It’s a tale of two mysterious deaths (in one case, a presumed death), millions of dollars at stake and a lawsuit claiming it was all a deadly plot to collect an inheritance. Now, the family says they want justice.
Last September, then-22-year-old Nathan Carman went out fishing with his mother off the coast of Rhode Island. A week later, he was rescued off Martha's Vineyard after he said his boat sank and he couldn't find his mother.
Three years earlier, Nathan's grandfather was shot multiple times and killed in his Connecticut home. Nathan was the last known person to see him alive and had recently bought a gun with a caliber that matched the murder weapon, which he failed to tell police about.
In neither case was Nathan Carman charged. But his grandfather left behind a 44-million-dollar estate — millions of which he would be in line to get upon his mother's death. And that's the focus of a lawsuit filed this week by Nathan's three aunts, who say they are seeking justice by blocking him from collecting any money from his mother and grandfather's estates.
Dan Small, a partner at Holland and Knight who is representing the three women, joined Jim to discuss.
Nathan Carman's attorney did not respond to an invitation to join the show.
