The gruesome tale earned her the nickname The Black Widow in the news. "[20], David's son, whom Castor had cheated out of his inheritance, pleaded with Judge Fahey for Castor to be severely punished. The next day, according to ABC, she drank with her mother again and fell asleep. ABC reports her as saying, Im like, What are they talking about? I didnt do any of these things that youre saying that I did.'. She had murdered her husbands partly to collect on their life insurance and estates,[16] and had changed David's will to exclude his son by a previous marriage from the money left to him by David. The movie's speech is pulled verbatim from the statement the real Wallace read, through tears, in the courtroom in 2009. She was 48. Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) plays Castor, whose likable demeanor hides her dark side. Ashley had harsh words for her mother after her sentencing. She claimed that [Michael Wallace] had all sorts of medical issues, we went and got his medical records, Norton said. Michael's corpse was uncovered and examined in relation to investigators considering Stacey a suspect in his homicide, as well as the homicide of her second husband David. Weeks later, Wallace was found unresponsive on the sofa in the family home and was later pronounced dead at the hospital. [3] Seventeen hours later, Ashley was found comatose on her bed by her younger sister Bree Wallace. And in 2007, she was reportedly poisoned and came within 15 minutes of death, according to ABC News. She was sentenced to more than 51 years in prison. She testified David Castor had apparently locked himself in his bedroom at some point over the weekend, a fact corroborating Stacey Castor's story to police. Her then 16-year-old old sister, Bree discovered her the following morning, and rushed her to the hospital, according to ABC News. [3], Castor's defense teamattorneys Charles Keller and Todd Smith[14]was set on creating reasonable doubt in the jury's minds about Castor having committed the murders. She credits her counselor, doctor, and loved ones with her progress. "And I will never say that I did, ever. Castor insinuated that Wallace was responsible for Michael and David's deaths. Michael Norton of the Onondaga County Sheriffs Office said Stacey Castor described David's behavior that weekend: David got upset, took a bottle of Southern Comfort, went into the bedroom and locked himself in, and reportedly got drunk-- wouldn't come out.. During her mother's trial, Ashley reads an emotional statement to the judge. Stacey Castor has adamantly maintained her innocence. [3][9] Given evidence of the evolution of David Castor's illness, they concluded that Castor had for four days fed her husband antifreeze through the baster before trying to make it look like a suicide. This was a prosecutor who loves forensic evidence's dream 'cause it had computer evidence," Fitzpatrick said. They were blaming Stacey for this," she said. I did not kill Michael Wallace, I did not kill David Castor, and I did not try to kill my daughter, period," she told Muir in 2009. 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Before dying in jail, Stacey Castor (pictured left) used antifreeze to carry out the poisoning deaths of both of her husbands, Stacey (pictured left) had two daughters with her first husband Michael. But whats the real deal? Her mother kept telling her Ashley was tired and taking a nap, Bree said. Stacey Castor, 41, is shown here on the day of her wedding to David Castor in August 2003. Along with being suspected of killing her first husband, Castor was found guilty of. According to Castor, the couple, from Clay, N.Y., had had a fight the previous weekend, but she said she was still surprised that her husband was so late getting to work. In an interview outside the courtroom, Wallace and her sister said they had already moved on, and had no interest in speaking to their mother again. [20] An emotional Ashley told the judge she hated her mother "for ruining so many people's lives" but still loved her for the bond she originally had with her. Unlike her hard partying late husband, David was, "responsible," according to his ex-wife, Janice Poissant. She claimed she last spoke to him at 5 a.m. Sunday when he locked her out of the bedroom. A letter she had written before her death incriminated him as the murderer if she were to die eventually; the letter led to his prosecution. But Ashley added that the support of her counselor and loved ones helped tremendously. She repeated that she only drank the "nasty-tasting" beverage because she trusted Castor. It had forensic linguistic