. >> reporter: attorney gerald klein, on his client linda carmen's life before she disappeared at sea and before police spent the evening searching her home, carrying out backs of evidence. her son has been under investigation since he was rescued from a life raft he week after the boat they were on capsized and he lost sight of her. >> he was and is very intelligent, honor roll. and she was very concerned about his health with this as asperger's syndrome. >> reporter: and nearly three years ago, an unsolved >> she was insistent that her son was not capable of the murder of his grandfather. >> reporter: in fact, linda carmen was the one who had had confrontations with her father before. his will shows he was worth nearly $44 million. police accused linda of assaulting him while the two were visiting nathan in the hospital for psychiatric care. the police report at >> reporter: the report said she punched and kicked her father, charged that were later dismissed, which made her a prime suspect in his murder until she passed a lie detector test, something her son refused to take. police

. >> reporter: gerald klein reveals he represented carmen in a 2011 assault case. it happened in sinai rehabilitation hospital in hartford. >>> an argument broke out, it was some physical. >> reporter: as of then 17 yearly nathan carmen was being evaluated in a psych ward linda carmen and her wealthy father argued about money. violent scene. a family drama. police describe linda carmen attacking her own dad, punching him, kicking him, scratching him in the face. >> reporter: klein said he threatened to stop supporting linda and nathan after offering a job to nathan's dad who did not immediately accept. he didn't want to prosecutor linda. klein says two years later police questioned linda carmen three times about the murder of her father at his home in windsor. >>> she passed it according to lynn. >> reporter: this is linda carmen's house in middletown, connecticut. police came armed with a search warrant. they took boxes of stuff out of the residence, we checked with the courts so far police have not filed documents which would tell us what they got. in middletown,

linda's one-time attorney, gerald klein, said nathan's mother always know, he couldn't have done it, because i was with her. -- because he was with her and they were fishing in port judith. >>> now, new questions and a new focus on nathan and what exactly happened to his mother. >> she was a very pleasant lady, i mean, i was upset to hear that about both of them. >> the reporter: several police agencies are involved in this case right now, including federal agents. however, none of them are saying where the investigation stands reporting live, blair miller, fox 25 news. >> mark: now at 5:00 p.m., it's so hard to say goodbye to a man who has meant so much. >> a legendary career coming to a close. >> first time since 1918 they are champions of the world. >> mark: but not without one more post-season run. its cap. >> he's accomplished things that most people can only dream of. >> mark: and ready to say thank you to a ball player truly in a league of his own. it is a day red sox fans never wanted to see come, big papi getting ready to play his last regular season home stand at fenway thi

linda's one-time attorney, gerald klein, says nathan's mother always defended him. because he was with her. and they were fishing in port judith. >>> now, new questions and a new focus on nathan and what exactly happened to his mother. >> she was a very pleasant lady. i mean, i was upset to hear that about both of them. >> the reporter: several police agencies are involved in this case right now, including federal agents. however, none of them are saying where the investigation stands, or the evidence they have so far. fox 25 news. >> elizabeth: some neighbors in boston's jamaica plain neighborhood are on alert. the woman says she was attacked by a man who forced her into a backyard with a gun. boston police say it happened yesterday morning, near gay head and min den streets. a woman told officers a man was wearing a mask, approached her with a gun and forced her into a backyard where he sexual assaulted her. police aren't say if this is connected to another assault last thursday, they're still looking for a suspect there. >> elizabeth: still to come on fox 25 news