Monument to Murder- David Castor

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When police respond to a welfare check in a quiet New York neighborhood, they expect a simple call. Instead, they find a locked bedroom door, two glasses on a nightstand, and a man lying cold on the bed. It looks like suicide. But as detectives dig deeper, they uncover a second tragedy in the same small family — and a pattern that’s far too precise to be coincidence.

This is the story of David Castor, and the investigation that would expose one of the most chilling cases in upstate New York history.

Sources Cited

• ABC News – “Black Widow Stacey Castor Sentenced to More Than 50 Years” (March 2009)
• ABC’s 20/20 – “Black Widow” episode (2009)
• NY Daily News – “Woman Gets 50 Years in Antifreeze Murder” (March 6, 2009)
• Syracuse.com – Onondaga County trial coverage (2008–2009)
• Murderpedia – “Stacey Castor” case file
• Court transcripts and sentencing coverage (Judge Anthony Aloi, Onondaga County Court, 2009)
• Victim Impact Statement – Ashley Wallace (March 5, 2009)
• https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=7394363&page=1
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090311052333/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/03/06/2009-03-06_woman_gets_50_years_in_antifreeze_murder.html
• https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/castor-stacey.htm