. >> carman was once a suspect in the murder of his grandfather. -- propree supped dead. >> carman was once a suspect in the murder of his grnd father. you spoke with nathan. >> reporter: he he -- grandfather. you spoke with nathan. on what happened over the last 8 days when he was lost at sea but he did say this. >>i just want to thank the public for their prayers and concern for both myself and my mother. and i want to thank the crew of the ship especially the captain for both rescuing me from the sea care of me. with giving me food and blankets and so forth while i was on board his ship. and i want to thank the public for the prayers and for their continuing prayers for my mother. >> reporter: and he just wanted to leave it there as he continues to try to process everything that happened and, of course, his mother's loss. i can also tell you that the issued for this home. authorities are getting kind of a clearer look as to the location and the specific location that fishing trip was planned and whether or not that may have contributed to his more's presumptive death. 22-year-old na

never received an official call from carman. they know his vessel sank quickly and he being looked for his mother and didn't see her. carman told the coast guard he grabbed food and water and jumped into the raft. the coast guard launched a massive search that covered more than 60,000 square miles unable to locate the missing boaters before the freighter found carman in good condition. today joined by his attorney members of the search and res queue team. something the coast guard tells us is standard procedure when a boat is lost at see and sinks. so a number of developments right now. again we know that carman actually left the base here with his father who had flown in from california. where they were going in here is unclear. again the investigation was a debriefing here at the coast guard station earlier today. that went on for several hours. but again we've now learned that police executed in vernon, vermont. what they found there is unclear right now. carman's where abouts is unclear. and the investigation is unclear wher

nathan carman made a statement but he did not answer reporters questions. the 22-year-old has asperger's is asking for privacy. erika: we turn to the weather. it is gray out there. it's not going to get sunny anytime soon. cindy: it is sticking around for a while. despite the class we have not seen much rain. radar picking up on apache area of drizzle -- a patchy drizzle of air -- area of drizzle. this'll make its way over the -- moving in with that low level went off the water. sustained tenure 20 mile-per-hour wind but gusting closer to 30 miles broward new parts of the coast line. temperatures have dropped. most of us in the 50's around 60 at the cape. temperatures will study the rest of the afternoon. be prepared for patchy drizzle otherwise a lot of clouds with steady temperature readings. we have a brand-new tropical erika: secretary of state john kerry is threatening to cut off all contact with russia over syria. kerry says he will take this action unless syrian and russian -- thousands have already died in aleppo, the center of the syrian refugee cr

we know authorities left with a computer modem a gps sim car nathan carman. this is what he said to us this morning. >> i just want to thank the public for their prayers and for their concern for both myself and my mother. >> reporter: nathan carman back home in vernon vermont after his ordeal at seymour than a week on a -- at sea. more than a week in a life raft his mother lost at see and -- for both rescuing me from the sea and for taking such good care of me. >> reporter: that freighter spotted him off the coast of martha vineyard's a couple days after the coast guard called off the search. for the missing mother and son. coast guard official released the covers with-- conversation with him after rescue. >> when i saw the life raft i didn't have you found her? >> no we haven't been able to find her yet. >> reporter: since his return authorities raised questions about his role in the boating mishap. police interviewed rhode island boater. >> i didn't see fishing poles and i didn't see him with food. >> reporter: and even though linda carman said they were h

court documents are shedding new light on carman's past. john. >> well, adam, homicide detectives looked into this case for months and they concluded this young man nathan carman murdered his grandfather. they concluded tha went ahead with the case because a prosecutor declined to go ahead with it and the then 20-year-old was not arrested. >> 87-year-old john chakolos lived a long humble life and left a $4 million estate in 2013. he been shot three times. linda carman, the woman who is believed to be lost at sea, was

nathan carman was brought back to boston yesterday after spending almost a week in the water after his boat sank. he tells the associated press the fishing boat sank within a matter of minutes taking his mother with it. he says he didn't harm her. linda carman is her name, who is now presumed dead and nathan also says he had nothing to do with his grandfath's 2013 unsolved murder. he had been a suspect but was never charged. we'll have much more on this story coming up ahead at 6:00. >> also breaking 59:30, the teenager suspect in a south carolina school shooting apparently killed his father before heading to the school. two students and a teacher were hurt in the shooting. they are reportedly in good condition at a hospital so this is a blessing. the teenage shooting in custody. horrific highway crash in westport. a livery driver veered across the median into the other side of the highway that car slammed head on into another. how it happened is under investigation. >> this burlington high school coach is on-leave accused of inappropriate conduct towards player. it's what the school c

all these developments coming after carman arrived in here earlier this morning. back on land after his harrowing ordeal at sea carman arrives at the coast guard station just after 9:00 where officials say he

