was he led to the thermostat, the kill zone? perhaps. but it s clear, argued the prosecution that etas then got in his car and drove 21.5 hours straight to his mother s home in louisiana, arriving thursday night. he is a very motivated person to return to safety. almost poetically to the bosom of his mother. now ed ates had to explain all of that away, and his attorney would try to do just that with a novel defense. jurors, this man is just too fat to kill. coming up his abdomen was obviously obese at that time. the legal strategy that raised eye yous from coast to coast. too old, too fat, too sick. yes, we roved it. ed ates big gamble when too fat to kill continues. [ boy ] hey, i thought these were electric? uh, it is, yeah, it s a chevy volt.