When the daughter of wealthy real estate developer, John Chocles, walked into her father's

Connecticut home one morning in December of 2013, it set into motion a long-term investigation

of not one but two suspicious deaths in the same family within a three-year span.

Investigators had a prime suspect for the murder of John Chocles from the beginning,

but it wasn't until another member of the family disappeared under mysterious circumstances

that the identity of that suspect was revealed.

I started looking into this story a few weeks ago.

I actually had no plans to cover it, I just found myself skimming articles and learning

about the key events in the case like I tend to do with active and ongoing investigations

in New England.

But I found myself spending more and more time reading articles and seeking out original

source material and digging deeper into the lives of the humans at the center of the

case.

I couldn't stop because around every corner was a new detail that only made me want

to know more.

I'm Kylie Lo and this is a deep dive into the unsolved homicide of John Chocles and

the suspicious death of Linda Carmen, part one on Dark Down East.

It was the morning of December 20th, 2013, when Elaine Chocles pulled into the driveway

of the modest single story home on Overlook Drive and Windsor, Connecticut.

It had been a trying few weeks for the Chocleses.

Elaine's mother, Rita, passed away from a battle with cancer in November and everyone

was navigating their new reality without the matriarch of their family.

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