analysis, which is you know, who wrote the note? "After my mom is sentenced today, I'll go back to my loving home with people who care about meI'm going to do good things in the world, despite your making me, in every sense of the word, an orphan," Wallace said. Courtesy of the Onondaga Prosecutor's Office. In court, Ashley testified against her mother. Castor offered to get drunk again to celebrate her 21st birthday early, according to former Det. Stacey Castor, 41, is shown here on the day of her wedding to David Castor in August 2003. Eventually, Stacey started dating again and in late 2001 met a recent divorcee named David Castor. [15] With a "jam-packed" courtroom, most were focused on Castor. Wallace lives in New York and is engaged and married. Bree said she looked in on her sister at one point only to have her mother suddenly appear and shoo her out of the room. Castor really wanted the 911 call taker to know that there was a suicide note, former Onondaga Assistant District Attorney Christine Garvey said. Stacey Castor faced 25 years to life if convicted when her trial began in January 2009. On April 24, 2009, ABC aired a two-hour 20/20 special about Castor and the trial, which included interviews. Lifetimes latest ripped-from-the-headlines movie takes on the true crime case of Stacey Castor, a woman who was convicted of one murder, attempted another and may have gotten away with a third. Prosecution's opening statements, The Witness List: A quick guide to the testimony. She faces 25 years to life in prison. Book in stores and online! Wallace woke up in the hospital, shocked at the clamor around her. During the trial, Castor had been dubbed "The Black Widow" by media outlets,[2] a title previously given to Lynn Turner. [17], Prosecutors brought up another piece of "damaging evidence" against Castor when they cited having heard "typing sounds" while Castor was on the phone. They gave birth to their Ashley in 1988, and their second daughter, Bree, in 1991. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? [9][12], Prosecutors argued that the computer-generated note where Ashley "confesses" to killing Wallace and David had actually been written by Castor. [3][4] When brought on the stand, she testified that she did not murder either her father or her stepfather nor did she write the suicide note. Today, Wallace lives in New York, and is engaged to be married. He was having a hard time walking, and he was having a hard time talking, Castors older daughter, Ashley Wallace, told ABC News 20/20. [2] In 1991, they had a second daughter, Bree. [20] "She has created so much pain and death with this, creating multiples of pain and death, in the families of those she has hurt. He described a "black widow" type as a woman who kills husbands or lovers for material gain, as opposed to the typical serial killer (men who kill consecutively for sexual or sadistic motives). [3] For her stepfather, they noted his and Ashley's tumultuous relationship and how they did not get along with each other. Upon waking up, Wallace denied writing the confession letter. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. Once Ashley returned home from picking Bree up from school, her father seemed unresponsive and was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Well, I was scared too, when all I wanted was my mom. On February 5, 2009, Stacey was found guilty on one count of second-degree murder for David's poison homicide and an additional count of attempted second-degree murder of Ashley. But she tried to kill me instead. [3] After she learned police had exhumed Wallace's body and found traces of antifreeze in his system, she was believed to have devised a plan to set up her daughter Ashley for the murders. [2], Stacey, the daughter of Jerry Daniels and Judie Eaton, met Michael Wallace when she was 17, in 1985, and they bonded immediately. Clockwise from left: Chauncey On March 5, 2009, Stacey Castor was found guilty of the murder of her second husband, David, and also guilty of the attempted murder of her daughter Ashley. "[6], The coroner reported that David Castor had committed suicide through a self-administered lethal dose of antifreeze, but when police found Stacey Castor's fingerprints on the antifreeze glass and located a turkey baster that had David Castor's DNA on the tip, they began to suspect Stacey Castor had engineered her husband's death. Castor was just 17 when she met her first husband, Michael Wallace. "I never got my answers because Stacey died. Forensic Psychiatrist Dr. James Knoll Answers Viewers' Questions About Stacey Castor", "Wife convicted of attempting