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Jurors review evidence in NJ fat defense case

Associated Press

Posted on November 5, 2009 at 4:32 PM

HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — No verdict was reached Thursday in the trial of a Florida man who claims he was too fat to have killed his former son-in-law, but jurors asked to review key evidence in the New Jersey case.

Edward Ates (AYTZ') says he didn't have the energy to accurately shoot Paul Duncsak (DUNS'-kak) and make a quick getaway. The 62-year-old was 285 pounds when Duncsak was killed in 2006.

The victim and Ates' daughter were involved in a custody dispute after their divorce.

Prosecutors say Ates drove from Florida to Duncsak's home in New Jersey, climbed a staircase and shot him before fleeing to Louisiana.

Jurors asked to review Ates' testimony, wiretapped phone calls between Ates and his sister and testimony from a neighbor who said he saw Ates' car at his mother's house the night of the murder.

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