Bodhi
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Wow!!!
What stands out to me in the news coverage is contrast in the depiction of the relationship between Nathan and his grandfather between the boat sinking and today's indictment. Prosecutors allege Nathan began spending significant time with his grandfather John Chakalos in 2012, the year before he was murdered, in order to influence Chakalos's actions on the family trust and its beneficiaries. But according to coverage from 2019, it would not have been out out of character for Nathan to spend significant time with his grandfather. Reportedly, they were extremely close.
Was there a significant change in the amount of time or the nature of the time Nathan spent with his grandfather in 2012? That's the year Nathan graduated high school, IIRC. It seems plausible Nathan's presence at his grandfather's legal/financial dealings could have been the grandfather's initiative--preparing or mentoring his grandson as he entered adulthood? Or he began accompanying his grandfather on these meetings simply because he was had much more unstructured time once he finished high school.
Prosecutors clearly believe strongly, no doubt based on evidence, that Nathan's involvement in his grandfather's legal/financial affairs was purposeful and motivated by money. I'll be interested in what is presented in court.
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What stands out to me in the news coverage is contrast in the depiction of the relationship between Nathan and his grandfather between the boat sinking and today's indictment. Prosecutors allege Nathan began spending significant time with his grandfather John Chakalos in 2012, the year before he was murdered, in order to influence Chakalos's actions on the family trust and its beneficiaries. But according to coverage from 2019, it would not have been out out of character for Nathan to spend significant time with his grandfather. Reportedly, they were extremely close.
Was there a significant change in the amount of time or the nature of the time Nathan spent with his grandfather in 2012? That's the year Nathan graduated high school, IIRC. It seems plausible Nathan's presence at his grandfather's legal/financial dealings could have been the grandfather's initiative--preparing or mentoring his grandson as he entered adulthood? Or he began accompanying his grandfather on these meetings simply because he was had much more unstructured time once he finished high school.
Prosecutors clearly believe strongly, no doubt based on evidence, that Nathan's involvement in his grandfather's legal/financial affairs was purposeful and motivated by money. I'll be interested in what is presented in court.
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Nathan Carman, subject of bizarre ordeal at sea in 2016, accused of killing his mother and grandfather in scheme to increase his inheritance
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Vermont released an indictment that charges Carman had been scheming since 2012 to increase his share of the fortune his grandfather, John Chakalos, intended to leave to his daughters and their designees upon his death. Chakalos was a nursing home developer who had...