[3][17] Castor said she had cut herself off while saying "antifreeze" because she had intended to say something else. Authorities determined that he committed suicide through a lethal dose of antifreeze. Castor died in prison of natural causes in 2016. Her mother kept telling her Ashley was tired and taking a nap, Bree said. Since then, Wallace tells OprahMag.com she has "moved on with [her] life," but still struggles with the aftereffects of trauma. For some reason, God kept me on this planet. Like Bree, he said Castor kept telling him when he called that Ashley was very tired and was still taking a nap. In 2009, Stacey was sentenced to 51 years to life in prison. Ashley Wallace's testimony, Part 1 and Part 2 Passing away at age 48, authorities ruled that there was no foul play involved. Stacey Castor listens to 911 call she made after daughter's poisoning 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. 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. And in 2007, she was reportedly poisoned and came within 15 minutes of death, according to ABC News. 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 always wanted to be a paralegal or a lawyer." Please note that this form cannot be used to reset your Google or Facebook password. She said she did what her mother told her. 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. [3] For her stepfather, they noted his and Ashley's tumultuous relationship and how they did not get along with each other. Tonight, ABC will speak with Ashley, as well as some investigators from the case. [3] She maintained her innocence of the two murders and the writing of the note. By ASTRID RODRIGUES. Who was Stacey Castor and what was her cause of death? Email In Touch at contact@intouchweekly.com. Sept. 7, 2007: Castor is brought in for questioning. Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. 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. Here's what you need to know. She'll never get to see her grandchildren. He expected them to do everything that he said without question. Regarding the crimes, she told 20/20 anchor David Muir: "I did not kill Michael Wallace, I did not kill David Castor. She told the officers that she did not write the note and was confused about their questions and accusations. Stacey and David married in 2003, they met while working together at the latter's air conditioning installation and repair company. Send it to us! During the trial, Castor had been dubbed "The Black Widow" by media outlets,[2] a title previously given to Lynn Turner. [3] Seventeen hours later, Ashley was found comatose on her bed by her younger sister Bree Wallace. "She was my best friend and she took that all away, just because she got scared. That's the closest I've ever come to a brush with the law. Wallace woke up in the hospital, shocked at the clamor around her. Police found that in David Castor's will, he left everything to his wife and her two daughters - and nothing to his son. David was very conscientious, very work driven, very into outdoors, Castor said. [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. 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. 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. [3] In a final attempt to convince the jury that she was not guilty, Castor took the stand. 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. Fortunately, Stacey's daughter Ashley Wallace survived the homicide attempt and lived to testify against the mother who betrayed her. "It had DNA evidence. 's office that Castor died of a heart attack, with no evidence of suicide or foul play. [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. 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. April 24, 2009 -- Stacey Castor became a prime suspect in the murder of her second husband and the attempted murder of her own daughter. As police investigated the crimes, they also suspected that she murdered her first husband, Michael Wallace. The jury deliberated for three days before coming back with a guilty verdict. 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. Unlike her hard partying late husband, David was, "responsible," according to his ex-wife, Janice Poissant. [2][3] Despite their closeness with their children, the couple grew apart, and it was rumored that each was having affairs. 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. Among the items near his body were a container of antifreeze and a half-full glass of bright green liquid. 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. 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. The witness also told the jurors how she had not seen her sister during the afternoon and evening of the previous day. He described Castor as a "black widow" type rather than a typical serial killer. [2][3] The couple married and had their first daughter, Ashley, in 1988. Stacey Castor had already hired defense attorney Chuck Keller, who would follow the line of defense that Ashley was responsible for David Castors death and that Ashley also attempted to kill herself. Even though I do hate her, I still love her at the same time. She said, I hope somebody hurts her in the way that she hurt meI hope she never gets to have her freedom ever again. 