concerned about his kids. in the midst of a nasty divorce with a bitter acts. he just said that his wife was putting him there s so much. but soon, he bounce back. a new life with a gorgeous, new field say. that is when it started. he felt threatened. he says, i m afraid for my life. haunted. i said, you re being melodramatic. he said, no, this is really happening. ambush from inside his million dollar dream house. suddenly, he started to scrape. shot to death. a crime of passion, said police. somebody wanted this man dead very, very badly. the question was, who? his ex? she was losing everything. or someone else? the arrest was startling. the strategy in the courtroom, that was the biggest surprise of all. he was overweight, but if shape, to that, too sick. yes. hello, welcome to dateline. a devoted father got down in his own home by someone on the stairs. it was a case that made national news because of its unusual defense. the accused ar
jurors where this is his decision to testify directly. it all snap together. i was certainly in shock that he took the stand. all of a sudden, the change of the story of when he actually got there. he s changed his story as well. yes. just the changing of the story. we went from tuesday to wednesday to thursday. the wiretaps, that all certainly played into it. you are guilty. later in court, the victims brother, john, vented his fury at the man who took his brother s life and robbed his children up their father. the defendant s decision to take a life of a human being with no regard but it may have on others was imaginable. his daughter, stacey, who declined to speak to dateline, faces new charges in the death of her former husband. it is a fact that doesn t sit well with paul s brand, michael hearts. she s in florida now, with
murder. investigators also learned the florida capital couple had rented a vehicle in nearby pennsylvania in the same timeframe. what was going on with the family? they were surveilling paul s house. eventually, new jersey investigators and prosecutors were convinced they had enough. in june of 2006, after the death of paul, who traveled to florida, to the home of the aids family. they came with the swat team. the grandfather, that 300 pounds, remembers being overpowered by sheriff s deputies as his five-year-old grandson looked on in horror. it had been arrested for murder. his wife arrested for of just struck shun of justice. the authorities thought they had their man with a crime, but how were they going to break his alibi story? in louisiana on tuesday, the day before the killing. the relatives had circled the wagons around big ed, who is about to tell the world a larger than life story about
yes. the detectives were also digging into phone records and they came up with a plot. cell phones used by ed and his wife had been registering hits at cell towers just blocks from the victim s new jersey home, only a week or so before the murder. the investigators also learned the florida couple had rented a vehicle in nearby pennsylvania in the same time frame. what was going on the with the ates and this trip north? they were essentially surveilling paul s house. eventually the investigators and prosecutors were convinced they had enough. in june of 2007, almost a year after the death of paul duncsak, they traveled to florida to the form of the ates family. tell me about the arrest. it s morning, isn t it? yes, i was coming out of my motor home. my wife was already out. i was starting across. my little grandson, the 5-year-old, was running to meet me, and a sheriff s car come racing up the driveway. they slapped handcuffs on me and my wife, and it was downhill
tuesday. coaching his story. yes. the detectives were also digging into phone records and they came up with a plot. cell phones used by ed and his wife dottie ates had been registering hits at cell towers blocks from the victim s new jersey home only a week or so before the murder. the investigators also learned the florida couple had rented a vehicle in nearby pennsylvania in the same time frame. what was going on the with the ates and this trip north? they were essentially surveilling paul s house. eventually the new jersey investigators and prosecutors were convinced they had enough. in june of 2007, almost a year after the death of paul duncsak, they traveled to florida to the home of the ates family. tell me about the arrest. it s morning, isn t it? yes, i was coming out of my motor home. my wife was already out. i was starting across. my little grandson, the 5-year-old, was running to meet me, and a sheriff s car come racing up the driveway. they slapped handcuffs