“It’s just a tragedy, a tragedy,” Minnella said, “We were meeting with some experts today over Zoom at 12 o’clock. We were prepared to start picking a jury on Oct. 10, and we were confident we were going to win.”
Nathan Carman : Charges of Double Murder and Fraud
The case against Carman was not limited to his mother’s death. Prosecutors alleged he also killed his wealthy grandfather, John Chakalos, in Windsor, Connecticut, in 2013.
The eight-count indictment, however, did not charge him with murder in his grandfather’s death.
The legal intricacies of the case resembled a complex jigsaw puzzle, further complicated by the fact that Carman was never charged with his grandfather’s murder.
Yet, his attorneys asserted the entire picture would have emerged in court, fully exonerating their client.
“In court, the whole situation would have come out, and I’m positive…that this young man would have been vindicated,” Minnella stated.
The Bizarre Fishing Trip
The dark thread tying these allegations together was the ill-fated fishing trip in September 2016.
