Courtesy of the Onondaga Prosecutor's Office. [3] The investigators soon felt the only way to prove Castor responsible for both homicides was to have Wallace's body exhumed. While the authorities initially ruled it a suicide, they later learned Stacey was responsible for poisoning David. "Your honor, [Castor] is a monster and a threat to society," he said. - 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. For some reason, God kept me on this planet. She's focused on moving forward. Here's what you need to know. David was very conscientious, very work driven, very into outdoors, Castor said. All rights reserved (About Us). Stacey and David married in 2003, they met while working together at the latter's air conditioning installation and repair company. That's the closest I've ever come to a brush with the law. Deputy testifies in Castor trial 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. 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. The witness also told the jurors how she had not seen her sister during the afternoon and evening of the previous day. The Onondaga County jury found Castor guilty of murder for killing her husband, David, in 2005. Imagine Wallace's horror when she woke up in the hospital on September 14, 2007 and discovered that her mother and "best friend," Stacey Castor, was likely behind each of these acts. A month later on Tuesday, March 5, she was sentenced to 51 years to life in prison. [3][10] An upset Ashley called Castor. Her then 16-year-old old sister, Bree discovered her the following morning, and rushed her to the hospital, according to ABC News. By then, the couple had been together for two years. Stacey Castor places no value on human life, not even her own flesh and blood. While Ashley was close to her mother, Bree was her fathers princess. [3] In addition, they noted money as one of the main reasons Castor murdered her husbands. Castor offered to get drunk again to celebrate her 21st birthday early, according to former Det. Wallace lives in New York and is engaged and married. [2][3] Despite their closeness with their children, the couple grew apart, and it was rumored that each was having affairs. The following day, Stacey made her another drink. See the 'Counting On' Kids' Houses, Look How Much the Little Couple's Kids Will and Zoey Have Grown Up, Every Look From the Kardashian-Jenner Family at the 2021 Met Gala, Gabby Petito's Texts Show 'More and More Tension' With Brian Laundrie, 'Welcome to Plathville' Kim Plath's DUI Case Closed: Fine, More Details, Sister Wives Kody, Robyn Were With a Mystery Blonde: Identity Revealed, Megan Fox and MGK's Relationship Is 'Toxic': 'There Is Concern for Her', Farrah Abraham Slams Mom-Shamers Over Daughter Sophias Piercings, Jon Gosselin Is 'Open' With Kids Collin, Hannah About Their Dating Lives. During her mother's trial, Ashley reads an emotional statement to the judge. He expected them to do everything that he said without question. Stacey, the daughter of Jerry Daniels and Judie Eaton, met Michael Wallace when she was 17, in 1985, and they bonded immediately. Stacey Castor Accused of Poisoning Her Two Husbands, Plotting to Murder and Frame Daughter Ashley Wallace", "Stacey Castor's daughter, Ashley Wallace, testifies during antifreeze murder trial. 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.. However, when his corpse was exhumed for a toxicology screening years later, investigators revealed that he was killed through antifreeze poisoning. The jurors also heard Friday from Ashley Wallace's boyfriend, Matthew Gandino. 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. Email In Touch at contact@intouchweekly.com. [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. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. She says that her mother offered her a "nasty-tasting" drink that she at first refused but eventually drank because she trusted Castor. Castors younger daughter, Bree Wallace, found her older sister unresponsive, and she and her mom called 911. (Ashley was just 12 at the time of her fathers death. Bree said her 20-year-old sister was lying across the foot of her bed with a couple of pillows over her face and an empty vodka bottle and prescription pill bottle in the bed near her. Ultimately, her daughters, Ashley and Bree Wallace, struggled to understand why their mother did what she did. My father will never walk me down the aisle. Ashley Wallace Castor is the daughter of Stacey Ruth Castor who was a convicted murderer from Weedsport, New York. She remembered seeing her sister with pillows over her head in addition to an empty bottle of vodka and prescription pills beside her. Castor never saw her daughters again. She was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder and an additional 25 years for the attempted murder. 