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. Ashley felt tired after that and went to sleep in her bedroom. Ashley testified against her mother Ashley Wallace Castor Age [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. [3] Castor said that they had been through enough emotional stress and needed to relax. When the authorities questioned Ashley about the forged suicide note and the deaths of her father and stepfather, she maintained her innocence. During her mother's trial, Ashley reads an emotional statement to the judge. [19] She indicated that her mother, stepfather and some other relatives still support her. Sweet!. [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. Dubbed the "Black Widow," Castor was convicted of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and forging her husband's will in 2009. 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. [2][3] The couple married and had their first daughter, Ashley, in 1988. I was 11! It wasnt until September 2007 that Ashley had police tell her the shocking news that her father had died of poisoning and not a heart attack. How Did Michael Wallace and David Castor Die. Detective Dominick Spinelli remained skeptical and began an investigation that would last two years. The following day, Stacey made her another drink. 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. Deputy testifies in Castor trial ' The authorities believed that Stacey tried to kill her daughter and shift the blame onto her. The jurors also heard Friday from Ashley Wallace's boyfriend, Matthew Gandino. Update 2:50 p.m.: For . I asked Stacey, Do you remember which glass it was that you poured the cranberry juice in? and she looked at it and said, Well, when I poured the anti-free-- I and then she stopped and said, I mean-- I mean, the cranberry juice.. The . "I did not try to kill my daughter, period, and I will never say that I did, ever.". When she awoke, Ashley said that the last thing she remembered was her mother making her a drink. "[19] Both of Castor's daughters expressed concern that their mother had not yet apologized to them. 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. Three months after Castors death, Spinelli reached out to nearby Cayuga County investigators about the death of Michael Wallace to learn more. "She was. Stacey was responsible for poisoning David. [3] In a final attempt to convince the jury that she was not guilty, Castor took the stand. Here's what you need to know. "I would not be as far in life as I am if I gave up and turned to drugs or alcohol," Wallace says. [13] Fitzpatrick claimed this was the day Castor wrote the note, which had Castor's fingerprints but not Ashley's, to frame her daughter. As hard as you tried, I survived and I will survive because now I'm surrounded by people that love me. [2] [3] The couple married and had their first daughter, Ashley, in 1988. [4] Their daughter Ashley was 12 at the time and had been alone with him. 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. Investigators decided to exhume the body of Michael Wallace and examine him to see if his organs contained those telltale crystals associated with antifreeze. [3] The investigators soon felt the only way to prove Castor responsible for both homicides was to have Wallace's body exhumed. She once recalled, Wed just go for a ride in the car, you know? He testified Stacey Castor seemed to be trying to keep him from trying to contact Ashley the afternoon and evening of Sept. 13, 2007. "As horrible as this makes me feel, mom, this is goodbye." Ashley Wallace. While Ashley continued on her journey of healing, she talked about struggling with how the trauma affected her. [16], The trial had lasted for four weeks. Michael Wallace is seen here at his wedding. [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. Your parents just gave you permission to drink. Hey there, welcome to my channel. Are Janelle, Christine and Meri Suing Kody Over Money From Coyote Pass? Stacey Castor was born on July 24, 1967, in Clay, New York. That's the closest I've ever come to a brush with the law. [24] He said that this theme was repeated fourteen times within the note and that he believes Castor will never admit to guilt of the murders. 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. However, when his corpse was exhumed for a toxicology screening years later, investigators revealed that he was killed through antifreeze poisoning. [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. 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. A Stressful Trial Comes to an End. [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. But Bree said her mother had a key to the bedroom door that she used at least twice that weekend. All these things, she took away from me," Wallace said at the opening of her victim impact statement. [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. But whats the real deal? Sept. 12 2007: Ashley Wallace goes drinking with mom. 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. 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. Aug. 16 2003: Castor marries her second husband. 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). By then, Stacey had married David Castor, who passed away in August 2005 after ingesting antifreeze. You can check out the video here. [17] Prosecutors argued the "typing sounds" were those of one of the several drafts Castor had written of the suicide note. Today, Wallace lives in New York, and is engaged to be married. [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. 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Police found a glass of green liquid on the bedside table next to where David Castor was found dead. [2][3], Castor was employed by an ambulance dispatch company, while Wallace worked nights as a mechanic, but the family had little money. 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. I dont know what it is yet, but Im sure Ill find out. Her first victim was her first husband Michael Wallace, who she married in 1998. That bothers me, it is so confusing. She claimed she last spoke to him at 5 a.m. Sunday when he locked her out of the bedroom. 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). Tonight, ABC News 20/20 will investigate the Black Widow murderer, whose real name is Stacey Castor. [2], Stacey, the daughter of Jerry Daniels and Judie Eaton, met Michael Wallace when she was 17, in 1985, and they bonded immediately. 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. Ashley had harsh words for her mother after her sentencing. "She always wanted to be a paralegal or a lawyer." 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. According to ABC News, Castor never saw her daughters again. Soon after, however, investigators found Staceys DNA on a turkey baster that had Castors DNA on it, as well. 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. 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. Although Wallace's sister was skeptical and requested an autopsy for Wallace, Castor refused, saying she believed the doctors were correct. But she tried to kill me instead. Surveillance cameras were set up at the gravesite where Michael Wallace and David Castor were buried. In 2003, three years after Wallaces death, Stacey married David Castor. 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. In Touch Weekly is part of the a360media Entertainment Group.Copyright a360media 2023. Gandino also testified Ashley had never talked about trying to commit suicide before. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Castor told Diane Leshinski, then-detective with the Onondaga Sheriffs Office, that she assumed he was sleeping it off. Stacey and Michael married in April 1990, but over time, the relationship crumbled. Castor never saw her daughters again. And I will survive because now I'm survived by people who love me," Wallace said, while her mother looked on. 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. Powered by. So, to be arrested and handcuffed, I was terrified. I cannot believe Stacey has it in her to kill two men. 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. 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 Wallace. 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