What happened to Nathan Carman’s grandfather, John Chakalos?
John was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head at his home in Windsor, Connecticut, on December 20, 2013.
Clark said in the documentary that he found his eldest daughter, Elaine Carman, “literally executed in her bed.”
Windsor police Lt. Mark Francis, now retired, said in a written statement that police quickly determined this was “not a break-in to take anything, but an attempt to harm John.”
According to a 2022 federal indictment charging Nathan with murdering his mother, the 87-year-old real estate developer left behind a $42 million estate to be divided among his four daughters, according to NBC News. According to the indictment, John placed $550,000 in Nathan’s bank account from 2012 to 2013, when they spent “a significant amount of time” together.
Windsor Police Officer Scott McGregor said in a Netflix document that Nathan had dinner with his grandfather that night, claimed he last saw him alive at 8:30 p.m., and then went fishing with his mother at 3 a.m., an unknown time during which Nathan may have committed the murder.
Six months later, investigators found a receipt for a Sig Sauer 716 patrol rifle, purchased in New Hampshire for $2,100 on November 11, 2013, in Nathan’s possession. Prosecutors alleged in a 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.
