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S.C. nurse who fatally poisoned husband with eye drops: I just wanted him to suffer
Lana Clayton says she didn t mean to kill her millionaire husband when she poured a lethal dose of an over-the-counter eye medication into his drinking water. 2021 Mar 13
Lana Clayton said she found her husband Steve Clayton dead at the bottom of a staircase in their South Carolina home. The businessman, who created physical therapy clinics, had been married to his wife for five years when he died.
Initially, the coroner s office ruled Clayton died from a possible heart attack. However, Clayton s nephew, Nick French, a police officer in a nearby town, noticed something was odd about Lana s behavior when he rushed to the mansion to console her.
Lake Wylie homicide case to be featured in Saturday 48 Hours episode
Lake Wylie homicide case to be featured in Saturday 48 Hours episode By Kristi O Connor | March 12, 2021 at 3:53 PM EST - Updated March 12 at 7:05 PM
LAKE WYLIE, S.C. (WBTV) - CBSâs 48 Hours will explore a 2018 Lake Wylie homicide in which a woman is convicted of killing her husband by poisoning his drink with eye drops.
WBTV covered the investigation from its beginning, to when 53-year-old Lana Clayton pleaded guilty in 2020, and was sent to prison for 25 years.
Saturday night, Peter Van Sant and 48 Hours explores the use of tetrahydrozoline, a chemical found in eye drops, as a murder weapon. And, how Steve Claytonâs murder nearly went undetected.
March 12, 2021 / 8:41 AM / CBS NEWS Mario Muñoz/ Muñoz Photography
After a millionaire is poisoned with eye drops, his death is ruled a homicide. Did this inspire a copycat crime?
Lana and Steve Clayton had been married for five years, and were living in Lake Wylie, S.C. According to Steve s family they had a loving marriage.
Mount Vernon Replica CBS News
The Clayton s lived on waterfront property in this home, modeled after President George Washington s Mount Vernon Estate.
A Horrifying Discovery Willy Thompson/York County Solicitor s Office
On Saturday July 21, 2018, Lana Clayton says she walked inside after mowing the lawn and discovered her husband unresponsive at the bottom of these stairs.