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. [17], Prosecutors brought up another piece of "damaging evidence" against Castor when they cited having heard "typing sounds" while Castor was on the phone. Ashley tells 20/20, [She said], Weve had a rough week. [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. I just couldnt believe that that was happening.. Tonight, ABC News 20/20 will investigate the Black Widow murderer, whose real name is Stacey Castor. Still, even back in 2009, Wallace felt relief after clearing her chest in the courtroom. Stacey Castor's daughter Ashley Wallace took the stand this morning as the prosecution's first witness to tearfully testify about the deaths of her father and stepfather. She wanted people to believe that her life had been crippled by tragedy -- that her first husband had died of a heart attack, her second husband had died by poisoning himself with antifreeze, and that her daughter had also attempted suicide. The story made national news, and Castor was subsequently named "The Black Widow" by media outlets. They hit it off quite well, having their first child, Ashley, in 1987 and another daughter, Bree, about three years later. Stacey Castor listens to opening statements in court in Syracuse, N.Y., Jan. 13, 2009, in this photo from pool video, as opening statements begin in her murder trial. Castor was just 17 when she met her first husband, Michael Wallace. Born on July 24, 1967, New York-born Stacey Castor became notoriously dubbed as "The Black Widow" in the media for the murders she committed. All Rights Reserved. [3] Castor said that they had been through enough emotional stress and needed to relax. Ashley was born in 1987 to Michael Wallace and Stacey. "I did not try to kill my daughter, period, and I will never say that I did, ever.". 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. Though Stacey is the centerpiece of the movie, the end of Poisoned Love belongs entirely to Ashley. Leave her alone. She faces 25 years to life in prison. [3][4][6] When he did not appear at their shared workplace,[7] she had become worried. Talking about it, Ashley said, Ive relived this day over and over again in my head because what if there was something that I couldve done? Bree said that the three survivors were close and enjoyed good clean fun at home, watching TV and generally acting like three best pals, just as Poisoned Love portrayed them. Stacey Castor was born on July 24, 1967, in Clay, New York. She claimed he was depressed. In June 2016, she was found dead in her cell after suffering a heart attack. None of Ashley's fingerprints were found on the note which she purportedly wrote, but the print expert said there was some additional "ridge detail" on the document that was insufficient to test for identification purposes. I know that I didn't do anything wrong," Wallace tells OprahMag.com. The daughters of Stacey Castor, Bree and Ashley Wallace, asking a judge to throw the book at their own mother. 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. 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. 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.'. In order to do this, she attempted to murder Ashley and make the killing look like a suicide, and she even drafted a fraudulent confession to be found with her lifeless body if she succeeded. Stacey and Michael married in April 1990, but over time, the relationship crumbled. Lets just get drunk I was like, Cool! You know, what kind of teenager wouldnt think that was awesome? The jurors today also heard that Stacey Castor's fingerprints were found on the glass containing antifreeze found on her husband's bedside nightstand in 2005. In a fiery cross examination, Fitzpatrick confronted Castor with phone calls investigators had from wiretapping her phone, as well as computer evidence that showed she had not only written Ashleys suicide letter, but had two drafts. Ashley then called her mother to talk about it. [19] She indicated that her mother, stepfather and some other relatives still support her. Police eventually decided to exhume Wallaces body, which is when they learned that he, too, had been killed through antifreeze poisoning. In 2009, her mother was found guilty of intentionally poisoning her then-husband David Castor with antifreeze and later trying to kill her too. April 24, 2009 -- Stacey Castor became a prime suspect in the murder of her second husband and the attempted murder of her own daughter. [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. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Standing next to her younger sister, Bree, Wallace opens up about feelings of confusion, anger, and bewilderment that had plagued her since learning of her mother's ultimate betrayal. "The biggest question I ask is why. This was a prosecutor who loves forensic evidence's dream 'cause it had computer evidence," Fitzpatrick said. I would have done anything for her, but she decided she wanted to kill me instead.. Sgt. Expert says David Castor's DNA was on turkey baster, which prosecution says was used to kill him 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. [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. 