http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Cayuga-Co-DA-sheriff-lining-up-case-against-Castor/yUV7UZWKp0iSQr5BY8F0-w.cspxThis Article is interesting in that it follows a case from the begining to the end. You will need to read the Reply to read the complete article. Cayuga Co. DA, sheriff lining up case against Castor
Stacey Castor looks on as she is led from the courtroom after being found guilty on all counts
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Syracuse, New York (WSYR-TV) - Just one day after being found guilty of trying to kill her daughter and killing her second husband, investigators in another county are lining up a case against Stacey Castor for the death of her first husband.
Cayuga County's district attorney and sheriff were just waiting for an Onondaga County jury to issue a verdict before starting in on their own murder case against Castor.
DA John Budelmann and Sheriff David Gould both say now that the Castor family has its justice, it's time for the Wallace family to get the same.
"We have a responsibility to go back and whoever murdered Michael Wallace should be held responsible for that,” says Budelmann.
Sheriff Gould says some of the evidence in the Onondaga County trial will help them make their case that Castor killed her first husband.
Budelmann and Gould plan to meet with Onondaga County prosecutors and investigators likely next week.
Stacey Castor will be back in Onondaga County Court on March 5 for sentencing for murder, attempted murder and forging a will.
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Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - Sobs filled the courtroom as the verdict was read aloud; guilty on all counts for Stacey Castor. A jury of 10 women and two men found the 41-year-old Town of Clay woman guilty of poisoning her husband with antifreeze and then trying to kill and frame her daughter for the death.
After pouring over the evidence over the last four days, the jury found the mother of two guilty of murder for killing her husband David Castor in August 2005 by poisoning him with Anti-freeze. She faces 25 years to life in prison.
The jury also found Castor guilty of attempted murder for trying to kill her 20-year-old daughter, Ashley Wallace, with an overdose of drugs and vodka in September 2007. Castor wrote a phony suicide note to make it look like it was Wallace’s dying confession to killing her stepfather and her father. She could be sentenced to another 25 years for that crime.
Castor was also found guilty of filing a forged instrument. That was for falsifying David Castor's will.
Castor, who faces 25 years to life for the 2005 murder of her husband, plus a consecutive 25 for the 2007 attempted murder of her daughter, will be sentenced March 5.
Family Reaction
Janice Poissant, David Castor's ex-wife, and her son, David Castor, Jr., react outside the courtroom.
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Stacey Castor remained stone-faced while the verdict was read, but it was her own daughters, and David Castor's family who were most emotional.
Among those whose reactions were being watched closely were Stacey Castor's daughters, Ashley and Bree Wallace. The prosecution said Ashley Wallace’s testimony was key to leading to her mother’s conviction. Ashley Wallace sat crying and hugging family and friends as Castor was placed in handcuffs.
She left the courthouse Thursday, visibly shaken; her representative said she would comment soon.
David Castor’s son and his family were also overcome with emotion when the verdict was read. Tears of relief quickly converted to smiles and a sense of satisfaction - knowing the woman who took David Castor's life will pay for her crime. “All that waiting outside and all that tension. That few minutes waiting for the verdict. It was all that and more,” said David Castor Jr. outside court.
Janice Poissant, David Castor's ex-wife said “There are no other words right now than guilty, guilty, guilty. Justice has prevailed and she's going where she belongs.”
The family said no penalty is too great.
Jury Reaction
Members of the Stacey Castor jury discuss the case with members of the media.
RAW Video: Jury Discusses Castor VerdictThe tremendous weight of the decision was not at all lost on any of the men and women who sat in the jury box for almost the last month; with so many lives already affected, jurors said they weren't going to rush into a verdict. “We wanted to make sure that we based our decision on the evidence and so that we could come back to our own lives and be able to sleep at night and know that the decision we made we're all comfortable with and I personally can't imagine what any of those families are going through,” said Mary Frances Sabin, a member of the jury.
"We had the room covered as we called it our war room and we sat there and looked at every single piece of evidence,” said Nadine Holmes.
The prosecution had said the most key piece of physical evidence was the note found in Ashley Wallace's room the morning of her overdose. "What was written in it was important, but you still wanted to know who had the opportunity to write it Ashley or Stacey,” said juror. Paul Barbagallo
While jurors said they carefully sorted through all the testimony and evidence, at least a few said they definitely took note of Stacey Castor's demeanor in the courtroom and on the stand. “I for one did not think she was believable on the stand, I definitely did not,” Janet Fureno said.
"I can't even imagine how going through this whole ordeal no matter who's guilty you can have no emotions, no sadness, no anger, no nothing that effected me a lot,” said juror Patti Lenweaver-Salce.
