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A man is charged with killing his mother at sea to inherit the family estate

Nathan Carman was arraigned in federal court in Vermont on multiple fraud charges and a first-degree murder charge in the 2016 death of Linda Carman. He denies killing his mother.

RUTLAND, Vt. — A 28-year-old man who was rescued from a raft off the coast of New England in 2016 after his boat sank pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he killed his mother at sea to inherit the family's estate.

Nathan Carman was arraigned in federal court in Rutland on multiple fraud charges and a first-degree murder charge in the death of Linda Carman. He shouted "not guilty" in the direction of reporters who had asked

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