. >>> a new twist in items taken from the home of nathan carman. the young man seen here arriving in boston after he was rescued off the massachusetts coast. carman returned to his vermont home yesterday. >> and this morning his mother is missing and presume dead. in an interview with the hartford current carman said i would like to thank the public for prayers and concern for both my mother and myself. and i would like to thank the crew of the ship that rescued me. both for rescuing me and for once a suspect in a murder of his grandfather. >> wbz lisa moller looks at the investigation. >> reporter: as nathan carman arrived at coast guard base in boston investigators were digging into the mystery that left his mother 54-year-old linda carman lost at sea. monday police executed a search warrant at his veron vermont home and came away with a modem sim card and hawr reel and i got to safety forward. [audio not understandable] >> reporter: on sunday the 22- year-old told the coast guard his story after he was found by a freighter. floating off the coas

that's according to carman's former attorney. nathan was also considered a person of interest in that case, with a crime. and he also denied any involvement. in the newsroom, nancy chen, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: nancy, thank you. count 'em, 39 days to the general election. for the first time in history, the newspaper "usa today" is taking sides. the site's editorial board sending a clear message to its readers, "do not vote for donald trump." the paper list reasons why trump would not be a good president from his business career to his racial rhetoric. encouraging people not to vote for trump, they said they're not necessarily endorsing hillary clinton either. and a new report by "newsweek" is claiming donald trump broke u.s. law by doing business in cuba in 1998 when the u.s. had a trade embargo in that country and americans were not allowed to spend money there. "newsweek" is saying trump hotel executives looked into building a hotel there, visiting the country, spending about $70,000 on that trip. hillary clin

carman arriving at the coast guard base in boston. his 54-year-old mother, linda carman, lost at sea and now we hear the story of how he lost her in >> no, we haven't been able to find her yet. >> reporter: the release of that dramatic audio came as the sheriffs department in vermont confirmed authorities served a search warrant in the carman home in vernon. in boston, carman gave a lengthy statement called a survivor debrief. the coast guard is trying to figure out what went wrong in vernight fishing trip with his mother in their boat called the chicken pox. sunday, two days after the coast guard called off the search, a freighter crew found nathan off the coast of martha's vineyard. he had food and water and said his >> reporter: nathan carman, who has asperger's syndrome, has gone missing before. in 2011, he disappeared despondent over the death of his horse and resurfaces in virginia. three years ago, the family

carman talked to 7's tim caputo floating on a life raft in the atlantic, 22-year-old nathan carman is back home in vermont. >> i'm healthy. emotionally i've been through a huge amount, and my request just to be allowed to mourn naturally. >> tim: carman and his 54-year-old mother linda left on a deep sea fishing trip on september 18th. they didn't come home that night as planned. >> we heard a funny noise in the gi >> tim: the coast guard released audio of a phone call nathan made after he was rescued by a chinese freighter. >> i got to the life raft. i was whistling and calling and look around, and i didn't see her. >> tim: his mother hasn't been found even though the coast guard searched a 60,000 square mile area for the week. >> i would like to thank the their concern for both my mother and for myself, and i would like to thank the crew of the ship that rescued me, both for rescuing me and for treating me very well. >> tim: on monday night police searched nathan carman's home. police removed possible evidence that could reveal nathan's destination for the fishing trip. police also

days later carman was found in good condition by the passing freighter. attorney from connecticut earlier met with coast guard officials for hours. a spokesperson says the lengthy face-to-face survival debrief briefing is protocol any time there is a boat sinking at sea. we're told officials plan to release more information about that debriefing sometime in the next few days. in the meantime, nathan left her with his father. a short time ago without making any comments about what happened over the past week. live in boston, steve cooper, 7 race for the white house, we're 42 days away from the election. today candidates are trying to capitalize off their performances in last night's debates. the two started off fairly cordial. >> nancy: but it didn't take long for the claws to come out. >> reporter: it was the first of three televizzed presidential debates and it didn't disappoint. a cheerful hillary clinton addressed reporters feeling night and i have to say i was thrilled. i felt so positive about it. >> reporter: trump also happy. the first presidential

