A man whose mother is presumed dead after their boat sank in the Atlantic Ocean asked a Connecticut judge to seal from public view a search warrant that disclosed that he was a suspect in the 2013 slaying of his millionaire grandfather, but the motion was denied.
A hearing on Nathan Carman's request was held Thursday afternoon in Middletown.
The Vernon, Vermont, resident left a Rhode Island marina with Linda Carman, of Middletown, Connecticut, on Sept. 17. He was found in a life raft eight days later south of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, but his mother was missing.
Nathan Carman wanted a search warrant for his former Middletown home sealed. His lawyer said it contains damaging, unproven allegations.
Middlesex County State's Attorney Peter McShane argued the warrant has been a public document since 2014 and can be found in a search online.
The warrant says Carman was a suspect in the still-unsolved killing of his grandfather, John Chakalos, in Windsor, Connecticut.
Carman denies any wrongdoing. He did not comment outside court Thursday.