20/20: Fatal Flaw - On The Rocks chronicles David Castor's death and the chain of events that resulted in Stacey's incarceration. Ashley agreed because Castor was not only her mother but her "best friend". [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. 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. Where is Wallace now? [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. [3] Detectives reasoned that if Castor were truly genuine about her love for her late husbands, then she would eventually visit their graves. Prior to the 20/20 broadcast, the true crime events were previously chronicled in Lifetime's Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story. [16], The trial had lasted for four weeks. He said he called after dark that night to ask Castor to look for something he had left in Ashley's bedroom the previous day. [3][5], In 2003, Stacey married David Castor, whose surname she used from that point forward. As police investigated the crimes, they also suspected that she murdered her first husband, Michael Wallace. Sept. 5, 2007: Michael Wallaces body is exhumed, After the autopsy was completed, Sgt. While investigating Davids death, they took a second look at Wallaces death. Tonight, ABC News' 20/20 will investigate the Black Widow murderer, whose real name is Stacey Castor. Stacey Castor claimed it was a suicide, but detectives soon suspected murder -- and she then tried to poison her own daughter, Ashley, with antifreeze and frame her with a suicide note confessing . Well, I was scared too, when all I wanted was my mom. Stacey Castor has adamantly maintained her innocence. [9][12], Prosecutors argued that the computer-generated note where Ashley "confesses" to killing Wallace and David had actually been written by Castor. Send it to us! I'm going to do good things in this world despite making me in every sense of the word an orphan. [16] He sentenced her to the maximum of 25 years to life for the murder of David Castor, and to another 25 years for the attempt to kill Ashley. She once recalled, Wed just go for a ride in the car, you know? As Poisoned Love shows, Ashley and Bree Wallace were once very close to their mom. Unlike her hard partying late husband, David was, "responsible," according to his ex-wife, Janice Poissant. Where Are Ashley and Bree Wallace Today? Valerie Brogan. In fact, he said they had talked about the issue about a month earlier and both agreed suicide was selfish and unfair to the loved ones left behind. Fitzpatrick, who prosecuted the case, said there was compelling evidence against Castor. Stacey did this by inviting Ashley over for a drink and doping her. They were blaming Stacey for this," she said. [3][9], For two years, investigators had collected evidence against Castor for the deaths of her husbands. Castor, New York Department of Corrections inmate number 09G0209, was placed in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Bedford Hills, New York. In 2007, Stacey Castor attempted to poison her 19-year-old daughter, Ashley Wallace and frame her for murdering her stepfather, a crime Castor had committed, according to court reports. Like, I shouldve known, but I didnt. Even though I do hate her, I still love her at the same time. [24] When asked if Castor's behavior and body language on the stand shows any sort of clue about her mental state and guilt, Knoll reminded that body language and behavior can be affected by events during a trial (such as "side effects of medications, anxiety, fatigue and attorney instructions to the defendant on how to behave") and that their interpretation is not always reliable. That same day, Castor was arrested at the hospital and charged with the murder of David Castor and attempted murder of Ashley. Wallace was shaken and called her mother. Leshinski said Stacey claimed that David had been depressed because he had recently lost his father -- and that possibly his drinking and suicide that weekend was as a result of him being depressed about his father's death.. I knew at that point we had a double homicide and Stacey Castor probably killed both her husbands, Spinelli said. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? [3][13] He told the jury about the word antifreeze being written as "anti-free" in four places within the note and noted that Castor had also said "anti-free" during an interview. Stacey Castor was only a teenager when she first met Michael Wallace in 1985. But their relationship was fraught, affected in part by what Castor told ABC News David Muir in an exclusive 2009 interview was Wallaces struggle with drugs and alcohol for a long time in his life.. [2] In 1991, they had a second daughter, Bree. 