'Octomom' Nadya Suleman Is a Proud Mom of 14: See Her Kids Today! Since then, Wallace tells OprahMag.com she has "moved on with [her] life," but still struggles with the aftereffects of trauma. For the third time within eight years, Stacey Castor called for help, saying her daughter had consumed pills and a bottle of vodka. 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. She was also given up to four more years for forging Davids will in order to exclude his son from his first marriage. Michael's corpse was uncovered and examined in relation to investigators considering Stacey a suspect in his homicide, as well as the homicide of her second husband David. [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. By then, the couple had been together for two years. How can you hate someone and love them at the same time? But Ashley added that the support of her counselor and loved ones helped tremendously. The letter had Ashley taking responsibility for David and Michaels deaths. On the morning of September 14, 2007, Bree found Ashley barely alive in her bedroom. Book in stores and online! Stacey Castor places no value on human life, not even her own flesh and blood. [31] It was later determined by the D.A. Tonight, ABC News' 20/20 will speak to Stacey Castor's daughter, Ashley Wallace. Even though I do hate her, I still love her at the same time. In that courtroom, Wallace said goodbye to her mother forever. "She's fine. The next day, according to ABC, she drank with her mother again and fell asleep. 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. Stacey met her second husband, David Castor, through her boss in 2001. She told her mother who called 911. Police found a glass of green liquid on the bedside table next to where David Castor was found dead. Ashley Wallace, daughter of Stacey Castor and Michael Wallace, spoke with ABC News in 2009 after her mother's conviction. [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. On August 22, 2005, David was found dead in his bedroom after Stacey called the police when he didn't show up at their place of work. 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. [19], ABC interviewed forensic psychiatrist Dr. James Knoll for psychological perspective on the case and he answered viewers' questions via video on April 23, 2009, and via site comments on April 27, 2009. Ashley had harsh words for her mother after her sentencing. They also had opposite shifts since she worked during the day as an ambulance dispatcher, and he worked during the evening as a mechanic. Castor never saw her daughters again. Stacey Castor's daughter Ashley Wallace takes the stand, Jan.14, 2009,in this photo from pool video, as the prosecution's first witness to tearfully testify about the deaths of her father and stepfather. 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. The couple was married in 1990 and had two daughters together, Ashley and Bree. Police eventually decided to exhume Wallaces body, which is when they learned that he, too, had been killed through antifreeze poisoning. 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. 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. 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. One of those times was to let Bree look in because the teenager had been asking if her mother was sure he was okay. Bree said that though losing her mother was hard, "I was happy that they said she was guilty, because we all know that she's guilty. Sgt. 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. Stacey did this by inviting Ashley over for a drink and doping her. Until her death of a heart attack in 2016 in prison, Castor continued to attest her innocence. I cannot believe Stacey has it in her to kill two men. 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. David was very conscientious, very work driven, very into outdoors, Castor said. Here's what you need to know. Stacey Castor met her second husband, David Castor, through her boss in 2001. While Ashley was close to her mother, Bree was her fathers princess. [3] In a final attempt to convince the jury that she was not guilty, Castor took the stand. ", "DA: Antifreeze murderer Stacey Castor, who poisoned husband, dead at 48", "No obvious cause of death for killer Stacey Castor; lab tests could take months", "DA: Anti-freeze murderer Stacey Castor died of heart attack, no foul play suspected", "More 'Ripped From The Headlines' Pics Set At Lifetime With Nia Vardalos, Lyndsy Fonseca, Kirstie Alley, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jenn Lyon", Tragic End for 'Black Widow's' First Love - Official ABC 20/20 YouTube clip, Did 'Black Widow' Kill Two Husbands? The 2009 murder trial in Syracuse, New York, of Stacey Castor. Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. So, if youre curious to find out more, weve got you covered. 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. April 20, 2009, 9:22 AM. [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. When the detective picked up on her slip of the tongue, she accused him of trying to frame her and stopped the interview. Sept. 7, 2007: Castor is brought in for questioning. She had murdered her husbands partly to collect on their life insurance and estates,[16] and had changed David's will to exclude his son by a previous marriage from the money left to him by David. [3] They wanted to "poke holes" in Ashley's version of what happened and prove that she could have been capable of murder at age 11. She would not frame Ashley.. 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 Detective Dominick Spinelli remained skeptical and began an investigation that would last two years. "I kinda went hysterical. 90 Day Fiance's Hamza's Green Card Status 'Battle' Amid Memphis Divorce, '90 Day Fiance' Star Memphis Smith Alleges Hamza Moknii Was 'Abusive', 90 Day's Hamza Requested Paternity Test for Daughter Amid Memphis Split. 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. Sept. 5, 2007: Michael Wallaces body is exhumed, After the autopsy was completed, Sgt. 