slot to death in his connecticut home and nathan carman has asperger's syndrome. after the death of his horse, he went missing and days later in virginia. >> when nathan carman comes back to shore, he will be in the -- met by coast guard officials to get a clear understanding of the case this all went down. jim smith, wbz news. >>> the motive behind a mall shooting. >>> plus, no more middle school? the idea that could shut down schools in boston. >> drugstores say it's time to get your flu shot but you may be better off waiting. >> through the tip o'neill tunnel. one in eight women will face breast cancer. access to life saving cancer screenings. but ayotte voted to defund planned parenthood six times. why? because ayotte opposes a woman's right to choose. in her relentless effort to overturn roe v. wade, ayotte puts critical cancer screenings at risk, hurting new hampshire women. kelly ayotte: putting her personal interests ahead of your health care. independence usa pac is responsible >>> 9 people just driving to work shot and wounded houston. investigatorssay t

the coast guard is questioning nathan carman today. investigating exactly what went wrong on the boat. in the newsroom khazei, 7 news. >> ryan: following breaking news, truck fire in topsfield right beneath power lines. the topsfield department of publicworks says the downed wires and fire responsible for a townwide power outage, this is happening on bear hill road. no word on what started the fire. >> nancy: police are investigating a deadly shooting in jamaica plain opinion the shooting happened on center street last night. officers found a man in his early 40s who had been shot. he was rushed to hospital and later died. traffic this south boston. -- rescuers had cuts the driver out of the car. this is the wrong video. they're expected to be off the k. nationalities a slaughterhouse in athol dealing with meat recall. the beef, vole and bisson from there could be consequently tam natured natured with e. coli, adam williams has details. >> we know it's difficult for small businesses to survive. >> reporter: even more so for a slaughter

nathan carman's mother was also on board the boat and is now presumed dead. police are looking for evidence of possible reckless endangerment.. seizing items like g-p-s data and reciepts for boat repairs from carman's home. the search warrant noted his boat was in need of mechanical repairs.. and he'd been doing some of them himself.. possibly leaving the boat fising with me had i thought the boat wasn't sea worthy." court records also show carman was questioned and his home searched in 2014 in connection with his grandfather's death.. but he was grandfather's death.. but he was never charged and the case remains unsolved. carman will be on good morning america this morning...you can catch his interview right after good morning las vegas monsoonal moisture, that today. 15-20% chances are topping year; between 88 and 93 increasing. low pressure fr down into the valley. increasing to between 10 and 20 mph with gusts around 35 mph. winds continue for the day but with highs in the lower 80s after monday. a halloween decoration called the "scary peeper creeper" is

mystery that left his mother 54-year-old linda carman lost at sea. monday police executed a search warrant at his vernon vermont home and came away with a motive. notes. >> i was bringing [ indiscernible ] one of the bags -- the books dropped out from under my seat. >> reporter: the 22-year-old told the coast guard his story after he was found by a trader floating off the coast of martha's vineyard in a life raft. he and his mother embarked on a fishing trip from point judith the rhode island a week earlier. off the coast ofne chickenpox took on water and in the chaos he lost her. >> when i saw the life raft i did not see my mom. have you found her? >> reporter: a police affidavit indicates that linda and nathan had different intentions. as to the final destination of the fishing trip. linda thought they were going 20 miles of shore. nathan according to people he spoke with before he left had other plans. to take them roughly 100 miles which are around the island. >> reporter: he struck up a can work under -- a casual conversation with nathan hours b

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there are also some questions about carman being connected to his grandfather's murder sever carman as i mentioned didn't want to answer any questions last night. >> guys, my mother just died. i'm trying to process that. can you please get out of my way? >> the past is the past. i wish the press would leave it alone, because he was not involved with his grandfather. >> we reached out the nathan carmen again after we ran into we're live in vernon, vermont, this morning, john cuoco, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: with the presidential election now just 40 days away. donald trump is taking his campaign to new england as he accuses computer giant google of bias against him. let's head out live to bedford, new hampshire, and 7's jennifer eagan. jen? >> jennifer: christa, good morning. this will be trump's fifth visit to new hampshire since he won the primary back in february. he will hold a rally here this afternoon. last night inre in wisconsin, trump accused google of suppressing negative headlines about his democratic rival hillary clinton. trump did not cite a source for that

