1 00:00:01,836 --> 00:00:11,543 ♪ 2 00:00:11,645 --> 00:00:13,812 Narrator: THIS IS THE STORY OF A SUCCESSFUL 3 00:00:13,914 --> 00:00:15,748 AND GENEROUS BUSINESSMAN... 4 00:00:15,850 --> 00:00:17,349 HELLO, HELLO, HELLO. 5 00:00:17,451 --> 00:00:20,519 ...WHO MEETS A NURSE WITH A HEART AS BIG AS HIS OWN... 6 00:00:20,621 --> 00:00:22,154 [ LAUGHTER ] 7 00:00:22,256 --> 00:00:23,756 SHE STRUCK ME AS BEING VERY QUIET, 8 00:00:23,858 --> 00:00:26,291 BUT VERY SWEET AND VERY NICE. 9 00:00:26,394 --> 00:00:28,994 Narrator: ...AND FALLS HEAD OVER HEELS. 10 00:00:29,096 --> 00:00:31,964 HE COULDN'T HIDE THE FEELINGS HE HAD FOR HER. 11 00:00:32,066 --> 00:00:34,666 HE WAS VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH HER. 12 00:00:34,769 --> 00:00:38,203 Narrator: BUT WHEN A SICKNESS CONSUMES THEIR MARRIAGE... 13 00:00:38,305 --> 00:00:40,005 WE JUST KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING -- 14 00:00:40,107 --> 00:00:42,307 SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG. 15 00:00:42,410 --> 00:00:45,110 Narrator: ...MONEY IS NO PROTECTION. 16 00:00:46,714 --> 00:00:49,114 THIS IS NOT A NATURAL DEATH. 17 00:00:49,216 --> 00:00:55,054 ♪ 18 00:00:55,156 --> 00:01:01,026 ♪ 19 00:01:01,128 --> 00:01:04,029 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 20 00:01:04,131 --> 00:01:07,166 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 21 00:01:13,274 --> 00:01:15,174 ♪ 22 00:01:15,276 --> 00:01:19,878 Narrator: IT'S MARCH 10th, 2007 IN MIAMI -- 23 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:24,283 A BIG DAY FOR BRIDE ROSEMARY CLAYTON AND HER FAMILY. 24 00:01:24,385 --> 00:01:28,787 SHE'S FINALLY MARRYING HER LOVE, WILLIAM LESLIE. 25 00:01:28,889 --> 00:01:32,925 THAT'S ROSIE'S OLDEST BROTHER, 52-YEAR-OLD STEVE CLAYTON, 26 00:01:33,027 --> 00:01:36,562 PROUDLY WALKING HER DOWN THE AISLE. 27 00:01:36,664 --> 00:01:40,732 11 MONTHS PRIOR TO MY WEDDING, 28 00:01:40,835 --> 00:01:42,734 WE LOST OUR DAD. 29 00:01:42,837 --> 00:01:45,537 I ASKED MY BROTHER IF HE WOULD STEP IN. 30 00:01:45,639 --> 00:01:47,806 OF COURSE THERE WAS A LOT OF TEARS. 31 00:01:47,908 --> 00:01:51,710 I COULDN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY ELSE STANDING IN PLACE FOR MY DAD. 32 00:01:51,812 --> 00:01:53,912 ♪ 33 00:01:59,687 --> 00:02:01,587 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ] 34 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:06,024 IT WAS SENTIMENTAL TO BE GATHERED AT SOMETHING SO SPECIAL 35 00:02:06,127 --> 00:02:07,993 WHERE MY DAD WASN'T PRESENT. 36 00:02:10,931 --> 00:02:13,565 Narrator: WITH THEIR FATHER'S PASSING, ROSIE'S BROTHER STEVE 37 00:02:13,667 --> 00:02:17,236 IS NOW THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY. 38 00:02:17,338 --> 00:02:19,872 AND THOUGH HE'S NEVER HAD CHILDREN OF HIS OWN, 39 00:02:19,974 --> 00:02:23,575 HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A FATHER FIGURE TO HIS SIBLINGS. 40 00:02:23,677 --> 00:02:26,612 Clayton-Leslie: WHEN MY FATHER AND MOTHER WERE MARRIED, 41 00:02:26,714 --> 00:02:29,081 STEVE WAS JUST ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS OLD. 42 00:02:29,183 --> 00:02:32,484 HE HAD THE FOUR SISTERS, AND I'M THE YOUNGEST. 