Bail Hearing Postponed for Man Charged in Mom’s Death at Sea

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man charged with killing his mom at sea to inherit the household’s property will stay in custody, after his bail listening to was postponed for at the very least two months.

Nathan Carman’s listening to, slated for Monday, was postponed Friday for at the very least 60 days by U.S. District Choose Geoffrey Crawford of Vermont, The Boston Globe reviews.

Legal professionals appointed to symbolize the 28-year-old Vernon resident had sought an indefinite postponement of the listening to to conduct their very own investigation and interview potential witness, the newspaper mentioned.

Crawford mentioned protection legal professionals might search extra time past 60 days if wanted. Meaning Carman, for now, will stay in custody.

Prosecutors have argued he ought to stay detained whereas he awaits trial as a result of he poses a flight threat and is a hazard to the neighborhood.

Carmen pleaded not responsible final week to a number of fraud prices and a first-degree homicide within the 2016 loss of life of his mom, Linda Carman of Middletown, Connecticut.

Carman was present in an inflatable raft off the coast of Massachusetts eight days after leaving a Rhode Island marina to go fishing along with his mom, who was by no means discovered.

Authorities allege Carman additionally killed his grandfather, John Chakalos, at his dwelling in Windsor, Connecticut, in 2013 as a part of a scheme to acquire cash and property from his grandfather’s property, however he was not charged with that killing.

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