his 54-year-old mother, linda carman, lost at sea. officials drove him to a building on base for a lengthsy interview call aid survivor debrief. the coast guard is trying to figure out what went wrong during what was supposed to be an overnight fishing trip with his moth rhode island in the 31-foot boat, the chicken pox. when they didn't return, people in their hometown hung yellow ribbon. then after the coast guard called off the crew, nathan was found clothing in a raft with food and water with him and said that his boat have taken on water off the coast of new found. nathan carman who has asperger's syndrome, has gone missing before. in 2004, he was dependent over the death of his horse. and then his grandfather was shot to death in his connecticut home. that case was ruled a homicide, still unsolved. now we are just getting this is the transmission between nathan carman and coast guard officials after the freighter rescued him from his life raft. >> mom and i, two people, myself and my mom were fishing. and there was a funny noise

todd kazakiewich with questions to carman about what happened. >> carman's mother is still missing and presumed dead. investigators now trying to figure out how the pair into the last night his father, who flew in from california, took his son back home to vernon, vermont. >> i would like to thank the public for their prayers and for their concern for both my mother and for myself. >> carman took questions from the coast guard yesterday. police were searching his home monday. they took a card and a letter he wrote. nathan was doing medical repairs on his boat, which could have made it unsafe in the ocean. at this point, he has not been charged with any crime, but he's being investigated for potentially reckless endangerment. >> the son of former israeli president shimon peres confirms remembered the life of a friend he called his friend. a shimon peres was a soldier for israel people, for justice, and for the belief we can be our best selves. >> he worked to build up israel's military and fought for peace with surrounding nations. >> commitment 2016 this morning. busy day for president

court documents are shedding new light on carman's past. john. >> well, adam, homicide detectives looked into this case for months and they concluded this young man nathan carman murdered his grandfather. they concluded tha went ahead with the case because a prosecutor declined to go ahead with it and the then 20-year-old was not arrested. >> 87-year-old john chakolos lived a long humble life and left a $4 million estate in 2013. he been shot three times. linda carman, the woman who is believed to be lost at sea, was >> how did she take it. >> awful. it was horrendous. they just lost their mom a month before and to have that happen was devastating to the entire family. >> reporter: this 2014 document obtained by 7news reveals when connecticut police believe chakalos's grandson, nathan, murdered him, it says he was the last person so see him alive. discarded a gps right after the killing and the document says he owned a police seized from his upscale apartment house in middletown, connecticut. there were no witnesses. the case was circumstan

carman has not been charged with a crime. he was eyed by police in the unsolved shooting death of his grandfather. fox25's jacqui heinrich looked through documents that show his own mother may have steered investigators in his direction. >> reporter: investigators considered nathan carman a suspect in his grandfather's a search warrant showing his mother told police she believed nathan was the last person to see his grandfather alive. according to the now missing woman, she was supposed to meet nathan later that day, but he never showed up. investigators showed nathan's account what happened didn't exactly add up. an hour of time he didn't account for when discussing his alibi with detectives, and a statement in the warrant testifying that nathan was the only person who knew where his class that the victim was shot with. no bullet shell casings were ever recovered, evidence of a manipulated crime scene. other puzzling details. nathan got rid of a hard drive and a gps monitoring device the moment his grandfather was found dead

nathan and linda carman went overnight fishing trip september 17th. freighter found nathan alone in life raft this past sunday. 22-year-old nathan told associated press by his boat sank in matter of minutes and insisting i don't know how it could have been prevented and trying to come to term with seem like a fact, that my mom really is gone. >> really don't want to say much at all at this point and son doing okay. >> nathan's father clark carman flew east from california to be with his son and nathan has high functioning form of autism commonly known as aspergers syndrome. he is staying a home in middletown connectic none of us know what he went through and i'm sure it was traumatic. >> court documents show it was considered a suspect in 2013 shooting death of wealthy grandfather but never arrested and nathan loved grandfather and mother and would never do anyone any harm. his life. >> sara: boater told them that carman took the unusual step trim tabs to keep the boat from tipping side to side and boat needed mechanical repairs and carman performing

