would purchase two books on silencers. he researched .22 caliber weapons. and not only did edward ates research guns, the prosecutors said he owned them, too. please raise your right hand. to emphasize that point, he called an extremely reluctant witness for the prosecution, stacey duncsak, the daughter of edward ates and ex-wife of the victim. it would be fair to say that your dad has a good knowledge of guns? he has a knowledge of them. okay. in fact, you know that in 2006 he certainly owned a gun. yes, sir. the prosecutor was trying to show that the defendant was not only comfortable around guns, but also had planned his murder like assassin, surveilling his intended victim in the week before the crime. the court was told the story of the cell tower hits and cell phone records that put edwards ates squarely in his
she left the children inside. we said we have something serious we need to speak to you about. she refused. she wanted to talk on the doorstep of the condominium. how did she react to news of his death? initially a little bit emotional but nothing more than that. then you re asking where were you, huh. yes. she said she had an appointment for her son at a dr. solomon in teaneck, new jersey. she arrived at 6:20 and was at the doctor s appointment for about 45 minutes thereafter. and you checked it out and she was right. correct. that s where she was. she was alibied up. that s where she was, yes. spouses and exes are routinely checked out in these kinds of homicide, but stacey duncsak, the victim s unhappy ex-wife, was in the clear. who was next on the list of possible shooters? the murdered man s brother cut right to the chase when he spoke to detectives.
he told his brother his wife and father-in-law had thrown him under the bus by destroying his reputation with their slanderous accusations. his name out there in the medical field, nobody wanted to hire him. meanwhile, stacey duncsak was on the phone constantly to her parents down in florida. the single payer topic, berating paul and the slow-motion divorce. it became official finally in january of 05. he bought her out of the house in ramsey, new jersey, money she used to buy a nearby condo, and gave her alimony in a lump sum. he came down the shore and said i m divorced. i said congratulations. we went out for a cocktail and we went home. the celebration turned out to be a false armistice because the two had quickly entered a cold war phase over child custody. he thundered that she was abusing drugs. addiction made her an unfit mother. she loudly denied it and got a
the murder of his former son-in-law, stalking of his comings and goings and lying in wait that wednesday night. speculation had he baited the the scene knowing that duncsak would be agitated by finding a carelessly tossed hamburger wrapper and air conditioner blasting away. was he led to the thermostat, the kill zone? 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
he researched silencers, and he would purchase two books on silencers. he researched .22 caliber weapons. and not only did edward ates research guns, the prosecutors said he owned them, too. please raise your right hand. to emphasize that point, he called an extremely reluctant witness for the prosecution, stacey duncsak, the daughter of edward ates and ex-wife of the victim. it would be fair to say that your dad has a good knowledge of guns? he has a knowledge of them. okay. in fact, you know that in 2006 he certainly owned a gun. yes, sir. the prosecutor was trying to show that the defendant was not only comfortable around guns, but also had planned his murder like assassin, surveilling his intended victim in the week before the crime. sergeant christianna told the story of the cell tower hits and cell phone records that put edwards ates solely in the neighborhood.