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Cacciato posted...

Tezlok posted...

yea but again, there is no evidence. I saw an entire hour long special on this guy, and they never produced any actual proof that he did it. it was just a bunch of speculation

Whoa! A whole hour?! You may have just revolutionized our court system.

You'd think that, but it takes a lot of hours to put that documentary together which brings us right back to the beginning.

Mead posted...

I decided to look into this a little more

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/nathan-carman-linda-carman-death-at-sea.html

I know you think he is innocent but here are some facts

1. Right before they set out he enlarged holes that were in the boats hull

2. There is no explanation as to why his mother could not make it to the raft or why the emergency transmitter was not activated

3. He has refused to cooperate with authorities

4. He was a suspect in the still unsolved murder of his grandfather

5. After the death of his mother and grandfather he is set to inherit 7 million dollars

6. On a mental health message board his mother had described psychotic episodes and mentioned hostile behavior such as screaming at her and calling her satan

While I have no strong opinion as to whether he did or didn't do it, it seems like death by misadventure is still on the table. However, your link and reasons piqued my interest so I decided to read at least some of the article.

1. I can't find any reference to this claim. Control+F returned a mention that he decided to remove some fixtures, in the process creating holes which he then tried to patch up. However, that doesn't really seem suspicious so much as it seems stupid.

3. Keep in mind he has a disability... Everything described in the article suggests that this isn't out of character for him, nor is the vague "refusing to cooperate" evidence of anything. It's like arguing that only guilty people hire lawyers.

4. These local cops seem pretty incompetent

5. Not really much of a motive in itself, considering he was already having his needs covered by that wealthy family. More importantly, his aunts seem to have motive in blaming him since it would mean that an inheritance they wouldn't otherwise receive might instead go to them. It seems like the aunts were kinda egging on this investigation.

Also the grandfather sounds like a complete dick, with the emotional and financial manipulation he attempted at times. If anybody was going to off the guy, I would sooner suspect it would be a mom or aunt.
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