linda carman went out to sea but did not return and she is presumed dead. as far as what was collected in that executed search computer parts, sim card and handwritten note written by nathan. again, this is all according to the documents here but contents of the note have not been released. >> julie: q >> michael: nathan carman and mother linda went out on fishing trip that was supposed to be overnight. the search -- they didn't come back the next day and coast guard launched a search that lasted until this past friday and called it off without any success in finding them and then on sunday afternoon a freight ship, 100 nautical medicals in martha's vineyard found nathan raft with a life jacket on and food and water but mother libbedda was not there. he then told coast guard the boat sank the next day on the eighteenth but there are certainly a lot of questions still about exactly what happened to the boat. >> julie: among those questions many people are calling the circumstances somewhat mysterious. but this isn't the first mystery the family has endured.

carman briefly. he didn't want to talk but there are questions about what happened at sea and what police took here from his home. >> guys, my mother just died. i'm trying to process that. can you please get out of my way? >> reporter: he was once a suspect in the murder of his grandfather. now there's even more controversy surrounding 22-year-old nathan carman after he went on a fishing trip with his 54-year-old mother lindaut presumed dead. while on the trip his boat took on water and sank off the coast of block island. last night we spoke nathan after he got home after spending a week alone on a life raft. >> i would like to thank the public for their prayers and for their concern for both my mother and for myself. and i would like to thank the crew of the ship that rescued me, both for rescuing me and for treating me very well. according to the warrant, carman did many repairs to his boat and might have left the boat unsafe for operation. and three years ago nathan was considered a suspect in the

carman arrived in boston yesterday after he was rescued off the massachusetts coast. home and his mother is still missing and presumed dead. >>> breaking overnight an unarmed black man shot by police in san diego suburb has died. police in el cajon released this image overnight showing a man moments before he was shot. police say he pointed an object in a shooting stance and two officers the object turned out not to be a weapon but police have said that have not said what it is. they say they first tried to subdue the man with a stun gun. >>> a grand jury says there is enough evidenc massachusetts state trooper. joseph flynn faces assault charges after he and a former new hampshire state trooper were caught hitting and kibing a man following a police chase. the former new hampshire trooper pleaded guilty. >>> controversial ads putting a local campus on alert. ads solicit college women to connect with sugar daddies online. officials as the university of new hampshire say the ad is not have concerns. the service connects young women to rich older men and there's no conf

carman is living with asperger syndrome. he was been -- he has been in the news he has a lawyer with him today who pledges to be with him in any interview that might be required of him. heather: following more breaking news. a new york city fire chief is dead, killed in a house explosion. firefighters responded to this gas week in this home and he notified police after finding what appeared to be an illegal drug lab. fahy was in the middle of evacuating the house when there was an explosion and he were struck by debris. erika: you're looking at live pictures of boston. cindy, you say we are in for a long stretch of gloomy weather. cindy: you can see the last of the raindrops that all of us benefited from this morning still hanging on in the outer cape nantucket and martha's vineyard boston especially to the north and west. clearing in the wake of this frontal boundary but behind it we have an area of low pressure sitting in spending and this will cut off and sit here for the next several days and bring moisture off the ocean

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we are waiting on the arrival of naithan carman new england man lost at sea on life raft. warman went out fishing with his missing. >> julie: we will show you his arrival as soon as it happens. following the story all morning and joins us live with questions surrounding it. michael? >> michael: julie and daniel, just got update from the coast guard on scene at coast guard station in boston telling our crew that now nathan carman expected is disembark at 9:30. so we will see him this hour according to the coast guard but the questions that the as answered potentially for a short time after that. nathan carman and mother linda went out on fish be trip, and supposed to be overnight and head out to block island rhode island but ended up sinking in their boat called originally from connecticut told the coast guard. now as far as why that boat, small metal boat ended up taking up water and why nathan was able to get into the lie boat with life jacket food and water and that's where the mystery lies at this points and those are questions that the coast guard wants answered and ju

nathan carman returned to boston today where he was debriefed by the coast guard. heather: the 22-year-old's mother is still missing she was on his boat with him when it sank. newscenter 5's todd kazakiewich is live in boston tonight. todd? todd: nathan carman spent much of the day here in the north guard and is being reunited with family members. his father flew in from california hand picked him a, and they left a short time ago. i want to show you that video again, the moment when nathan carmen returned to land, the first time in 10 days. he came to boston harbor and you could see him coming on the freighter that rescued him out at sea. he was brought to boston harbor and the coast guard picked him the coast guard station, where they debriefed him about the mysterious circumstances that led to his shipwreck on september 18. he told the coast guard when he was out at sea what happened; there was engine failure, the boat started taking on water. he says he couldn't find his mother, and then he decided that he had to get in the liferaft, he had to abandon ship. wit