In the end jurors said it was the entirety of the evidence in the case put into a timeline that pointed at Stacey Castor. "Every time there was a time or a date or what anyone said we wrote it down starting at whatever time in the morning or afternoon or evening that testimony was from and went and just filled in the blanks,” said juror Nadine Holmes.
“His [Chuck Keller's] closing was all inclusive and was an extremely good capture of everything that happened for the three and a half weeks but once you really examined all the evidence and everything and the timelines it just did not support it." said juror Cindy Biegley.
“We definitely took our time we went through every possible aspect of the trial, we looked at everything,” Barbagallo said.
Cayuga Co. to prosecute Castor for first husband’s murder
Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann
Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann says Thursday’s guilty verdict by an Onondaga County jury in the Stacey Castor is an important step for Cayuga County’s legal proceedings against her.
Budelmann says Onondaga County’s case was further along than Cayuga County’s, so he agreed to let Onondaga prosecute their case first. Budelmann says now that the first case has been successfully resolved, Cayuga County can move forward on their case, and intends to.
Budelmann says the county has an open homicide with the death of Stacey Castor's first husband, Michael Wallace. Tests show he had anti freeze and rat poison in his system when he died.
Cayuga County Sheriff Dave Gould says he will meet with Budelmann next week and shortly after that he'll meet with Onondaga County D.A. Bill Fitzpatrick and Sheriff Kevin Walsh.
Both Budelmann and Gould expect legal action to happen within the next couple of months.
Stacey Castor Trial Archive Video
RAW Video: Castor Guilty Verdict 2/5/09
http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=251489@video.wixt.com&navCatId=5Stacey Castor was found guilty of the murder
of her husband, the attempted murder of
her daughter, and offering a false instrument (forged will).
RAW Video: Jury Talks about Castor Trial 2/5/09
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the verdict, and what they thought about
as they were deliberating.
RAW Video: Prosecution Reaction 2/5/09
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the Stacey Castor Verdict.
RAW Video: Defense Reaction 2/5/09
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client Stacey Castor.
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members outside the Stacey Castor Courtroom
at the Onondaga County Courthouse.
Closing Arguments (2/2/09)
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spent about 2 1/2 hours delivering his closing
arguments to the jury Monday.
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Stacey Castor on the Stand (1/29 - 1/30/09)
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Wednesday, February 4th
Day 3 of Jury Deliberations
Stacey Castor waits for the prosecution to begin presenting their opening statements, Tuesday, January 13th, 2009.
Stacey Castor Trial: Day 3 Of Deliberations 2/4/09 http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=251470@video.wixt.com&navCatId=5Jury continues deliberations in Castor trial 2/4/09 http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=251464@video.wixt.com&navCatId=5Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – The jury in the Stacey Castor trial spent about a half-hour in the courtroom Wednesday for another readback.
The jury asked to hear the testimony from Frank Brackin, the crime lab computer expert for the prosecution. They also wanted a readback of the testimony of Gerald Grant, a computer expert for the defense.
The testimony jurors heard Wednesday from the computer experts revolved around the suicide note that had been typed up shortly before Castor’s daughter Ashley Wallace suffered a drug overdose; the prosecution’s computer expert testified that the last time either of the two suicide note fragments found on the Castors’ home computer were accessed was at 2:27 p.m. on September 12, 2007 – two days before Wallace’s overdose.
On that day, Wallace wasn’t home at that time; she was at college, and her mother picked her up at about 3:30 that afternoon.
The jury also heard a portion of the defense's computer expert who was able to say the last time anything was printed on that computer was around 9:30 that night.
The jury also listened to a phone call Stacey Castor made to a friend of hers, Dane Coleman, in which noise sounding like typing was audible in the background.
After spending the rest of the day deliberating, the jury broke for the day around 4:30pm.
Stacey Castor, of Clay, faces a maximum of 25 years to life if convicted of second-degree murder in the August 2005 death of her husband David.
The 41-year-old woman also is accused of trying to kill her 21-year-old daughter, Ashley Wallace, with an overdose of drugs and vodka in September 2007.
Prosecutors also say Castor killed her first husband, Michael Wallace, in 2000, but she hasn't been charged with his death.
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Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - The jury spent about an hour in the courtroom Tuesday afternoon asking for a readback from two cell phone company representatives.
The jury wanted to know how many phone calls Stacey Castor made to David Castor on the day he died.
They also heard portions of Ashley Wallace and Bree Wallace’s testimony about their whereabouts on the weekend David Castor died.
The jury then had the court play back a phone call Stacey Castor made to Clay Police on Monday August 22nd, the day David Castor died. On the tape, Stacey was asking for an officer to come over and check on David because he was locked in his room. The call lasted approximately five minutes.
