Ates Found Guilty In "Too Fat To Kill" Case

An obese man's attempt to re-write the "Twinkie Defense" failed yesterday when a NJ jury found him guilty of murdering his son-in-law — despite claims that he was too fat to commit the crime. Williams Ates, 65, was convicted of slaying Paul Duncsak in 2006, then driving 21 hours to his mother's house in Louisiana for an alibi. Prosecutors argued that before killing Duncsak, who was involved in a bitter custody dispute with Ates' daughter, Ates "bought books detailing how to build a gun silencer [and] did Internet searches on how to pick locks and how to commit the perfect murder." The defense said the 285-pound Florida native couldn't have sprinted upstairs and accurately shot the victim — or driven all the way to his mother's home without frequent breaks. He will be sentenced next month.

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By Ben Muessig in News on November 7, 2009 2:14 PM

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Nef

Although it makes for somewhat funny content, you really ought to proof your work before publishing.

hunter.blatherer

Is "Top Fat to Kill" one of those new reality show contests we hear so much about? I might break my no TV rule for that one.

Seriously, I love how you guys do absolutely no proofreading; it's the only way you're ever funny.

Mr Mel

I thought we all agreed to not criticizing the our hosts for not proofreading.

hunter.blatherer

I'm not criticizing, I love it! But now that it's fixed I'd like to request that I be paid in cash - I'm concerned it could bump me into another tax bracket. Oh, what's that? You've already made out the check? OK, that's all right then.

Spirit of 76

Hey, you take that back. John Del Signore, for one, thinks of himself as an absolute card, with the "piercing wit" that prospective Gothamist writer candidates must possess.