carman has not been charged with anything at this point. police say he is still a person of interest in his grandfather's case. live in vernon, louisa mueller, wbz news. >>> new developments in the shooting at an elementary school in h killed his father and then began firing on the school playground. he wounded to two kids and a teacher. wbz's liam martin live in our center -- satellite center. a hero firefighter took down that gunman. >> reporter: that's true. the suspected shooter called his grandparents before the act. they then went to the home to find the teens father dead. crime scene tape wraps around town bill elementary school after a gunman armed with a afternoon. police say the homeschool teen shot two 6-year-old boys and a female teacher. >> this individual pulled into the parking lot in his vehicle and probably got out of the vehicle, fired immediately. >> reporter: a firefighter subdued the shooter and deputies took him into custody. >> i can only say at this point it's because he was confronted. >> reporter: one of those boys

to be clear, nathan carman has not been charged with any crimes. the criminal investigations continue this morning. live in vernon, vermont, michael henrich, fox25 news. >>> the multistate investigation is looking whether the 22-year-old made repairs to his boat that potentially made it unsafe nathan carman left from rhode island arena. -- marina. he took the unusual steps of removing the boat's trip tabs that keep the boat from tipping side to side. the boat needed mechanical repairs and he has been performinging a portion of them on his own. the mysterious death of carman's grand father in 2013 who was shot to death. nathan was considered a his grandfather kept his two vintage rifles, one of those guns matched the caliber of bullets used in the killing. his father eleven part of his estate to nathan's mother. nathan was not charged in the murder but remains unsolved. >>> a new hampshire toddler is recovering after getting hit by a car at her own house. police say the girl's 7-year-old sister was the one at the wheel. now listen to her mother's fr

this morning carman's mother is still missing and presumed dead. investigators are now trying to vessel. the mother and son left the coast of rhode island on a fishing trip september 17. seven days later, nathan was rescued from a life raft found by a freighter heading to boston. last night his father took his son back home to vernon, vermont. >> he's lost a little weight. other than that, he's doing well. >> i would like to thank the public for their prayers and for their concern for both my mother and for from the coast guard yesterday, police had been searching his home on monday and they took a modem, sim card and a letter he wrote. according to court papers, nathan was doing medical repairs on the boat, which could have potentially made it unsafe in the ocean. he has not been charged with any crime. reporting live from the coast guard station in the north end, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. >> todd, thank you. a crisis on main street. a business group says small businesses across the state are shutting down. association has launched a ne

carman made it to a life draft but there has been no side of his mother. >> i did see a life raft. i did not see or hear my mom. i swam to holding on to the survival gear. i got on board the life raft was looking around and calling out to my mom. erica: three years ago court papers said he did come under suspicion and the death of his grandfather found dead in his connecticut home. carman was never charged and denies any involvement. randy: a toddler is this could have happened. sera congi is at children's hospital with what we know. era: that two-year-old child is hospitalized with some pretty tough injuries. the children were at their families home in salem, new hampshire. police say the mother gave the seven-year-old the car keys and permission to start the car. moments later, she heard screams. >> ma'am, we can't understand you. i need you to take a breath. >> children are inquisitive. it was unsupervised. they are going to do things when the parents are not looking and they are going to do things that could potentially put themselves in danger. ersera: police say it appears te

we sank. >> carman spoke to reporters from his home in vernon, vermont. scooped up by a passing ship. the coast guard questioned the 22-year-old about how his boat took on water and sank, during a fishing trip with his mother off the coast of rhode island. nathan has asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism. he told investigators he lost sight of his mother as he scrambled into a life boat. >> i did see the life raft. i did not see or hear my mom. i was calling out to my mom. shelley: his mother, 54-year-old linda carman of middletown, connecticut, is presumed dead. and just hours before nathan carman returned to shore, police in vermont were seizing items from his home. a search warrant revealed he is under investigation for reckless endangerment, resulting in a death. the warrant saying that the boat was in need of mechanical repair and that nathan could have rendered his boat unsafe for operation. nathan says he thought the boat was safe. >> i would not have brought my mom out fishing with me had i not believed the boat was seaworthy. in

