According to District Attorney Fitzpatrick, Castor died of a heart attack, and no foul play was suspected. [5] Physicians told Castor that her husband had died of a heart attack. The authorities believed that Stacey tried to kill her daughter and shift the blame onto her. Ashley agreed because Castor was not only her mother but her "best friend". The gruesome tale earned her the nickname The Black Widow in the news. Wallace vocally grieved the loss of the old version of her mother, a woman she called her "best friend." 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. 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. I dont know what it is yet, but Im sure Ill find out. 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. 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.. "She was. While Ashley was close to her mother, Bree was her fathers princess. [4] Castor was the owner of an air conditioning installation and repair company, and Stacey served as his office manager. "[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". They showed me a copy of the suicide note that Ashley had left, and as I reviewed it, one of the things that jumped out at me and was unbelievable was: I had interviewed Stacey, and during my interview with her, she called antifreeze, antifree,' lead investigator Detective Dominick Spinelli told 20/20. [28] Series Sex Lies and Murder, series 2 episode 3 as well as describing the events leading to the trial included an interview with the district attorney in the case. They were blaming Stacey for this," she said. She remembered that the drink did not taste very good and that her mom got her a straw and told her to put the straw to the back of her throat and to just drink it, Norton said. Prior to the 20/20 broadcast, the true crime events were previously chronicled in Lifetime's Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story. Wallace woke up in the hospital, shocked at the clamor around her. But she . 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.. 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. Ashley testified against her mother Ashley Wallace Castor Age As police were investigating both deaths in September 2007, the family suffered another emergency. That bothers me, it is so confusing. [15], Having searched Castor's computer, prosecutors had found several drafts of the suicide note Ashley was accused of writing. The jury deliberated for three days before coming back with a guilty verdict. Willoughby says he remembers that Castor screamed, "He's not dead, he's not dead. That's the closest I've ever come to a brush with the law. In this image made from video Stacey Castor appears in court after hearing she was found guilty in Syracuse, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2009. Stacey Castor places no value on human life, not even her own flesh and blood. After detectives visited Ashley at college to tell her they suspected her father was also poisoned, she came home to visit and share a drink with her mom. [2] In 1991, they had a second daughter, Bree. Her mother kept telling her Ashley was tired and taking a nap, Bree said. The worst thing that ever happened to him was he had a hernia.". 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. It's difficult to fathom everything Ashley Wallace of Clay, NY experienced by the time she was 19, but let's try. Who Is Stacey Castors Daughter, Ashley Wallace? [3][10] Soon after, Ashley said, Castor invited her to come to the family home in Liverpool and drink together. 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. She says that her mother offered her a "nasty-tasting" drink that she at first refused but eventually drank because she trusted Castor. In addition to the Turner and Castor antifreeze murder cases, similar cases were reported in 2008. [2][3], Castor was employed by an ambulance dispatch company, while Wallace worked nights as a mechanic, but the family had little money. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. [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. A former friend of Castors told ABC News that she was contemplating divorce when Wallace got sick in the winter of 1999. She had noticed his ill appearance that day, but thought nothing of it. I would have done anything for her, but she decided she wanted to kill me instead.. [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. She's focused on moving forward. ' The authorities believed that Stacey tried to kill her daughter and shift the blame onto her. 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. [19] Castor maintains she is innocent of the deaths of her husbands and the attempted murder of Ashley. Chanelle Peloso (The Bletchley Circle) is Ashley, the oldest of Castor's two daughters. While utilizing antifreeze, Stacey poisoned and killed her late second husband David and proceeded to plot an attempt on her daughter Ashley's life. Prosecution's opening statements, The Witness List: A quick guide to the testimony. Both Ashley Wallace and Stacey Castor took the stand. The 2009 murder trial in Syracuse, New York, of Stacey Castor. But whats the real deal? Ready forPoisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story? David had a grown son, David Jr., and she had daughters, Ashley and Bree. However, when his corpse was exhumed for a toxicology screening years later, investigators revealed that he was killed through antifreeze poisoning. Please note that this form cannot be used to reset your Google or Facebook password. 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. 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. Like, I shouldve known, but I didnt. [24] He stated that while most suicide notes focus on themes of remorse and the person not being able to go on with life, the note supposedly written by Ashley was focused on taking the blame off of Castor. He sought medical attention, with his doctor noting that he may have an inner ear disorder. I had a speeding ticket when I was 18 years old, Castor remembered. 