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. I want her to sleep through til morning," Bree quoted her mother as saying. "What gave her the right to play God with people? [3] In addition, they noted money as one of the main reasons Castor murdered her husbands. Castor told Muir in 2009 her daughters werent happy about the marriage. Still, even back in 2009, Wallace felt relief after clearing her chest in the courtroom. Wallace's mother tried to kill her. In September 2007, Stacey attempted to frame her daughter Ashley for killing both of her deceased husbands. Four years after David Castor's death, Stacey Castor, who'd become known as a "black widow" in the press, was arrested for murder and for attempted murder of Ashley Wallace. [3] Detectives reasoned that if Castor were truly genuine about her love for her late husbands, then she would eventually visit their graves. 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. [3][4][6] When he did not appear at their shared workplace,[7] she had become worried. She remembered seeing her sister with pillows over her head in addition to an empty bottle of vodka and prescription pills beside her. Even with credit for time served, her earliest possible release date was June 15, 2055slightly over a month shy of her 88th birthday. [5] Physicians told Castor that her husband had died of a heart attack. But she . The couple was married in 1990 and had two daughters together, Ashley and Bree. (Ashley was just 12 at the time of her fathers death. The outlet also notes that Ashleys overdose occurred just days after police exhumed Wallaces body. I'm going to do good things in this world despite making me in every sense of the word an orphan. 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. 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 . 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. I just wish that she would say sorry for everything she did, including all the lies. Her first victim was her first husband Michael Wallace, who she married in 1998. David had a grown son, David Jr., and she had daughters, Ashley and Bree. Sept. 5, 2007: Michael Wallaces body is exhumed, After the autopsy was completed, Sgt. .css-ssumvd{display:block;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.0625rem;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.25;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-ssumvd:hover{color:link-hover;}}@media(min-width: 40.625rem){.css-ssumvd{letter-spacing:0rem;margin-top:0.9375rem;}}The "Friends" Women Reunite to Celebrate Courteney, The Reason Hoda Kotb Hasn't Been on the Today Show, Keke Palmer Is a New Mom! Stacey and Michael married in April 1990, but over time, the relationship crumbled. He testified Stacey Castor seemed to be trying to keep him from trying to contact Ashley the afternoon and evening of Sept. 13, 2007. In 2007, she was arrested for second degree murder in David's death and for attempting to murder Ashley and frame her for the murders of David and Wallace. [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. This was when Stacey set up her daughters to confess to killing both men. Castor, New York Department of Corrections inmate number 09G0209, was placed in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Bedford Hills, New York. "I don't understand how you can say you love someone, and in the next breath, try to kill them.". April 20, 2009, 9:22 AM. I had a speeding ticket when I was 18 years old, Castor remembered. Ashley tells 20/20, [She said], Weve had a rough week. 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. But whats the real deal? 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman Is a Proud Mom of 14: See Her Kids Today! 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. 20/20: Fatal Flaw - On The Rocks chronicles David Castor's death and the chain of events that resulted in Stacey's incarceration. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. On Saturday, February 1, at 8 p.m., the new Nia Vardalos flick hits TV screens. 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. She was also convicted for the attempted murder of. Aug. 16 2003: Castor marries her second husband. Stacey Castor, now 41, worked as an office manager at her husband's business, Liverpool Heating and Air Conditioning. Why did she do these things? She opened up about her life today in an exclusive interview with OprahMag.com. While Ashley continued on her journey of healing, she talked about struggling with how the trauma affected her. [17] She did not seek care for Ashley for 17 hours and indicated that David Castor, who was staggering and vomiting and unable to stand, "looked OK". A former friend of Castors told ABC News that she was contemplating divorce when Wallace got sick in the winter of 1999. That was fun. Ashley then talked about that fateful day in January 2000. I knew at that point we had a double homicide and Stacey Castor probably killed both her husbands, Spinelli said. Would love your thoughts, please comment. The