HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP/1010 WINS) -- 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 says he didn't have the energy to accurately shoot Paul Duncsak 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 bitter custody dispute after their divorce.
Prosecutors say Ates drove from Florida to Duncsak's home in Ramsey, climbed a staircase and shot the 40-year-old pharmaceutical executive 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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