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. [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. 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. Castor then suggested they have a drink together because they've "had a hard day.". Police knocked down the bedroom door to find David Castor dead of an apparent suicide. [33], 2007 mugshot, Onondaga County Sheriffs Dept, Last edited on 28 February 2023, at 19:46, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, "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. How can you hate someone and love them at the same time? She was 48. [3][13], Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick and Chief Assistant District Attorney Christine Garvey[14] argued that David Castor's "suicide" had never made sense given the lack of his fingerprints on the glass or container tainted with ethylene glycol, a toxic substance found in antifreeze, and the turkey baster found in the kitchen garbage bearing both ethylene glycol and his DNA. As Poisoned Love shows, Ashley and Bree Wallace were once very close to their mom. I want her to sleep through til morning," Bree quoted her mother as saying. Sgt. [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. Police wiretaps recorded Castor asking her daughter questions about her conversations with the detectives. 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 glass of green liquid on the bedside table next to where David Castor was found dead. 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. "I don't understand how you can say you love someone, and in the next breath, try to kill them.". 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. She claimed that [Michael Wallace] had all sorts of medical issues, we went and got his medical records, Norton said. As hard as you tried, I survived and I will survive because now I'm surrounded by people that love me. Within months, he was found dead. My father will never walk me down the aisle. Stacey met her second husband, David Castor, through her boss in 2001. Because if I don't, than Stacey won.". 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. 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. "[19] Both of Castor's daughters expressed concern that their mother had not yet apologized to them. [3] They argued that the "suicide attempt" had actually been a planned-out murder attempt by Castor against Ashley. In 2000, when she was 11, her father, Michael Wallace, died of a suspected heart attack. She said, He (Michael) was laying on the couch, making what I thought were funny faces. "If Mr. Wallace had been cremated, or if Mr. Castor had not died, we would never have known we had a homicide. Ashley did have fond memories from her childhood. [2], In late 1999, Wallace began feeling intermittently ill. Family members variously remember him as acting unsteady, coughing and seeming swollen. [20] Further, she criticized how Castor had "partied in her backyard with friends like nothing was happening" as Ashley was comatose in her room. Detective testifies about Castor's mispronunciation 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? Clearly, Wallace never got the apology she yearned for in her statement: "I wish that she would say sorry for everything she did.". Although Castor told him she looked and couldn't find the object, Gandino said he was outside the house and never saw any lights go on in Ashley's bedroom. Update 2:50 p.m.: For . 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. Speaking to 20/20 in 2009, Ashley explained, He was having a hard time walking, and he was having a hard time talking And one time, he sat up, and he just vomited across the coffee table and laid back down went back to sleep like nothing ever happed.. 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. The Daughter of Notorious "Black Widow" Opens Up, A Lifetime Movie Is About This Shocking Abduction, The "Friends" Women Reunite to Celebrate Courteney, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads, "Even though I hate her, I love her at the same time," Wallace said in an. Her first victim was her first husband Michael Wallace, who she married in 1998. According to ABC News, Castor never saw her daughters again. [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 currently lives in Syracuse, New York, and is engaged to Nick Galoni. 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. [3][9], For two years, investigators had collected evidence against Castor for the deaths of her husbands. [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. 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. [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. The film starred Nia Vardalos as Castor. This was when Stacey set up her daughters to confess to killing both men. Page 1", "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. [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. Wallace was shaken and called her mother. [3], The following day, Castor invited Ashley to drink together at home again. Castor, however, never visited. In 2009, Castor was convicted of murdering her second husband, David Castor, attempting to murder her daughter, Ashley Wallace, and forging her husbands will. Stacey's daughter Ashley said that one night she had a cocktail made by her mother that tasted bad - the next day she woke up in a hospital where detectives told her of a suicide note she allegedly never wrote Credit: ABC 5 Officials took Stacey to court in a historic case after Ashley told police she never attempted suicide Credit: ABC Little is known about her early life her later infamy overshadowed her youth but Castor's mother says that her daughter once envisioned great things for herself. 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. "[9], If there is a ceiling in terms of evil, she (Castor) is at the ceiling. Since then, Wallace tells OprahMag.com she has "moved on with [her] life," but still struggles with the aftereffects of trauma. 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