Annie Elise

Now, the funny thing was, you could tell that the judge wanted absolutely nothing to do with the other allegations that were stacked against Nathan.

In fact, he specifically stated in the official decision documents, quote, To be clear, the court is making no determination of whether Mr. Carman intended to sink his boat or to harm his mother.

Now, the good news was that the civil case pretty much paved the way.

They pointed out every little thing that the investigators could look into as far as an arrest goes.

They just had to spend a little time now doing their own findings and building a case against Nathan.

It took some time, but finally, in May of 2022, Nathan was arrested and charged with fraud and first-degree murder for the death of his mother.

He pleaded not guilty, and his trial was set for October of 2023.

Now, the entire theory for Nathan killing his mom, Linda, was to get her insurance money, right?

Or inheritance money and all of that.

Well, get this.

After Nathan was arrested, and while they were actively working on building a solid case for his upcoming trial, the detectives found something pretty wild.

Despite Nathan being Linda's only child, and despite her not having a spouse, Nathan would never have been getting that payout from Linda's estate.

Which...

Why, you might ask?

He's her next of kin, right?

Well, apparently, it's because he was not in her will.

Not at all.

It turns out that three months before John was murdered, back in 2013, Linda had taken Nathan out of her will, all without any explanation.

To this day, nobody exactly knows why she did it, though I'd assume it was because their relationship was so bad at the time.

But in her will, she left her house to her best friend and the rest of her assets to her multiple sisters.