to murder husband with antifreeze", "Mistrial Declared In Antifreeze Murder Case", "Wife guilty of trying to kill husband with anti-freeze curry", "Husband guilty of murder in 'letter from grave' case", "Did Stacey Castor murder her own father? Forensic investigators found that based on the timestamps, it had been written while Ashley was in school, proving she couldn't have been its author. Castor, who died in 2016 at the age of 48, was an American woman found guilty of murdering her husband David Castor and attempting to murder her daughter, Ashley. He testified Stacey Castor seemed to be trying to keep him from trying to contact Ashley the afternoon and evening of Sept. 13, 2007. On Saturday, February 1, at 8 p.m., the new Nia Vardalos flick hits TV screens. On September 12, 2007, as an early celebration of her birthday, Ashley had a drink mixed by Stacey and felt lethargic soon after, passing out in her bedroom. [3][9] Bree demanded that help be sought, and Castor made the 911 call. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Bree Wallace found a 750-word typewritten letter that appeared to be written by Ashley, with her typed signature - confessing to the murders of her father and stepfather, and saying she was now taking her own life. A former friend of Castors told ABC News that she was contemplating divorce when Wallace got sick in the winter of 1999. [3] Ashley's sister left her side for a moment and when she returned, she found a suicide note[11] beside Ashley. "[19] Both of Castor's daughters expressed concern that their mother had not yet apologized to them. I just couldnt believe that that was happening.. She was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of David Castor, attempted murder of her daughter, and forging Castor's will. [3] In a final attempt to convince the jury that she was not guilty, Castor took the stand. Ashley is engaged to be married and is still close to her sister Bree. Would love your thoughts, please comment. I was 11! It wasnt until September 2007 that Ashley had police tell her the shocking news that her father had died of poisoning and not a heart attack. According to Castor, Wallace was very close to Bree, showing a favoritism that Castor made up for by becoming "best friends" with elder daughter Ashley. "He wasn't a drinker; he didn't go out at night," she told Snapped. Stacey Castor, now 41, worked as an office manager at her husband's business, Liverpool Heating and Air Conditioning. [3][9], On Ashley's first day of college, investigators came to her school to question her about her father's death and to inform her that he had been poisoned instead of having died of a heart attack. - Official ABC 20/20 YouTube clip, Daughter testifies in Stacey Castor murder trial (Video), Update: Jurors talk on video about Stacey Castor guilty verdict, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacey_Castor&oldid=1142148661, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 19:46. She said, I hope somebody hurts her in the way that she hurt meI hope she never gets to have her freedom ever again. And all of a sudden, he just sticks his arm up in the air and puts his arm on his side, and then his arm just fell down.. Castor told Diane Leshinski, then-detective with the Onondaga Sheriffs Office, that she assumed he was sleeping it off. [3][4][6] When he did not appear at their shared workplace,[7] she had become worried. Stacey was responsible for poisoning David. The next day, the episode will be available to stream on Hulu. Ashley Wallace, daughter of Stacey Castor and Michael Wallace, spoke with ABC News in 2009 after her mother's conviction. "[19] Ashley said, "I would have done anything for her. [3] Tests revealed that potentially fatal painkillers had been found in Ashley's system, and that she most likely would have died if taking her to the hospital had been just a few minutes later. Castor, New York Department of Corrections inmate number 09G0209, was placed in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Bedford Hills, New York. Police found a bottle of antifreeze with its top off beneath the bed where David Castor was found dead. Ready forPoisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story? In 2003, three years after Wallaces death, Stacey married David Castor. [24] Knoll said that killers may have many different motivations. She was rushed to the hospital, and the authorities found a typewritten suicide note that appeared to be written by Ashley. She was 48. Police also believe Castor to be behind Michael Wallace's death in 2000, though she was not tried on that charge. While Ashley