What happened to Nathan Carman’s grandfather, John Chakalos?
John was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head at his Windsor, Conn., home on Dec. 20, 2013.
His eldest daughter, Elaine Carman, found him “literally executed in his bed,” Clark said in the documentary.
Now-retired Windsor Police Lt. Mark Francis said in the doc that police quickly determined this was “not a break-in to take anything, but to do harm to John.”
The 87-year-old real estate developer left a $42 million estate to be divided among his four daughters, according to the 2022 federal indictment charging Nathan with his mother’s murder, per NBC News. John had also deposited $550,000 in bank accounts for Nathan between 2012 and 2013, when they spent “significant time” together, the indictment stated.
Windsor Police Det. Scott MacGregor said in the Netflix doc that, while Nathan maintained he had dinner with his grandfather that night and last saw him alive at 8:30 p.m., then later set off with his mom for a fishing trip at 3 a.m., there was unaccounted-for time during which Nathan could have committed murder.
Six months later, investigators found a receipt in Nathan’s possession for a Sig Sauer 716 Patrol Rifle, purchased on Nov. 11, 2013, in New Hampshire for $2,100. Prosecutors alleged in the 2022 indictment that he then used it to kill his grandfather.
Nathan denied having anything to do with John’s death and was never arrested or charged.
