Jurors Begin Deliberation on NJ ‘Fat Defense’ Case

Deliberations have begun in the New Jersey trial of a Florida man whose attorney says that he was simply too obese to have murdered his former son-in-law. Edward Ates, age sixty-two, weighed two hundred eighty-five pounds when Paul Duncsak was shot in 2006. His attorney states that he simply would not have had the energy necessary to kill Duncsak and make a quick getaway.

The victim and Ates’ daughter were involved in a custody dispute after their divorce. Ates testified that he had no reason to want Duncsak dead.

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