Lana and Steven Clayton

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?

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Today’s snack: Breton Water Crackers and Pimento Cheese

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 
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