particularly during the time period from approximately 10 p.m. on Dec. 19, 2013 to approximately 8 a.m. on Dec.20, 2013, which is the timeline established by investigation during which the victim John Chakalos was murdered,” said documents. There was also an hour of time that Nathan could not account for.

The search warrant said he was the only person who knew that his grandfather kept two vintage rifles, inside a cubby hole in the attic. One of the rifles had a caliber class that matched the gunshot wound Chakalos suffered. Crime scene investigators say there were "no bullet shell casings,” leading them to believe the crime scene had been manipulated.

They also say Nathan got rid his computer’s hard drive and a GPS device the morning that his grandfather was discovered dead.

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Investigators say they later learned from family members that Nathan was capable of violence when his coping mechanisms were challenged. Family members said that “as a child (he) held another child hostage with a knife." Neighbors described Nathan to police as “a time bomb waiting to go off,” and another described him as “murder boy" Family members told investigators that they too, were afraid of him and that “they hired armed, private security to protect them in their homes."

Investigators say they also found detailed notes on sniper rifles and “making self-propelled improvised explosive devices” in Nathan’s items.

A consultant on the case said some people with Asperger's, which Nathan has, spend a lot of time alone, on a computer, and can fixate on things repeatedly. The consultant said that if Nathan was involved in a crime, he would have likely researched it heavily beforehand, and returned to his computer to essentially "check his work" afterward.

The search warrant concluded by saying the investigation was ongoing, and Nathan had refused to take a polygraph test.

Why the judge didn’t sign off on the arrest warrant is not known.

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