[17], Fitzpatrick asserted that Castor's behavior during David Castor's and Ashley's illnesses made no sense, given the years she had worked for a paramedics company. [2] [3] The couple married and had their first daughter, Ashley, in 1988. Theyd fight because my mom did pay a majority of the bills, and David just paid for his toys, says Ashley. Stacey was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, and a plot to present a forged will. She repeated that she only drank the "nasty-tasting" beverage because she trusted Castor. [2] [3] The couple married and had their first daughter, Ashley, in 1988. [3][10] Soon after, Ashley said, Castor invited her to come to the family home in Liverpool and drink together. Few criminals have captured the attention of Central New York the way Stacey Castor did. [17] Fitzpatrick frequently shouted at Castor, inspiring Castor's defense attorney Charles Keller to frequently object and even to request a mistrial. He wasnt .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;}}8 New Mysteries to Die For, Sandra Bullock Is Stepping Back from Acting, Stacey Abrams Has a New Role at Howard University, Rihanna Shares Adorable Photos of Her Baby Boy, Millie Bobby Brown Appears to Announce Engagement. Since Castor died in 2016, Wallace now has to live without her apology, or answers. When deputies arrived they kicked down the door and found David Castor naked, face down in a puddle of his own vomit on the bed. WHAT WE DO. When authorities were closing in on her, prosecutors said, Castor decided to kill her daughter Ashley Wallace (right with her sister Bree) and frame her for killing both husbands. Poisoned Love concludes with Castor's conviction. Shes focused on moving forward. Seven years later, Castor's death has caught many by surprise, the same way her ruthless crimes did. Thoughts. Her then 16-year-old old sister, Bree discovered her the following morning, and rushed her to the hospital, according to ABC News. Seven years later, Castor's death has caught many by surprise, the same way her ruthless crimes did. He wasnt Police say Stacey explained that the couple had gotten into a huge fight that weekend over how to celebrate their upcoming two-year anniversary. I knew at that point we had a double homicide and Stacey Castor probably killed both her husbands, Spinelli told ABC News. 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. - 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, American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by New York (state), People convicted of murder by New York (state), Prisoners who died in New York (state) detention, American people convicted of attempted murder, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox person with multiple spouses, Pages using infobox person with multiple parents, Pages using infobox criminal with motive parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 19:46. 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. 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. She, however, had her eyes closed as the verdicts were read. But Detective Dominick Spinelli of the Onondaga County Sheriffs department was doubtful of this story for a number of reasons. [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. Stacey Castor's husbands were laid to rest side by side in the Owasco Rural Cemetery in upstate New York. Few criminals have captured the attention of Central New York the way Stacey Castor did. Stacey Castor and Wallace had two girls together, who the couple named Ashley and Bree. Ashley was away at school at the time the note had been written and printed. [2] In 1991, they had a second daughter, Bree. Starring My Big Fat Greek Wedding's Nia Vardalos as Castor, Poisoned Love is a testament to appearances being deceivingbecause for a while there, Castor had everyone in her Weedsport, New York community fooled of her innocence, including her two daughters. As a child, Stacey was bold and inquisitive, her mother, Judie Eaton, told ABCs David Muir during the Black Widow episode of 20/20. Dubbed the "Black Widow," Castor was convicted of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and forging her husband's will in 2009. Discounting cold-blooded killers or women out for financial gain, many "black widows" are driven to murder after enduring abuse from their partners. [2] [3] With more free time on his hands David indulged himself in the toys of a grown man: motorcycles, snowmobiles and jet skis. Seven years later, Castor's death has caught many by surprise, the same way her ruthless crimes did. [3][9] The note appeared to be Ashley's "murder confession", in which she "admits" to having killed her father and stepfather. Lets just get drunk, Ashley Wallace recalled her mom saying, in a 2009 interview the younger woman gave to 20/20. I was like, Cool! Stacey Castor, who killed her husband, attempted to kill her daughter, and was suspected of killing her first husband, too. ABC [She said], Weve had a rough week. She told the officers that she did not write the note and was confused about their questions and accusations. Elena Nicolaou is the former culture editor at Oprah Daily. [19] Her lead defense counsel, Keller, announced that Castor would appeal the verdict, including challenging the inclusion of evidence regarding the death of her first husband, for which Castor had not been charged. During an "early" celebration of Ashley's 21st birthday, Castor