Too Fat To Kill - The Murder of Paul Duncsak
- 7 years ago
a man has a unusual defense in the murder of his former son in law.
DENNIS MURPHY reporting: (Voiceover) The world of pills, prescription medicines, pharmaceuticals is where he’d made it big.
(Pills and pill bottles)
Mr. JOHN DUNCSAK: He was Moses. He was walking on water. Everybody loved him.
MURPHY: (Voiceover) Paul Duncsak seemed to go straight from a college intern job behind a druggist counter to the big money lifestyle of a pharmaceutical executive. On the way up he struck so many bosses as a natural at figuring innovative ways to make money out of medicine.
(Photos of Paul Duncsak, pills)
Mr. MICHAEL HERTZ: He could do almost anything.
MURPHY: (Voiceover) And for years this hard charging golden boy seemed to have all the perks and benes an executive could want: mid-six figures paycheck, the million dollar house in a good suburb, the wife and kids. And then, just like that, it all slipped away from him. There wasn’t a pill on the shelf to reverse the dizzying decline.
Ms. NANCY BAGLEY: He did say, you know, ‘Everything that I’ve worked for, you know, is gone.’
MURPHY: (Voiceover) Someone was siccing industry watchdogs on him, slurring his name with innuendo about shady deals and kickbacks. As it turns out, those would be the least of Paul Duncsak’s problems. Something far more sinister was waiting for him inside that million dollar home in the safe New Jersey burbs.
(Pill bottles in factor; photo of Paul; house at night)
Mr. WALTER LESNEVICH: The theory the police developed is that the killer is on the stairs and the first shot is up.
MURPHY: (Voiceover) Paul Duncsak had been ambushed and killed in his own home. The shooter had escaped and now friends of Paul were wondering seriously if they might be next.
(Crime scene photos; police vehicle outside house; police outside house)
Mr. HERTZ: I didn’t know if I was on some type of hit list.
MURPHY: (Voiceover) How had Paul Duncsak’s abbreviated life ended in murder? Well, you need to understand the marriage. He met his bride-to-be, Stacey, in 1998 at a pharmaceutical conference. He did consulting for the industry. She was a sales rep. Friends say they were instantly mad about each other. Paul’s brother John, though, didn’t quite know what to make of her, she was nothing if not direct.
(Photo of Paul; crime scene photos; wedding photo; photo of Stacey Duncsak; wedding photo; John Duncsak)
Mr. DUNCSAK: The first thing out of her mouth was, ‘I’m going to marry Paul.’ And she said something about, ‘Oh, he’s the best lover I’ve ever had.’
MURPHY: (Voiceover) But then her people weren’t all that thrilled with the young hot shot pharmaceutical exec either. Stacey’s father, Ed:
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DENNIS MURPHY reporting: (Voiceover) The world of pills, prescription medicines, pharmaceuticals is where he’d made it big.
(Pills and pill bottles)
Mr. JOHN DUNCSAK: He was Moses. He was walking on water. Everybody loved him.
MURPHY: (Voiceover) Paul Duncsak seemed to go straight from a college intern job behind a druggist counter to the big money lifestyle of a pharmaceutical executive. On the way up he struck so many bosses as a natural at figuring innovative ways to make money out of medicine.
(Photos of Paul Duncsak, pills)
Mr. MICHAEL HERTZ: He could do almost anything.
MURPHY: (Voiceover) And for years this hard charging golden boy seemed to have all the perks and benes an executive could want: mid-six figures paycheck, the million dollar house in a good suburb, the wife and kids. And then, just like that, it all slipped away from him. There wasn’t a pill on the shelf to reverse the dizzying decline.
Ms. NANCY BAGLEY: He did say, you know, ‘Everything that I’ve worked for, you know, is gone.’
MURPHY: (Voiceover) Someone was siccing industry watchdogs on him, slurring his name with innuendo about shady deals and kickbacks. As it turns out, those would be the least of Paul Duncsak’s problems. Something far more sinister was waiting for him inside that million dollar home in the safe New Jersey burbs.
(Pill bottles in factor; photo of Paul; house at night)
Mr. WALTER LESNEVICH: The theory the police developed is that the killer is on the stairs and the first shot is up.
MURPHY: (Voiceover) Paul Duncsak had been ambushed and killed in his own home. The shooter had escaped and now friends of Paul were wondering seriously if they might be next.
(Crime scene photos; police vehicle outside house; police outside house)
Mr. HERTZ: I didn’t know if I was on some type of hit list.
MURPHY: (Voiceover) How had Paul Duncsak’s abbreviated life ended in murder? Well, you need to understand the marriage. He met his bride-to-be, Stacey, in 1998 at a pharmaceutical conference. He did consulting for the industry. She was a sales rep. Friends say they were instantly mad about each other. Paul’s brother John, though, didn’t quite know what to make of her, she was nothing if not direct.
(Photo of Paul; crime scene photos; wedding photo; photo of Stacey Duncsak; wedding photo; John Duncsak)
Mr. DUNCSAK: The first thing out of her mouth was, ‘I’m going to marry Paul.’ And she said something about, ‘Oh, he’s the best lover I’ve ever had.’
MURPHY: (Voiceover) But then her people weren’t all that thrilled with the young hot shot pharmaceutical exec either. Stacey’s father, Ed:
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