continued on her journey of healing, she talked about struggling with how the trauma affected her. [2] [3] The couple married and had their first daughter, Ashley, in 1988. As Poisoned Love shows, Ashley and Bree Wallace were once very close to their mom. Unable to get a response, Sergeant Robert Willoughby of the Onondaga County Sheriff's Department kicked in the door of the bedroom and found David Castor lying dead. And then she was tired, after she drank it, and went and laid down., Sept. 14, 2007: Wallace is 15 minutes from death, Castor is arrested and arraigned. ), When Ashley woke in the hospital, she denied writing the suicide note, according to The Age. [3], The following day, Castor invited Ashley to drink together at home again. Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor story, a Lifetime movie premiering Saturday, February 1 at 8 p.m., reenacts the harrowing story, with some fictional flourishes. The latest episode of ABC News Fatal Flaw delves into Stacey Castors story. Stacey is at the center of a web of lies linked to the deaths of David and a previous husband, as well as the overdose of her daughter, Ashley Wallace, 21. Her mother was. In 2000, Michael succumbed to a heart attack and died. Since Castor died in 2016, Wallace now has to live without her apology, or answers. Then, Wallace says she planted a note next to her daughter's passed-out body, which confessed to the murders of her father and step-father. She said, He (Michael) was laying on the couch, making what I thought were funny faces. The following day, Stacey made her another drink. Police suspected that both of Stacey Castor's husbands were poisoned with antifreeze -- a painful death that leads to the formation of crystals in the victims organs. Expert says David Castor's DNA was on turkey baster, which prosecution says was used to kill him I'm going to do good things in this world despite making me in every sense of the word an orphan. While utilizing antifreeze, Stacey poisoned and killed her late second husband David and proceeded to plot an attempt on her daughter Ashley's life. Three months after Castors death, Spinelli reached out to nearby Cayuga County investigators about the death of Michael Wallace to learn more. Ashley tells 20/20, [She said], Weve had a rough week. Wallace woke up with a hangover, went to school, and returned. Fitzpatrick, who prosecuted the case, said there was compelling evidence against Castor. Stacey Castor listens to 911 call she made after daughter's poisoning In 2000, Michael succumbed to a heart attack and died. It would seem like a perfectly obvious thing to autopsy a grown man who's healthy, who lays down on his couch and dies, Michael Benson, who authored Mommy Deadliest about Castors case. Stacey Castor told police she had no way to get into the locked bedroom, which was why she called 911 to have police sent to her home to check on her husband the afternoon of Aug. 22, 2005. The DA pointed out Castor may have murdered her own father, Jerry Daniels, who died February 22, 2002, shortly after his daughter visited him in the hospital where he had a minor lung complaint. In 2009, Castor was convicted of murdering her second husband, David Castor, attempting to murder her daughter, Ashley Wallace, and forging her husbands will. She was given the maximum sentence of twenty-five years for both charges, with the addition of one year for the forging of David's will. Hey there, welcome to my channel. She'll never get to see her grandchildren. [3][9] They felt that this suggested he was force-fed antifreeze. Page 2", "Exhumed Body Reveals Stacey Castor's First Husband 'Didn't Just Die': Exclusive Look Inside Anti-Freeze Murder Mystery; What Brought Two Men to Rest in Neighboring Graves. She is now remembered as The Black Widow, famously named by the media during her years-long trial. [3][17] Castor said she had cut herself off while saying "antifreeze" because she had intended to say something else. