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On a hot South Carolina afternoon in July, 2018, Lana Clayton frantically flagged down a passerby. She told him her husband, Steven Clayton, had fallen down the stairs and she feared he was dead. The initial investigation concluded that Steven had a heart attack. But Steven’s relatives felt like something wasn’t right, and pushed for an autopsy. Would the truth emerge before it was too late?

Original Love Marry Kill air date: 12/23/2024

Sources:

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lana-steve-clayton-eye-drop-poison-suffer-48-hours/

• https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-sentenced-25-years-prison-poisoning-husbands-drinking/story?id=68330116

• Autopsy: The Last Hours of… S13.E18, “Mysterious Death of Steven Clayton”

• Accident, Suicide or Murder. S4.E13, “Drop by Drop”

• https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/heraldonline/name/steven-clayton-obituary?id=9605586 

• https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2019/07/20/philanthropist-steven-d-clayton-laid-to-rest-a-year-after-his-death/ 

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S235200782200155X 

• Dys, Andrew. “York Co. woman confesses to poisoning husband, charged with murder.” The Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina), Sep 1, 2018, p. A1.

• Dys, Andrew. “Police: Wife charged in husband’s death tried suicide.” The Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina), Sep 6, 2018, p. A1.

• Dys, Andrew. “‘16 incident gets a new review.” The Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina), Sep 12, 2018, p. A1.

• Dys, Andrew. “Accused wife says she can’t pay for lawyer.” The Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina), Oct 10, 2018, p. A1.

• Dys, Andrew. “Woman pleads guilty in Visine poisoning death of husband.” The Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina), Jan 17, 2020, p. A1.