gave her a cocktail of vodka spiked with pills. [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. Stacey's antifreeze killings and homicide plots are retold in an episode of 20/20 titled 20/20: Fatal Flaw - On The Rocks. Stacey Castor's husbands were laid to rest side by side in the Owasco Rural Cemetery in upstate New York. [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. Page 4", "Exclusive: Mother and Daughter Face Off in Murder Mystery. Mike settled down after his release from jail and got a job with an air conditioner manufacturer while Stacey worked in the billing department of an EMT service. She brought her father an open soda for him to drink, and though he had seemed to be getting better, he died suddenly the following day. [3][9] They felt that this suggested he was force-fed antifreeze. Convicted Murderer of David W. Castor Her name is on her 1st Named for the gnarly species of venomous spiders that eat their mates (yep! "And I will never say that I did, ever. She insinuated Ashley was guilty. Vardalos was instructed to play the character as if she were innocentand it works. [3] She maintained her innocence of the two murders and the writing of the note. "[20], David's son, whom Castor had cheated out of his inheritance, pleaded with Judge Fahey for Castor to be severely punished. Wetzel Road black widow Stacey Castor actually had a heart. Ashley was unresponsive when EMTs got there and werent sure if she was going to survive the trip to the hospital. 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David made it very clear that he didnt really like me and my sister, Bree Wallace told. Stacey Castor, who killed her husband, attempted to kill her daughter, and was suspected of killing her first husband, too. WebStacey Ruth Daniels was born on July 24, 1967 and grew up in the area around Syracuse, New York. Ultimately, her daughters, Ashley and Bree Wallace, struggled to understand why their mother did what she did. On September 13, 2007, Castor gave her daughter a glass of vodka mixed with crushed pills, according to her court testimony. [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. "I did not try to kill my daughter, period, and I will never say that I did, ever.". Until her death of a heart attack in 2016 in prison, Castor continued to attest her innocence. Spinelli believed her, too, because the letter misspelled antifreeze as "antifree," a mistake Castor always made when the saying word. A New Lifetime Movie Depicts Her Disturbing Crimes, A Lifetime Movie Is About This Shocking Abduction, Oprah and Mindy Kaling Are Producing a TV Show, poison her older daughter, Ashley Wallace, autopsy found traces of antifreeze crystals, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads, Castor is suspected to have killed her first husband, Michael Wallace, using the same method, and she attempted to. That December, the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office confirmed she had died of a heart attack, according to CNYcentral. [3], "In 2005, people started to put it together," Cayuga County Sheriff Dave Gould said. 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. Her 2nd husband buried next to her side. This is how she said goodbye. WebStacey Castor and her first husband, Michael Wallace, had two daughters, Ashley and Bree Wallace. [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. Ashley is an angsty teen who is dating a boy named TKTK. Police questioned Stacey Castor on Sept. 7, 2007 and informed her that her first husbands body was being examined, the report said. They didnt make a lot of money, but they had each other and their girls remember their childhood as a happy one. Well, I was scared too, when all I wanted was my mom. What Stacey didnt know was that while David Castors death was ruled a suicide, the Onondaga County Sheriffs Department was still investigating the case. In an interview with police, Castor claimed David had been depressed due to the recent loss of his father, according to ABC News. [13] Fitzpatrick claimed this was the day Castor wrote the note, which had Castor's fingerprints but not Ashley's, to frame her daughter. 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. Wallace's mother tried to kill her. I never thought for a second that he would actually ever do that, says Ashley Wallace. And on February 1, Lifetime will air Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story, a fictionalized account of the spine-chilling deeds that made Castor notorious. What did you write in that note? And I was like, What are you talking about? She was shocked when her sister Bree told her what had happened. She was only allowed three whys in a day sometimes, Judie said. Fortunately, Staceys daughter Ashley Wallace survived the homicide attempt and lived to testify against the mother who betrayed her. This content is imported from youTube. [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. "The biggest question I ask is why. Her 2nd husband buried next to her side. Oh my God!, Stacey can be heard saying on the 911 call. 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. [18] "Professor Francis Gengo testified that after analyzing the traces of drugs and alcohol found in blood drawn from Ashley at the hospital, Ashley would have had to ingest the alcohol, Ritalin, and several other drugs just several hours before she was hospitalized. 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