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said Castor mixed her up a drink and Wallace drank it. When the police asked her about the letter, Ashley was shocked. "I would not be as far in life as I am if I gave up and turned to drugs or alcohol," Wallace says. Stacey Castor's daughter Ashley Wallace takes the stand, Jan.14, 2009,in this photo from pool video, as the prosecution's first witness to tearfully testify about the deaths of her father and stepfather. I told her that there was a suicide note indicating that she had killed her father and her stepfather, Norton said. Castor was convicted of killing her husband, David Castor, by poisoning him with antifreeze and framing her daughter for the murder. I do not believe Stacey did it. By then, the couple had been together for two years. Page 3", "Stacey Castor 'Black Widow' Accused in Anti-Freeze Murder", "Exhumed Body Reveals Stacey Castor's First Husband 'Didn't Just Die': Exclusive Look Inside Anti-Freeze Murder Mystery; What Brought Two Men to Rest in Neighboring Graves. Castor died in prison of natural causes in 2016. [3] Ashley had already testified to having witnessed her mother working on the computer on something she had hidden to prevent Ashley's seeing it. In addition, she is suspected of having murdered her first husband, Michael Wallace, in 2000; his grave lay next to David Castor's until David's remains were disinterred in 2016 and buried elsewhere by his son. A woman who killed two. Castor's first husband's family believes Castor may have killed her father having brought an open can of soda in for her father to drink in the hospital. Bree Wallace testifies about finding her poisoned sister, Stacey Castor listens to 911 call she made after daughter's poisoning, Expert says David Castor's DNA was on turkey baster, Detective testifies about Castor's mispronunciation, follow Douglass Dowty @DougDowty on Twitter. Det. She's focused on moving forward. She was also given up to four more years for forging Davids will in order to exclude his son from his first marriage. [17] Prosecutors argued the "typing sounds" were those of one of the several drafts Castor had written of the suicide note. Stacey Castor's daughter Ashley Wallace takes the stand in 2009 as the prosecution's first witness to tearfully testify about the deaths of her father and stepfather. She was the executor of his estate. She maintained that it was Ashley who murdered Wallace and David, though she would not speculate about motives beyond implying that her daughter might be mentally ill.[17] Fitzpatrick pointed out that Ashley's mother had never sought therapy for her and that at 21 Ashley exhibited no sign of mental illness. [25][26][27] In 2002, a man had been convicted of murdering his wife by antifreeze in 1998. [3], The prosecutors presented evidence showing how antifreeze poisoning can be identified from the growth of calcium oxalate crystals in the kidneys, and that this was seen with examination of Wallace and David's bodies as well. SYRACUSE, NY -- Stacey Castor's youngest daughter broke into tears today as she told a jury about finding her older sister staring glassy-eyed into space the morning she was rushed to. "She was. Her first victim was her first husband Michael Wallace, who she married in 1998. "The biggest question I ask is why. Prior to the 20/20 broadcast, the true crime events were previously chronicled in Lifetime's Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story. [23] Ashley said that she does not know how her mother, any mother, could try to kill her own child,[3] a question that the public has also pondered. Fingerprints from Castor and Bree were found on the suicide note, but both were seen touching the note before it was handed over to authorities to be taken in as evidence. 's office that Castor died of a heart attack, with no evidence of suicide or foul play. After serving 7 years of her 51-year prison sentence, Castor died in 2016but for her daughter, the story goes on. In August 2005, at 2:00one afternoon, Castor called her local sheriff's office to tell them that her husband had locked himself in their bedroom for a day following an argument and was not responding to his cell phone. How Did Michael Wallace and David Castor Die. "She always wanted to be a paralegal or a lawyer." "She's fine. Wallace left the courtroom in 2009 knowing she would return to a family of people who adored her. It was only after leaving the room momentarily that Bree said she found a typewritten note folded in half at the top of the bed. Authorities also wiretapped her phone, and say it was on one of those phone calls where they learned she had been to the cemetery soon after Wallaces body was exhumed. This is how she said goodbye. I never knew what hate was until now. "Your honor, [Castor] is a monster and a threat to society," he said. Stacey Castor defends herself during cross examination Watch on In June 2016, seven years into her 51-year sentence, Castor was found dead in her prison cell in Bedford Hills, New York. Ashley Wallace's testimony, Part 1 and Part 2 However, an investigation revealed how the authorities believed that Stacey was responsible for it all. ", "DA: Antifreeze murderer Stacey Castor, who poisoned husband, dead at 48", "No obvious cause of