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. "[20], Judge Fahey told Castor that he had never seen a parent attempt to murder their child in order to set their child up for a crime they themselves committed and declared Castor "in a class all by [her]self". Would love your thoughts, please comment. [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. In 2005, he was found dead in his bedroom. Investigators decided to exhume the body of her first husband and examine him to see if his organs contained those telltale crystals associated with antifreeze. [3] Ashley's sister left her side for a moment and when she returned, she found a suicide note[11] beside Ashley. Police knocked down the bedroom door to find David Castor dead of an apparent suicide. Stacey was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, and a plot to present a forged will. Soon after, however, investigators found Staceys DNA on a turkey baster that had Castors DNA on it, as well. To Stacey Castor, human beings are disposable. [20] Further, she criticized how Castor had "partied in her backyard with friends like nothing was happening" as Ashley was comatose in her room. Though it initially appeared that he had committed suicide, police later came to the conclusion that his wife had killed him. I wanted to make sure she was convicted.. The next morning, Bree Wallace found her sister barely breathing. Ashley did have fond memories from her childhood. Ashley had harsh words for her mother after her sentencing. 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. Authorities determined that he committed suicide through a lethal dose of antifreeze. One time, he sat up, and he just vomited across the coffee table and laid back down went back to sleep like nothing ever happened. After Castors second husband died, however, investigators exhumed Wallaces body and discovered that he had actually died of antifreeze poisoning as well. "As horrible as it makes me feel, this is goodbye, Mom. "[19] Ashley said, "I would have done anything for her. [24] He said that this theme was repeated fourteen times within the note and that he believes Castor will never admit to guilt of the murders. [4] Castor was the owner of an air conditioning installation and repair company, and Stacey served as his office manager. 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). 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. Bree is seemingly based out of Weedsport, New York, and is concentrating on raising her children. [3][9] Ashley was 12 at the time of her father Wallace's death. The movie's speech is pulled verbatim from the statement the real Wallace read, through tears, in the courtroom in 2009. She was sentenced to just over 51 years in prison. [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. The next day, the episode will be available to stream on Hulu. [30] It was not immediately apparent how she died and the manner of her death was listed as undetermined. 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 the hospital for treatment of a near fatal drug and alcohol overdose. As police were investigating both deaths in September 2007, the family suffered another emergency. The jury deliberated for three days before coming back with a guilty verdict. The suicide note said that she was guilty of killing both her father and Michael Wallace. She currently lives in Syracuse, New York, and is engaged to Nick Galoni. There are so many things that she has ruined. This was when Stacey set up her daughters to confess to killing both men. When police searched the kitchen and found a turkey baster apparently smelling of alcohol disposed in the trash can, they began to suspect foul play. Ashley is engaged to be married and is still close to her sister Bree. The film starred Nia Vardalos as Castor. Sweet!. Who was Stacey Castor and what was her cause of death? "I never got my answers because Stacey died. She said, He (Michael) was laying on the couch, making what I thought were funny faces. Wallace woke up in the hospital, shocked at the clamor around her. [16][21] For forging David's will, he ordered Castor to serve an additional 1.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}13 to four years in prison. Weeks later, Wallace was found unresponsive on the sofa in the family home and was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Stacey Castor made a frantic call to 911 saying her husband hadnt shown up for work on Monday, Aug. 22. I told her that there was a suicide note indicating that she had killed her father and her stepfather, Norton said. Stacey Castor met her second husband, David Castor, through her boss in 2001. Stacey Castor murder trial: Daughter Ashley Wallace reads statement Watch on Standing next to her younger sister, Bree, Wallace opens up about feelings of confusion, anger, and bewilderment that had plagued her since learning of her mother's ultimate betrayal. [3][9] The note appeared to be Ashley's "murder confession", in which she "admits" to having killed her father and stepfather. [29], Castor was found dead in her cell on the morning of June 11, 2016. After Wallaces death at age 38, Castor collected a $55,000 life insurance policy. 