THE MAN FOUND SAFE AT
SEA, AFTER HE AND HIS
MOM WERE MISSING FOR
MORE THAN A WEEK
SPEAKS TO REPORTERS
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
HIS RETURN.
"I would just like to thank the
public
for their prayers and for their
concern for both my mother and
for
myself."
(PL)
THAT'S NATHAN CARMAN,
SPEAKING FROM HIS
HOME IN VERMONT...
AFTER HE ARRIVED
THERE LAST NIGHT
(DN)
HE HAD BEEN DROPPED
OFF BY A FREIGHTER,
WHICH HAD FOUND HIM
ON A LIFE RAFT IN THE
ATLANTIC OVER THE
WEEKEND.
CARMAN'S MOTHER,
REMAINS MISSING AND IS
PRESUMED DEAD.
(PL)
STILL A LOT OF
UNANSWERED
QUESTIONS IN THIS CASE.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER JULIANNE
PEIXOTO IS LIVE IN OUR
NEWSROOM...
WITH THE NEW
DEVELOPMENTS.
(JP)
GOOD MORNING --
NATHAN CARMAN ARRIVED
BACK ON DRY LAND
AROUND 9:45 YESTERDAY
MORNING.
HE SPENT HOURS
SPEAKING WITH
INVESTIGATORS --
AND HAD AN ATTORNEY
WITH HIM.
CARMAN'S ATTORNEY
SAYS HE WAS FULLY
COOPERATIVE WITH
INVESTIGATORS --
BUT WOULDN'T REVEAL
WHAT WAS SAID IN THE
CLOSED-DOOR MEETING.
THE COAST GUARD DID
RELEASE RECORDINGS
FROM PHONE CALLS
BETWEEN CARMAN AND
OFFICERS --
SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS
RESCUED.
IN THEM --
CARMAN SAYS HIS 31-
FOOT ALUMINUM BOAT THE
CHICKEN POX -- BEGAN
TAKING ON WATER
QUICKLY.
HE SAYS HE HEARD A
FUNNY NOISE IN THE
BOAT'S ENGINE
COMPARTMENT--
AND HAD TO SCRAMBLE
TO GET ON THE INFLATED
LIFE RAFT.
CARMAN SAYS HE
WHISTLED AND CALLED
OUT FOR HIS MOTHER --
BUT DIDN'T SEE HER.
IN AN AFFIDAVIT --
DETECTIVES WROTE
CARMAN'S BOAT WAS IN
NEED OF MECHANICAL
REPAIRS.
THEY SAY CARMAN HAD
BEEN DOING A PORTION
OF THE REPAIRS HIMSELF
--
WHICH COULD HAVE
POTENTIALLY RENDERED
HIS BOAT UNSAFE FOR
OPERATION.
INVESTIGATORS SAY
CARMAN WAS ABLE TO
SURVIVE FOR 7 DAYS ON
THE LIFE RAFT --
THANKS TO FOOD AND
WATER HE GRABBED
FROM THE BOAT BEFORE
IT SANK.
"I feel healthy, um I feel
healthy,
emotionally I've been through a
huge amount."
"He's lost a little weight but
other
than that he's doing well."
(JP)
AS WE PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED --
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
TIME TRAGEDY HAS
STRUCK THE CARMAN
FAMILY.
COMING UP AROUND 5:30
--
EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS
NATHAN CARMAN WAS A
SUSPECT IN HIS
GRANDFATHER'S MURDER
--
AND WHAT POLICE FOUND
WHEN THEY SEARCHED
HIS VERMONT HOUSE
YESTERDAY.
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM
JULIANNE PEIXOTO
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
(DN)
NEW DEVELOPMENTS...
ON THE INVESTIGATION
INTO A MAN RESCUED AT
SEA, AFTER HE AND HIS
MOTHER LEFT SOUTH
KINGSTOWN ON A FISHING
TRIP.
(PL)
AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR,
WE HEARD FROM NATHAN
CARMAN, AS HE SPOKE TO
REPORTERS OUTSIDE HIS
VERMONT HOME.
NOW WE'RE HEARING
WHAT HE SAID TO THE
COAST GUARD ABOUT HIS
MOTHER'S
WHEREABOUTS.
PLUS... NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT HIS
CONNECTION TO A 2013
MURDER CASE.
(DN)
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER JULIANNE
PEIXOTO IS TRACKING THE
DEVELOPMENTS, LIVE
FROM OUR NEWSROOM.
(JP)
WHILE NATHAN CARMAN
WAS BUSY SPEAKING
WITH THE COAST GUARD --
INVESTIGATORS WERE
BUSY SEARCHING HIS
VERMONT HOME --
LOOKING FOR ANY CLUES
THAT INDICATE A CRIME
TOOK PLACE THE DAY HIS
BOAT SANK.
AFTER SURVIVING A WEEK AT
SEA --
22-YEAR-OLD NATHAN CARMAN
WAS MET BY INVESTIGATORS --
EAGER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHAT CAUSED HIS 31-FOOT
ALUMINUM BOAT -- THE
CHICKEN POX -- TO SINK.
"When I saw the life raft, I did
not
see my Mom. Have you found her?"
COURT DOCUMENTS OBTAINED
BY OUR VERMONT AFFILIATE
WCAX INDICATE THE MOTHER
AND SON HAD DIFFERENT
IDEAS OF WHERE THEY WERE
HEADED ON THEIR TRIP.
IT STATES LINDA CARMAN
THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING A
MERE 20 MILES OFF SHORE.
NATHAN, ACCORDING TO THE
AFFIDAVIT, INTENDED TO TAKE
THEM ROUGHLY A HUNDRED
MILES OUT.
"I thought he said the canyons
which are off Block Island."
EYEWITNESS NEWS SPOKE TO
THIS MAN -- MIKE IOZZI --
WHO SAYS HE STRUCK UP A
CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH
NATHAN AT THIS SOUTH
KINGSTOWN MARINA BEFORE
THE CARMAN'S FISHING TRIP.
"I didn't see any fishing poles
and I
didn't even see him with food."
POLICE OBTAINED A SEARCH
WARRANT FOR NATHAN'S
VERMONT HOME YESTERDAY.
AMONG THE ITEMS
INVESTIGATORS SEIZED --
AN XFINITY MODEM --
A GARMIN SIM CARD --
AND A LETTER, WRITTEN BY
NATHAN, THAT WAS FOUND IN
HIS TRUCK.
TODAY --
SOUTH KINGSTOWN
DETECTIVES ARE GOING TO
CONNECTICUT -- NATHAN'S
HOME STATE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE
IF A CRIME WAS COMMITTED
THE DAY THE CHICKEN POX
SANK.
THE HARTFORD COURANT
REPORTS NATHAN WAS A
SUSPECT IN HIS OWN
GRANDFATHER'S MURDER.
IN 2013, HIS GRANDFATHER WAS
FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN HIS
WINDSOR CONNECTICUT HOME.
THE MURDER REMAINS
UNSOLVED.
(JP)
WE WILL CONTINUE TO
STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE
COAST GUARD, SOUTH
KINGSTOWN POLICE... AS
WELL AS AUTHORITIES IN
BOTH VERMONT AND
CONNECTICUT.
AS THIS INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES TO UNFOLD.
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM
JULIANNE PEIXOTO