death for killer Stacey Castor; lab tests could take months", "DA: Anti-freeze murderer Stacey Castor died of heart attack, no foul play suspected", "More 'Ripped From The Headlines' Pics Set At Lifetime With Nia Vardalos, Lyndsy Fonseca, Kirstie Alley, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jenn Lyon", Tragic End for 'Black Widow's' First Love - Official ABC 20/20 YouTube clip, Did 'Black Widow' Kill Two Husbands? [3] During one of the wiretapped recordings presented, "typing sounds" can be heard while Castor talks to a friend, though Castor denied memory of using the computer that day. Stacey Castor, 40, gave her 20-year-old daughter a tainted drink the night of Sept. 13, then typed a note to make the poisoning look like a suicide, District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said. [3], On cross examination, Fitzpatrick pointed out what he felt were flaws in Castor's version of that night. The suicide note said that she was guilty of killing both her father and Michael Wallace. Ashley Wallace was attending her first day at college when two investigators arrived to deliver the news that her father had died of antifreeze poisoning. For more stories like this, sign up for our newsletter. Page 4", "Exclusive: Mother and Daughter Face Off in Murder Mystery. The jurors also heard Friday from Ashley Wallace's boyfriend, Matthew Gandino. Bree also offered other details about the August 2005 weekend leading up to the discovery of her stepfather's body in his bed at their Wetzel Road home. Dominick Spinelli of the Onondaga County Sheriffs department spoke with ABC News in 2018 about investigating Stacey Castor's case. The victim's DNA was found on the rim of that glass and on the tip of a turkey baster containing remnants of antifreeze that was found in the kitchen trash, jurors were told. As hard as you tried, I survived. She currently lives in Syracuse, New York, and is engaged to Nick Galoni. Castors younger daughter, Bree Wallace, found her older sister unresponsive, and she and her mom called 911. Michael Wallace is seen here at his wedding. You can check out the video here. Michael Wallaces body is exhumed on Sept. 5, 2007 so investigators could examine it for signs of anti-freeze poisoning. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. The outlet also notes that Ashleys overdose occurred just days after police exhumed Wallaces body. The authorities believed that Stacey tried to kill her daughter and shift the blame onto her. On the surface, she seemed to have gone through a lot of trauma, losing two husbands and having a daughter attempt to kill herself. In 2009, her mother was found guilty of intentionally poisoning her then-husband David Castor with antifreeze and later trying to kill her too. [3][9] When Ashley woke up, with police questioning her about the murders and the suicide note found beside her, she said that the last thing she remembered was her mother making her an alcoholic drink, something she had never done before. "I never knew what hate was until now. Are Janelle, Christine and Meri Suing Kody Over Money From Coyote Pass? [19] She indicated that her mother, stepfather and some other relatives still support her. The two are proud parents to an adorable dog. ABC Ashley Wallace was attending her first day at college when two investigators arrived to deliver the news that her father had died of antifreeze poisoning. [15], On March 5, 2009, at Castor's sentencing, Chief Assistant District Attorney Christine Garvey asked Fahey to impose the maximum consecutive sentences because of the brutality of David's death. April 22, 2009 -- Stacey Castor wanted people to believe that she was simply an unlucky wife after her first husband died of an apparent heart attack in 2000 and her second of an apparent suicide in 2005 by poisoning himself with anti-freeze. On September 13, 2007, Castor gave her daughter a glass of vodka mixed with crushed pills, according to her court testimony. [3] They argued that the "suicide attempt" had actually been a planned-out murder attempt by Castor against Ashley. Authorities determined that he committed suicide through a lethal dose of antifreeze. [4] They believed Castor had used the turkey baster to force-feed him once he became too physically weak. Bree said one of the officers who responded to the call to help her sister was starting to let her read the note when her mother asked the officer to take it away. Stacey Castor places no value on human life, not even her own flesh and blood. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. 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