RAW Video: Defense Closing Arguments 2/2/09 http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=251390@video.wixt.com&navCatId=5RAW Video: Prosecution Closing Arguments 2/2/09 http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=251399@video.wixt.com&navCatId=5Deliberations begin in Castor trial 2/2/09 http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=251400@video.wixt.com&navCatId=5Stacey Castor Trial: Deliberations Begin 2/2/09 http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=251409@video.wixt.com&navCatId=5Closing Arguments; Jury Begins DeliberationsSyracuse (WSYR-TV) – After three weeks of testimony, A 10-woman, two-man Onondaga County Court jury has begun deliberating the fate of 41-year-old Stacey Castor of Clay.
Monday's deliberations are expected to continue until 4:30 p.m.
The lawyers spent much of the day giving their closing arguments in the case against a central New York woman accused of killing her two husbands with antifreeze and trying to kill her daughter in a scheme to cover up the murders.
Defense lawyer Charles Keller spent around two-and-a-half hours Monday morning trying to convince jurors that Stacey Castor was not the woman behind the murder of her husband. Keller brought up evidence, and argued that Castor’s daughter, Ashley Wallace, was responsible for the crime spree. Keller spent much of his time speaking with the jury poking holes in the prosecution’s case, and attacking the investigators involved with the case.
Following lunch, District Attorney William Fitzpatrick spent around an hour recounting the evidence presented in the case, and attacking the character of Castor. He asked the jury to dismiss Keller’s arguments, saying the abundance of evidence pointed to Castor’s guilt.
Castor faces a maximum of 25 years to life if convicted of second-degree murder in the August 2005 death of her husband David.
She is also accused of trying to kill her 21-year-old daughter, Ashley Wallace, with an overdose of drugs and vodka in September 2007.
Prosecutors also say Castor killed her first husband, Michael Wallace, in 2000, but she hasn't been charged with his death.
Fitzpatrick Grills Stacey Castor
District Attorney William Fitzpatrick cross-examines Stacey Castor.
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Fitzpatrick accused Castor of being the woman who poisoned her daughter. "You were typing the suicide note to frame your daughter, weren't you?" Fitzpatrick questioned. Castor replied No. Castor added that she didn't see her daughter write the suicide note, “She must have written it when I wasn't around,” Castor testified.
Castor remained very calm during most of her testimony, even at points when District Attorney Fitzpatrick raised his voice while questioning her.
Defense Attorney Chuck Keller asked for a mistrial because he couldn’t call David Castor’s first wife and friends to discuss David’s suicidal tendencies. Keller said it prevents his client to put on a defense. The judge denied that request.
Following a short redirect, Keller rested his case.
The jury was sent home for the weekend; closing arguments will begin at 9am Monday morning. The judge will then give the jury instructions for their deliberations.
Defense Questions Stacey Castor
Stacey Castor took the stand in her own defense Thursday morning. Castor faces a maximum of 25 years to life if convicted of second-degree murder in the August 2005 death of her husband David. She's also accused of trying to kill her 21-year-old daughter, Ashley Wallace,
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Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – Stacey Castor took the stand in her own defense Thursday, and denied killing her husband David Castor, and trying to kill her daughter Ashley Wallace to frame her for the murder.
The 41-year-old Castor, of Clay, faces a maximum of 25 years to life if convicted of second-degree murder in the August 2005 death of her husband David. She's also accused of trying to kill her 21-year-old daughter, Ashley Wallace, with an overdose of drugs and vodka in September 2007.
Defense attorney Charles Keller spent five hours questioning Castor about the events in her life that led up to the death of her first husband, Michael Wallace, the death of her second husband, David Castor, and the attempted murder of Ashley Wallace.
"Did you kill David Castor by poisoning him with antifreeze?" Keller asked.
"No, I did not," Castor replied.
"Did you try to murder your daughter by poisoning her with alcohol and pills and trying to frame her for the murders of David Castor and Michael Wallace?" Keller asked.
"Absolutely not," Castor replied.
The defense's strategy has been to point the finger at Ashley Wallace, Castor's daughter, as the real killer.
Stacey made sure to tell jurors how upset she was the morning of Ashley's overdose; she told them about finding the note in Ashley's room and, thinking her daughter tried to commit suicide, she called it one of the most devastating moments of her life.
Much of Castor’s time on the stand was spent going almost minute by minute through some of the key moments of the case, like the weekend David Castor died, and the days leading up to Ashley's overdose.
More than once Castor’s testimony contradicted the testimony given by her daughter on day one of the trial. Ashley had told jurors her mom gave her a Smirnoff Ice in a cup two days before her overdose, and that it tasted bitter.
Castor says she handed Ashley a bottle – not a cup -- of Smirnoff Ice; Castor also told jurors she never gave Ashley an Ambien, a sleeping pill, later that night, as Ashley testified she did.
