40 Facts About Stacey Castor

Stacey Ruth Castor was an American convicted murderer from Weedsport, New York.

The story made national news, and Stacey Castor was named the "Black Widow" by media outlets.

Stacey Castor was born Stacey Daniels in Clay, New York, on July 24,1967.

Stacey Castor met her first husband, Michael Wallace, in 1984 when she was 17.

Stacey Castor was employed by an ambulance dispatch company, while Wallace worked nights as a mechanic, but the family had little money.

In 2003, Stacey married David Castor, whose surname she used from that point forward.

One afternoon in August 2005, Stacey Castor called the Onondaga County sheriff's office to tell them that her husband had locked himself in their bedroom following an argument and had not been seen nor heard from for the past day, claiming he was depressed.

Detectives reasoned that if Stacey Castor were truly genuine about her love for her late husbands, then she would eventually visit their graves.

In September 2007, Stacey Castor panicked as suspicion mounted over the deaths of her husbands.

Bree demanded that help be sought, and Stacey Castor made the 911 call.

Stacey Castor quickly took the note and later gave it to paramedics.

Stacey Castor told the officers that she did not write the note and was confused about their questions.

Stacey Castor 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.

Stacey Castor had wanted to collect on their life insurance and estates, and had changed David's will to exclude his son by a previous marriage from the money left to him by David.

Stacey Castor repeated that she only drank the "nasty-tasting" beverage because she trusted her mother.

Stacey Castor maintained her innocence in the murders and denied writing of the suicide note.

Stacey Castor maintained that it was Ashley who murdered Wallace and David although she would not speculate about motives beyond implying that her daughter was mentally ill.

Fitzpatrick pointed out that Stacey Castor had never sought therapy for Ashley and that Ashley had never exhibited signs of mental illness.

Stacey Castor did not seek care for Ashley for seventeen hours and indicated that David, who was staggering and vomiting and unable to stand, "looked OK".

Fitzpatrick frequently shouted at Stacey Castor, causing Keller to frequently object and even request a mistrial.

Prosecutors argued that these typing sounds were those of one of the several drafts Stacey Castor had written of the suicide note.

Fitzpatrick claimed this was the day Stacey Castor wrote the note, which had her fingerprints but not Ashley's, to frame her daughter.

Stacey Castor told the jury about the word antifreeze being written as "anti-free" in four places within the note and noted that Castor had said "anti-free" during an interview.

Stacey Castor said she had cut herself off while saying "antifreeze" because she had intended to say something else.

On February 5,2009, Stacey Castor was found guilty of second-degree murder in the poisoning death of David and of attempted second degree murder for overdosing Ashley.

Stacey Castor had her eyes closed as the verdicts were read.

Keller announced that she would appeal the verdict, including challenging the inclusion of evidence regarding the death of Wallace, for which Stacey Castor had not been charged.

On March 5,2009, at Stacey Castor's sentencing, Garvey asked Judge Fahey to impose the maximum consecutive sentences because of the brutality of David's death.

Further, she criticized how Stacey Castor had "partied in her backyard with friends like nothing was happening" as Ashley was comatose in her room.

Stacey Castor sentenced her to the maximum of twenty-five years to life for the murder of David, and to an additional twenty-five years for the attempt to kill Ashley.

For forging David's will, he ordered Stacey Castor to serve an additional 1.

Stacey Castor said that "Ashley brought this on" and insists that she and Ashley know what really happened.

Stacey Castor indicated that her mother, stepfather and some other relatives still supported her.

Stacey Castor 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 Castor.

Stacey Castor said that this theme had been repeated fourteen times within the note and that he believed Castor would never admit guilt.

Stacey Castor described Castor as a "black widow" type rather than a typical serial killer.

Stacey Castor stated 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.

The DA pointed out that Stacey 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.

Stacey Castor was found dead in her cell on the morning of June 11,2016.

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.