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no updates right now on where linda carman might be. erika: grief counselors are on hand at the elementary school in grafton after a tragic accident takes the life of a 5-year-old boy. police say a minivan hit the child near his home at the lordvale acres condo complex. a priest arrived on the scene yesterday to try and offer comfort to family and friends. investigators spent hours at the scene but, at this point, they say it appears to be a freak accident. heather: boston police are still looking for suspects after six people were stabbed with knives and broken bottles. it happened on tremont street in the city's theater district early sunday morning. two of the victims required surgery. it's not clear what started the brawl. everyone involved is expected to recover. erika: coming up, more problems for samsung, this time with a tablet. why a plane had to make an leonardo dicaprio teaming up. cindy: how weather could impact the morning commute and the unsettled stretch that will follow. erika: and fly first class without paying more. th

finally after 8 days at sea carman was rescued ? before he was back on dry land? deputies endangerment 'resulting in death" ? linzie: there's some concern that the boat was was it? nathan: i believe it was when we left the dock. i would not have taken my mom nathan's been the subject of suspicion surrounding a tragedy. grfx in a 2014 search warrant ?detectives said that nathan nathan's account of his whereabouts that night. nathan: i had nothing to do with my grandfather's death. nathan was never charged and the crime remains unsolved. severe storms pummeling north falling... prompting flash flood warnings in several counties. flooding closed roads, knocked out power and even forced some schools to cancel classes. major roadways around fort bragg are washed out. the storm could stick around for another day. let's go to 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan scofield. less than 10% early and we dry out entirely by the afternoon. highs will peak a little above dramatically along with winds increasing. low pressure from the pacific northwest will drop into central

carman was never charged with the murder but remains unsolved. digging into both cases and carman's death as well. a heading there as the investigation continues. michael henrich will have more in a live report in our 6:00 hour. >>> a new hampshire toddler is hit by a car at her own house. the girl's 7-year-old sister was the one at the wheel. listen to her mother's frantic call for help. >> her back is really sore -- >> okay. >> sara: officers in salem said the mother told the 7-year-old to start her ford focus on tuesday nig girl also put the car in reverse and it backed over her 2-year-old sister. her legs were crushed and cuts and bruises all over her body. neighbors were to help the girl. >> have a 7-year-old start your car? unbelievable. time in shock. >> reporter: the girl now recovering at a boston hospital. police are considering criminal charges against the mother and department of children, youth and families are also investigating. >>> red sox are ark l east the playoffs right around the corner. sox are up 3-1. and newton roar toe was

jason law is outside carman's out in vermont. he's making new comments about what happened. >> the reporter: that's right. we know that nathan carman returned to his home last night, it's that beg white house beyond the trees there. he left some time this, no and hasn't been back since but just a few minutes ago, he talked with a reporter from the associated press and described the sinking of his boat. he said it sank in a matter of minutes. he saw his mom turned around and then she was gone. earlier today, i talked with nathan's aunt and i asked her to describe his personality. this mysterious 22-year-old who lived alone here in southern vermont. neighbors tells us nathan carman lives here without electricity and is building this home in vernon by himself. investigators may be building a case. they searched this house monday night, removing a cable modem, a g.p.s. sim card and a handwritten note by the 22-year-old. tuesday, carman was interviewed after his boat sank off the coast of new york. his mother linda is presumed dead. i

. >> thank you for joining us. 22-year-old nathan carman is with the coast guard in boston. his mother is still lost and presumed dead. anna meiler is following this developing story. live from boston. >> reporter: family members are meeting nathan here at the coast guard bae and will eventually bring him home but first he's speaking with officials who are went wrong. after several days stranded at sea, nar than carman arrived in boston safe on dry land at last. he's escorted in a -- into a car and taken into a building on base where officials will hold a survivor debriefing to try to figure out what we want wrong when he left an overnight fishing trip with his mother from rhode island ten days ago. after one day at sea, the pair ran into trouble somewhere off the coast of new york. >> it was reported that he -- when the water his life raft, he went looking for his mom to get in the life raft and he could not find her. >> reporter: one week after the boat sank, crew members on board a freighter spotted carman 100 nautical miles south of martha's vineyard. >> he was found in