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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.
Case of York County nurse who killed husband with eye drops to be on CBS 48 Hours
York County eye drop homicide featured on 48 hours By Andrew Dys | March 12, 2021 at 7:43 AM EST - Updated March 12 at 10:21 AM
The 48 Hours show on CBS will air the episode Saturday night, the network announced in a written statement.
Lana Sue Clayton, 54, is serving 25 years in a South Carolina prison after pleaded guilty in January 2020 to voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 poisoning death of her husband, Steven Clayton.
Lana Sue Clayton, a nurse who worked for Veterans Affairs, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter after she was originally charged with murder. Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor Kevin Brackett, York County’s top prosecutor, is expected to be featured in the 48 Hours show.
30 Days on a Chain Gang: 60 Years Later
Part 1: 30 Days on a Chain Gang: 60 Years Later By Steve Crump | January 28, 2021 at 10:07 PM EST - Updated January 29 at 8:57 PM
ROCK HILL, S.C. (WBTV) - It happened 60 years ago this coming Sunday.
Bold risks were aggressively carried out by a so-called new generation following one of our nationâs most memorable inaugurations.
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President John F. Kennedy took over the reins of power on Jan. 20 of 1961, and 11 days later on Jan. 31, all hell broke loose less than 30 miles south of Charlotte in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Willie McCleod, member of Rock Hillâs Friendship Nine, passes away at 76 Willie McCleod (Source: WBTV File) By Steve Crump and WBTV Web Staff | January 1, 2021 at 1:18 PM EST - Updated January 1 at 7:56 PM
ROCK HILL, S.C. (WBTV) - Willie McCleod, one of the surviving members of the Friendship Nine, has passed away at the age of 76.
McCleod was one of nine students from Rock Hillâs Friendship College that were arrested, went to jail, and served 30 days on a chain gang for sitting at an all-whites lunch counter inside the local McCroryâs store in 1961.
Rather than pay the fine, they took the time - and pioneered the âJail, No Bailâ concept, which was widely used in the Civil Rights movement.