Castor denied working on the computer in her home on the day the prosecution claims she was working on the suicide note that was later found on her daughter’s bed. She also denied giving her daughter Ashley any vodka or pills the day she was rushed to the hospital with an overdose.
Earlier in the day, a defense toxicology expert, Dr. Francis Gengo, told the jury Ashley Wallace's story of consuming an alcoholic drink from the afternoon of Sept. 13, 2007, is not consistent with test results done when she was hospitalized for an overdose. Gerald Grant, a defense computer expert, testified he could not tell when the suicide note was printed from the Castor computer, or how it was printed. The defense is trying to discredit the prosecution’s computer expert who testified earlier in the trial.
Wednesday, January 28thSyracuse (WSYR-TV) - Jurors in the Stacey Castor trial had their shortest day since the trial began. After a short conference between lawyers, the judge sent the jury home for the day. We also learned Stacey Castor may take the stand.
Our courtroom reporter, Jeff Kulikowsky, says defense lawyer Charles Keller wanted to called Lynn Pulaski to the stand, to re-question her about her testimony delivered earlier in the trial. She testified she lied about seeing David Castor sign his will. The judge ruled she could not take the stand again.
During the conference at the bench, Keller and District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick appeared to be in heated discussions over whether or not Castor herself was going to testify. Keller could be heard saying he didn’t want to have her testify today; Fitzpatrick was trying to force Judge Fahey to have Castor testify today, or not at all.
Fahey did not force Keller to call any witnesses, and sent the jury home for the day. It’s unclear if Castor will testify Thursday. The defense is expected to call a computer expert, and toxicologist. Closing arguments could be delivered by the end of the week.
January 27, 2009:
District Attorney William Fitzpatrick questions a defense witnesses about Stacey Castor's suicide note, Tuesday, January 27, 2009.
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Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – It may have been the most tense day in the Stacey Castor murder trial to date, as the defense watched the credibility of some of its witnesses shredded in front of the jury. It started off as a rough day for the defense as prosecutors began with cross examination of their first witness; it ended even rougher when Stacey Castor's fiancé took the stand.
Castor is accused of killing her husband David with antifreeze in 2005 and trying to kill her daughter two years later to cover it up.
The latest blow to Castor’s case came when her fiancée admitted on the stand to lying to the Grand Jury about the discovery of an incriminating pill bottle in Castor's home after her arrest in September 2007.
The admission came as District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick was cross-examining Michael Ochsner, Castor’s fiancée. Ochsner denied that Castor told him anything about keeping the discovered pill bottle from being shown to anybody. The prosecutor then played for the jury a phone conversation between Ochsner from the jail. On the tape, Ochsner is heard telling Castor about finding the bottle hidden in the linen closet at her home. Castor replied, "Don't give that to anybody."
“You lied to this jury minutes ago in this courtroom,” Fitzpatrick attacked, while questioning Ochsner about the pill bottle. Fitzpatrick got Ochsner to admit to lying to two Grand Juries, and again during his initial testimony in court Tuesday. “I asked you if you lied to the grand jury in December 08 and you told this jury, no I didn't lie to the Grand Jury,” Fitzpatrick angrily questioned. Ochsner responded that he “misspoke” and apologized.
Fitzpatrick continued his grilling of Ochsner, sarcastically replying, “You're a drunk! You're a racist! You're a perjurer! You're going to make someone quite a catch, aren't you?"
Earlier in the day, the prosecution went after a linguistic expert who claimed Stacey Castor's writing was not consistent with the suicide note in her murder case. was undergoing an intense cross-examination by the prosecution Tuesday morning. An intense cross-examination by District Attorney William Fitzpatrick followed. He pointed out all the similarities between Stacey Castor’s writing in some personal letters, with the writing in the suicide note.
Before adjourning for lunch, Castor’s defense team asked to call Ashley Wallace back onto the stand, to question her about her anger toward her mother’s boyfriends. Wallace had been arrested for harassing Castor’s current boyfriend since her mother’s arrest. Judge Fahey denied their request.
Stacey Castor’s mother, Judy Eaton, was called to the stand following the lunch break. She told jurors there was some tension between Wallace and her stepfather. When Eaton said that Wallace did not like the way her stepfather, David Castor, had touched her in an inappropriate way, the prosecution objected. After a brief conference between the lawyers and Judge Fahey, the Judge told the jury to disregard the question. District Attorney William Fitzpatrick and the prosecution chose not to cross-examine Eaton.
Ashley Wallace’s former boyfriend was called to the stand; he told the jury Wallace had discussed committing suicide because of problems she was having at home with her stepfather. The prosecution had asked the judge to prevent his testimony from being allowed. In one of the few victories for the defense Tuesday, Judge Fahey decided the testimony could be allowed in.
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