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. Fortunately, the young woman survived the scare. That note turned out to be a nearly 700-word suicide note which contained a confession to the 2000 murder of the Wallaces' father, Michael, and the 2005 murder of their stepfather, David Castor. Ashley and Bree testified at Stacey's trial, where Stacey was convicted of murder and attempted murder. She said, Im like, What are they talking about? I didnt do any of these things that youre saying that I did. But Bree said her mother had a key to the bedroom door that she used at least twice that weekend. She says that's good enough for me.. Stacey's antifreeze killings and homicide plots are retold in an episode of 20/20 titled 20/20: Fatal Flaw - On The Rocks. She claimed that [Michael Wallace] had all sorts of medical issues, we went and got his medical records, Norton said. As Wallace herself said at the trial, "I just want it to go away, but I know it will never go away.". [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. [2] A special two-hour edition of ABC's 20/20 aired on April 24, 2009, and again on February 8, 2019, to provide the full story of the Castor case. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. In 2009, she was found guilty of intentionally poisoning her then-husband David Castor with antifreeze in 2005 and attempting to murder her daughter, Ashley Wallace, with crushed pills mixed in with vodka, orange juice, and Sprite in 2007. CONVICTED murderer Stacey Castor used duplicitous methods to victimize her own family members. Upon waking up, Wallace denied writing the confession letter. Hear Stacey Castor's frantic 911 call to police about daughter who overdosed. [32], Stacey Castor's story was adapted into the Lifetime film, Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story, as part of its "Ripped from the Headlines" feature-film series; this made-for-television film was first transmitted on February 1, 2020. [24] He relayed that "psychopathic traits and histories of childhood abuse have been consistently reported in these women" and suggested that if Castor were guilty of the crimes of which she had been convicted and accused, then she would be demonstrating psychopathic traits, including regarding even her own child as an object to be used for her convenience. Ashley testified against her mother Ashley Wallace Castor Age 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. I asked Stacey, Do you remember which glass it was that you poured the cranberry juice in? and she looked at it and said, Well, when I poured the anti-free-- I and then she stopped and said, I mean-- I mean, the cranberry juice.. 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. 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. Stacey Castor, now 41, worked as an office manager at her husband's business, Liverpool Heating and Air Conditioning. Clockwise from left: Chauncey Eaton, David Castor, Stacey Castor, Judie Eaton, Bree Wallace, Ashley . Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said Castor mixed her up a drink and Wallace drank it. [3], On cross examination, Fitzpatrick pointed out what he felt were flaws in Castor's version of that night. Police had set up a camera at Castor's home, and one at the graveyard where her husbands were buried. He described Castor as a "black widow" type rather than a typical serial killer. She's focused on moving forward. One night, the former served the latter an alcoholic drink loaded with a lethal dose of painkillers. Stacey Castor was indicted on one count each of second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, and a plot to present a forged will. She never saw her daughters again. She said he was larger than life., Mike was the life of the party if you needed something that Mike had, he would give it to you.. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. 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. Detective Dominick Spinelli remained skeptical and began an investigation that would last two years. Dominick Spinelli of the Onondaga County Sheriffs department spoke with ABC News in 2018 about investigating Stacey Castor's case. [3] They wanted to observe her behavior while there. During the trial, Castor had been dubbed "The Black Widow" by media outlets,[2] a title previously given to Lynn Turner. By ASTRID RODRIGUES. 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. [17], Castor's defense team presented a pharmaceutical expert in an attempt to cast doubt on the prosecution's claim that Castor had drugged Ashley 17 hours prior to being taken to the hospital. I do not believe Stacey did it. For the third time within eight years, Stacey Castor called for help, saying her daughter had consumed pills and a bottle of vodka. 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