Nathan Carman, a 22-year-old autistic man from a wealthy New England family, made headlines in 2016 when he was rescued after eight days floating adrift at sea. He had been on a fishing trip off the coast of Rhode Island with his mother Linda when they went missing. Linda was never found, leading police to investigate her disappearance.

In 2022, Nathan was charged with the murder of Linda, with police accusing him of killing his mother to inherit money from her estate. Nathan committed suicide in prison in 2023 before he could face trial. Even though police have closed the case, it lives on in the Netflix documentary The Carman Family Deaths, out Nov. 19.

Nathan was diagnosed with autism at a young age, and his father and lawyer maintain his innocence in the documentary, arguing th

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