Beating Victim: Death by Fat?

Last week, a 350 pound man was beaten to death by Cincinnati Police.

Big Fat Blog asks:

Yesterday the coroner claimed that it wasn't the excessive beating that killed him, but a number of other factors: an enlarged heart, drugs in his system and fat. A CNN article claims that these only gave Jones a handicap, and the beating at the hands of the police might have been a first step but not the ultimate cause of his death.

It sounds as if Jones was, overall, not a healthy man. But is his size a factor in this situation? Would a 120-pound beating victim who had a heart disease and drugs in his system come out all right? What about a 600-pound victim? I am not certain that his fat caused him to die; the videotape, in my mind, says it all.

What do you think?

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