Chapter 24: The Antifreeze Murders Part: 1

Stacey Castor: Daughter, mother, wife, widow, wife.....widow? Stacey had a good life married to her husband, Michael Wallace. until Michael died at 38 of a heart attack due to his bad heart and substance abuse issues, according to Stacey. She finds love, again, in David Castor, 5 years after burying Michael, tragedy strikes again in the form of David committing suicide and poor Stacey is left alone again. it was truly a horrible, tragic situation, but there's one person that isn't buying it. One husband dying is terrible, but two in 5 years? Suspicious.

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