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). [3] Castor's mother believed her granddaughter Ashley to be guilty. Stacey and Michael married in April 1990, but over time, the relationship crumbled. However, when his corpse was exhumed for a toxicology screening years later, investigators revealed that he was killed through antifreeze poisoning. He had snowmobiles and four-wheelers and a boat David was support and strength and security to me.. Castor told authorities that her daughter had taken pills and left behind a suicide note confessing to both murders. [3][9], On Ashley's first day of college, investigators came to her school to question her about her father's death and to inform her that he had been poisoned instead of having died of a heart attack. Weeks later, Wallace was found unresponsive on the sofa in the family home and was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Clearly, Wallace never got the apology she yearned for in her statement: "I wish that she would say sorry for everything she did.". [3][10] An upset Ashley called Castor. She was sentenced to more than 51 years in prison. [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. [3] In addition, they noted money as one of the main reasons Castor murdered her husbands. ' The authorities believed that Stacey tried to kill her daughter and shift the blame onto her. I would have done anything for her, but she decided she wanted to kill me instead.. Wallace's mother tried to kill her. Stacey's behavior was so devious that her story spawned not only the Forensic Files episode but also an episode of 20/20 and a Lifetime movie titled Poisoned Love: The Stacy Castor Story starring Nia Vardalos. It seemed more important for her to tell them about the suicide note than to be talking about the condition of her daughter., She had a cornucopia of drugs in her system," Fitzpatrick said. 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. In June 2016, she was found dead in her cell after suffering a heart attack. [3] Seventeen hours later, Ashley was found comatose on her bed by her younger sister Bree Wallace. Eventually, Stacey started dating again and in late 2001 met a recent divorcee named David Castor. 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. "After my mom is sentenced today, I'll go back to my loving home with people who care about meI'm going to do good things in the world, despite your making me, in every sense of the word, an orphan," Wallace said. She was the executor of his estate. Bree is seemingly based out of Weedsport, New York, and is concentrating on raising her children. [3] On the stand, Ashley retold how her mother had convinced her to drink the two nights before she almost died. 's office that Castor died of a heart attack, with no evidence of suicide or foul play. But whats the real deal? Wallace was shaken and called her mother. "And I will never say that I did, ever. Castor insinuated that Wallace was responsible for Michael and David's deaths. Spinelli stays on the case. Though Stacey is the centerpiece of the movie, the end of Poisoned Love belongs entirely to Ashley. To Stacey Castor, human beings are disposable. Her mother kept telling her Ashley was tired and taking a nap, Bree said. "What gave her the right to play God with people? 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. Bree Wallace, of Clay, testifies in the murder trial or her mother, Stacey Castor. The latest episode of ABC News Fatal Flaw delves into Stacey Castors story. The . 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. Ashley drank a beverage with her mother and immediately passed out. [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. Ashley and Bree testified at Stacey's trial, where Stacey was convicted of murder and attempted murder. [20] "Human life is sacred. "I don't understand how you can say you love someone, and in the next breath, try to kill them.". [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. Powered by. Bree also offered other details about the August 2005 weekend leading up to the discovery of her stepfather's body in his bed at their Wetzel Road home. Her first victim was her first husband Michael Wallace, who she married in 1998. Stacey was responsible for poisoning David. The daughters of Stacey Castor, Bree and Ashley Wallace, asking a judge to throw the book at their own mother. [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 know that I didn't do anything wrong," Wallace tells OprahMag.com. She was also convicted for the attempted murder of. [17] Fitzpatrick frequently shouted at Castor, inspiring Castor's defense attorney Charles Keller to frequently object and even to request a mistrial. Those who knew him, including his ex-wife Janice Poissant Farmer, rejected the idea Castor killed himself. "As horrible as it makes me feel, this is goodbye, Mom. The jury deliberated for three days before coming back with a guilty verdict. 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. 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.. But she was the one who did this," Wallace said. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. 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. [3], "In 2005, people started to put it together," Cayuga County Sheriff Dave Gould said. In September 2007, Stacey attempted to frame her daughter Ashley for killing both of her deceased husbands. 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. 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.. Once Ashley returned home from picking Bree up from school, her father seemed unresponsive and was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 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 . She said, I hope somebody hurts her in the way that she hurt meI hope she never gets to have her freedom ever again. [2] In 1991, they had a second daughter, Bree. Her mother was. In August 2005, Castor called emergency services to report that her husband David had locked himself in his bedroom and that she was worried for his safety. [3] They listened in on phone calls for any unusual conversations. [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. He sought medical attention, with his doctor noting that he may have an inner ear disorder. While the authorities initially ruled it a suicide, they later learned Stacey was responsible for poisoning David. [3] During one of the wiretapped recordings presented, "typing sounds" can be heard while Castor talks to a friend, though Castor denied memory of using the computer that day. [3] Ashley's sister left her side for a moment and when she returned, she found a suicide note[11] beside Ashley. [2] [3] The couple married and had their first daughter, Ashley, in 1988. Even though I do hate her, I still love her at the same time.. She was convicted of second-degree murder of David Castor, attempted murder of her daughter, and forging David Castor's will. Ashley agreed because Castor was not only her mother but her "best friend". [4] Castor was the owner of an air conditioning installation and repair company, and Stacey served as his office manager. 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. Ashley testified against her mother Ashley Wallace Castor Age Aug. 16 2003: Castor marries her second husband. She's focused on moving forward. While two cases were being presented to the jury - her second husband David Castors death and the attempted murder of her daughter Ashley Wallace, attorneys were also allowed to present evidence from Michael Wallace's death. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? But she tried to kill me instead. 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. 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