jurors also heard Friday from Ashley Wallace's boyfriend, Matthew Gandino. This was a prosecutor who loves forensic evidence's dream 'cause it had computer evidence," Fitzpatrick said. [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. While the authorities initially ruled it a suicide, they later learned Stacey was responsible for poisoning David. Castor was just 17 when she met her first husband, Michael Wallace. Castor offered to get drunk again to celebrate her 21st birthday early, according to former Det. [24], Forensic Files had an episode titled "Freeze Framed" regarding Castor. The daughters of Stacey Castor, Bree and Ashley Wallace, asking a judge to throw the book at their own mother. Stacey Castor met her second husband, David Castor, through her boss in 2001. He sought medical attention, with his doctor noting that he may have an inner ear disorder. She was later found guilty of attempting to murder her daughter. But doctors told Stacey they thought it was a heart attack, Benson said. 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. That same day, Castor was arrested at the hospital and charged with the murder of David Castor and attempted murder of Ashley. She becomes, you know, lethargic and eventually passes out and winds up in her bedroom., Sept. 13, 2007: Wallace drinks with mom again. In 2000, when she was 11, her father, Michael Wallace, died of a suspected heart attack. Dubbed the "Black Widow," Castor was convicted of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and forging her husband's will in 2009. "If Mr. Wallace had been cremated, or if Mr. Castor had not died, we would never have known we had a homicide. [3][9] Bree demanded that help be sought, and Castor made the 911 call. All rights reserved (About Us). I think part of it was to bring justice to David, my dad, and myself.. The Onondaga County jury found Castor guilty of murder for killing her husband, David, in 2005. In 2005, he was found dead in his bedroom. [30] It was not immediately apparent how she died and the manner of her death was listed as undetermined. It's difficult to fathom everything Ashley Wallace of Clay, NY experienced by the time she was 19, but let's try. Castor quickly took the note from the sister and later gave it to the paramedics. I didnt look around, I just sat there and waited for it to be done and left the courtroom, Castor said. A Stressful Trial Comes to an End. 'Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story' by Lifetime is set to retell the haunting story of Stacey's machinations. The note also called it antifree instead of antifreeze.. Stacey was responsible for poisoning David. On September 13, 2007, Castor gave her daughter a glass of vodka mixed with crushed pills, according to her court testimony. Sept. 12 2007: Ashley Wallace goes drinking with mom. Both Ashley Wallace and Stacey Castor took the stand. [3], The detectives on the case ordered wiretappings on Castor's house. As horrible as it makes me feel, this is goodbye mom. She was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder and an additional 25 years for the attempted murder. [2], Stacey, the daughter of Jerry Daniels and Judie Eaton, met Michael Wallace when she was 17, in 1985, and they bonded immediately. She claimed he was depressed. 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 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. One night, the former served the latter an alcoholic drink loaded with a lethal dose of painkillers. 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. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Elena Nicolaou is the former culture editor at Oprah Daily. She claimed she last spoke to him at 5 a.m. Sunday when he locked her out of the bedroom. Ashley was born in 1987 to Michael Wallace and Stacey. There are so many things that she has ruined. [15] She had said that her husband got the idea to kill himself with antifreeze while both were watching a news report about Lynn Turner, who murdered two past lovers by using the poison. In this image made from video Stacey Castor appears in court after hearing she was found guilty in Syracuse, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2009. [8], In September 2007, amid mounting evidence that Castor had murdered both of her husbands, she began to panic. [29], Castor was found dead in her cell on the morning of June 11, 2016. But, according to police, all of it was a lie -- and the seemingly unfortunate wife and mother was actually a cold-blooded killer, now known by many as the Black Widow.. All these things, she took away from me," Wallace said at the opening of her victim impact statement. "And I will never say that I did, ever. Castor insinuated that Wallace was responsible for Michael and David's deaths. Clockwise from left: Chauncey Eaton, David Castor, Stacey Castor, Judie Eaton, Bree Wallace, Ashley . Courtesy of the Onondaga Prosecutor's Office. Ashley had harsh words for her mother after her sentencing. While utilizing antifreeze, Stacey poisoned and killed her late second husband David and proceeded to plot an attempt on her daughter Ashley's life. 