By ASTRID RODRIGUES. Ashley is engaged to be married and is still close to her sister Bree. [20] "She is cold, calculating and without any emotion for what she has done," she stated. [9][12], Prosecutors argued that the computer-generated note where Ashley "confesses" to killing Wallace and David had actually been written by Castor. She credits her counselor, doctor, and loved ones with her progress. 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. How can you hate someone and love them at the same time? Keep scrolling to get to know the true story behind the movie. Stacey Castor, 48, died Saturday while serving 51 years to life in prison Castor was convicted of fatally poisoning her husband with antifreeze And trying to kill her daughter and frame. [20] "Human life is sacred. Fortunately, the young woman survived the scare. [3] They argued that the "suicide attempt" had actually been a planned-out murder attempt by Castor against Ashley. Michael Wallace is seen here at his wedding. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. [2] [3] The couple married and had their first daughter, Ashley, in 1988. [31] It was later determined by the D.A. [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. [2], In late 1999, Wallace began feeling intermittently ill. Family members variously remember him as acting unsteady, coughing and seeming swollen. Stacey Castor faced 25 years to life if convicted when her trial began in January 2009. 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. Until her death of a heart attack in 2016 in prison, Castor continued to attest her innocence. [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. Sept. 7, 2007: Castor is brought in for questioning. While the authorities initially ruled it a suicide, they later learned Stacey was responsible for poisoning David. Spinelli stays on the case. And being my children, they questioned everything., Aug. 22, 2005: Castors second husband dies. But doctors told Stacey they thought it was a heart attack, Benson said. [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 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 . A Stressful Trial Comes to an End. Castor died in prison of natural causes in 2016. Stacey Castor, now 41, worked as an office manager at her husband's business, Liverpool Heating and Air Conditioning. The next day, according to ABC, she drank with her mother again and fell asleep. She remembered seeing her sister with pillows over her head in addition to an empty bottle of vodka and prescription pills beside her. For some reason, God kept me on this planet. "I never knew what hate was until now. She said it was normal for her sister to take an early-afternoon nap but not to be asleep in her bedroom as long as she was that day. "I was told later she was 15 minutes from death.". 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. CONVICTED murderer Stacey Castor used duplicitous methods to victimize her own family members. 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. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Castor told Muir in 2009 her daughters werent happy about the marriage. [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. [19] Castor maintains she is innocent of the deaths of her husbands and the attempted murder of Ashley. Stacey called 911, claiming that her daughter drank and took some medication. Clockwise from left: Chauncey 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. [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. 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. [2][3] Despite their closeness with their children, the couple grew apart, and it was rumored that each was having affairs. I knew at that point we had a double homicide and Stacey Castor probably killed both her husbands, Spinelli said. 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. 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). 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. 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). Surveillance cameras were set up at the gravesite where Michael Wallace and David Castor were buried. Ashley was born in 1987 to Michael Wallace and Stacey. 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. We may earn commission from the links on this page. As for Bree, she seems to have moved on with her life as well. Detective Dominick Spinelli remained skeptical and began an investigation that would last two years. 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. Why did she do these things? She said she did what her mother told her. Castor quickly took the note from the sister and later gave it to the paramedics. "If Mr. Wallace had been cremated, or if Mr. Castor had not died, we would never have known we had a homicide. Stacey was sentenced to 51 years to life without the possibility of parole. While utilizing antifreeze, Stacey poisoned and killed her late second husband David and proceeded to plot an attempt on her daughter Ashley's life. 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. Stacey Castor was arrested on Sept. 14 and was charged with the murder of David Castor. [5] Physicians told Castor that her husband had died of a heart attack. She claimed she last spoke to him at 5 a.m. Sunday when he locked her out of the bedroom. Aug. 16 2003: Castor marries her second husband. But she tried to kill me instead. The next day, the episode will be available to stream on Hulu. Stacey Castor was born on July 24, 1967, in Clay, New York. 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. 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. "He wasn't a drinker; he didn't go out at night," she told Snapped. The film starred Nia Vardalos as Castor. [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. Since then, Wallace tells OprahMag.com she has "moved on with [her] life," but still struggles with the aftereffects of trauma. [24] Knoll said that killers may have many different motivations. 11 True Crime Novels That Every Armchair Detective Will Love, These Women Committed Brutal Crimes and Are Now Just Walking Around Free, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). 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] They felt that this suggested he was force-fed antifreeze. Book in stores and online! For no reason, just take a ride. How Did Michael Wallace and David Castor Die. [29], Castor was found dead in her cell on the morning of June 11, 2016. 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 is now remembered as The Black Widow, famously named by the media during her years-long trial. She told her friend at the time, Dani Colman, she knew he was sleeping because when she put her ear up to the door she could hear him sleeping. As his inexplicable sickness persisted over the holiday season, his family encouraged him to seek medical care, but he died in early 2000 before he could do so. 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