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. ' The authorities believed that Stacey tried to kill her daughter and shift the blame onto her. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. 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. Today, Wallace lives in New York, and is engaged to be married. Stacey Castor was only a teenager when she first met Michael Wallace in 1985. In an earlier interview, Stacey said that her life changed with Ashleys birth, adding, I knew from that minute on, my whole reason for being here was to take care of her. About three years later, Bree was born, and the family was complete. "I never got my answers because Stacey died. Eventually, Stacey started dating again and in late 2001 met a recent divorcee named David Castor. 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. I never knew what hate was until now. She was 48. 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. Sept. 25, 2008: Judge rules death of Michael Wallace can be submitted as evidence. I dont know what it is yet, but Im sure Ill find out. Police wiretaps recorded Castor asking her daughter questions about her conversations with the detectives. 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. 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. That bothers me, it is so confusing. 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. Under questioning by District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, she said she had not seen the note moments earlier. The two are proud parents to an adorable dog. She was rushed to the hospital, and the authorities found a typewritten suicide note that appeared to be written by Ashley. She claimed that [Michael Wallace] had all sorts of medical issues, we went and got his medical records, Norton said. She was also given up to four more years for forging Davids will in order to exclude his son from his first marriage. Below is a timeline highlighting some of key events in this disturbing story: April 7, 1990: Stacey Castor marries her first husband, Castor seemed to everyone who knew her to deeply love her first husband Michael Wallace. Upon waking up, Wallace denied writing the confession letter. [15], Having searched Castor's computer, prosecutors had found several drafts of the suicide note Ashley was accused of writing. She once recalled, Wed just go for a ride in the car, you know? See Photos of Her Baby, Jane Fonda Regrets the Type of Mother She Was, Al's Facial Expressions on 'Today' Are Everything, Journal Prompts That Help You Move Forward. Police eventually decided to exhume Wallaces body, which is when they learned that he, too, had been killed through antifreeze poisoning. 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. Stacey Castor was arrested on Sept. 14 and was charged with the murder of David Castor. Stacey Castor was born on July 24, 1967, in Clay, New York. As Poisoned Love shows, Ashley and Bree Wallace were once very close to their mom. The latest episode of ABC News Fatal Flaw delves into Stacey Castors story. 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. "[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. 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.. As for Bree, she seems to have moved on with her life as well. Bree Wallace testifies about finding her poisoned sister, Ashley, in 2007 Leave her alone. She currently lives in Syracuse, New York, and is engaged to Nick Galoni. Ashley Wallace, daughter of Stacey Castor and Michael Wallace, spoke with ABC News in 2009 after her mother's conviction. Surveillance cameras were set up at the gravesite where Michael Wallace and David Castor were buried. 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. [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. [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. "As hard as it is to get up everyday and put a smile on my face, I know that I have to. 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. Stacey was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, and a plot to present a forged will. Castor tried to kill Wallace, and frame her for murdera crime Castor herself had committed. Michael Wallaces body is exhumed on Sept. 5, 2007 so investigators could examine it for signs of anti-freeze poisoning. In 2005, her step-father, David Castor, took his own life. As hard as you tried, I survived. The story made national news, and Castor was subsequently named "The Black Widow" by media outlets. "I was told later she was 15 minutes from death.". 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. Expert says David Castor's DNA was on turkey baster, which prosecution says was used to kill him "The biggest question I ask is why. Stacey Castor, 41, is shown here on the day of her wedding to David Castor in August 2003. - 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. After Wallaces death at age 38, Castor collected a $55,000 life insurance policy. Valerie Brogan. The movie's speech is pulled verbatim from the statement the real Wallace read, through tears, in the courtroom in 2009. 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