43 00:02:32,586 --> 00:02:37,122 HE WAS 10 YEARS OLDER THAN ME, SO THERE REALLY WASN'T A MOMENT 44 00:02:37,224 --> 00:02:40,926 WHEN STEVE WASN'T IN MY LIFE. 45 00:02:41,028 --> 00:02:43,862 STEVE WAS MY BIG BROTHER AND HE WAS MY HERO. 46 00:02:43,964 --> 00:02:46,732 HE WAS EVERYTHING A LITTLE GIRL WOULD WANT IN A BIG BROTHER. 47 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:50,035 HE PLAYED FOOTBALL, HE WRESTLED IN HIGH SCHOOL, 48 00:02:50,137 --> 00:02:54,740 AND SO THAT REALLY MADE HIM BIGGER THAN LIFE FOR ME. 49 00:02:54,842 --> 00:02:57,543 Narrator: AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, STEVE GRADUATES COLLEGE 50 00:02:57,645 --> 00:02:59,411 WITH A DEGREE IN FINANCE. 51 00:02:59,513 --> 00:03:03,015 AND QUICKLY MATURES INTO A SHREW BUSINESSMAN. 52 00:03:04,218 --> 00:03:05,918 Clayton-Leslie: STEVE, WITH A PARTNER, STARTED A COMPANY 53 00:03:06,020 --> 00:03:08,020 CALLED PHYSICAL THERAPY RESOURCES 54 00:03:08,122 --> 00:03:12,057 THAT EVENTUALLY BECAME A NATIONAL COMPANY 55 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:15,561 WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY CENTERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 56 00:03:15,663 --> 00:03:18,764 Schillinger: STEVE AND I MET AT WORK, HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, 57 00:03:18,866 --> 00:03:20,232 AND I WAS IN THE SAME HOSPITAL, 58 00:03:20,334 --> 00:03:22,968 AND THAT'S HOW WE MET AND BECAME FRIENDS. 59 00:03:23,070 --> 00:03:26,104 French: HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND EVENTUALLY SOLD HIS INTEREST 60 00:03:26,207 --> 00:03:30,309 IN HIS BUSINESS AND BASICALLY FROM THAT POINT ON, 61 00:03:30,411 --> 00:03:31,777 HE WAS RETIRED. 62 00:03:31,879 --> 00:03:34,846 Clayton-Leslie: HIS GOAL WAS TO RETIRE AT THE AGE OF 40. 63 00:03:34,949 --> 00:03:38,050 HE MISSED IT BY ONE YEAR. HE RETIRED WHEN HE WAS 41. 64 00:03:38,152 --> 00:03:40,686 Narrator: SELLING HIS BUSINESS FREES UP STEVE 65 00:03:40,788 --> 00:03:43,055 TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS. 66 00:03:43,157 --> 00:03:46,525 AND WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS GIVE BACK. 67 00:03:46,627 --> 00:03:49,895 French: HE WOULD MENTOR SUCH A LARGE GROUP OF YOUNG MEN, 68 00:03:49,997 --> 00:03:53,365 HELPING THEM START UP A BUSINESS OR HELPING THEM 69 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:56,068 FIND OUT WHAT DIRECTION THEY WANT THEIR LIFE TO GO. 70 00:03:56,170 --> 00:04:00,105 STEVE WAS EXTREMELY GENEROUS WITH NOT ONLY HIS RESOURCES 71 00:04:00,207 --> 00:04:02,274 BUT WITH HIS TIME. 72 00:04:02,376 --> 00:04:05,077 Narrator: AND STEVE ALWAYS HAS TIME FOR HIS FAMILY. 73 00:04:07,915 --> 00:04:11,283 ROSIE FILMS AS STEVE TEASES THEIR UNCLE MAX. 74 00:04:11,385 --> 00:04:14,620 [ CONVERSING IN SPANISH ] 75 00:04:21,996 --> 00:04:23,228 OH, GOD. 76 00:04:31,071 --> 00:04:33,272 AND WHEN HIS SISTER ROSIE GETS MARRIED, 77 00:04:33,374 --> 00:04:36,308 IT'S STEVE'S GOOD HUMOR THAT MAKES HIM THE LIFE AND SOUL 78 00:04:36,410 --> 00:04:37,409 OF THE OCCASION. 79 00:04:40,414 --> 00:04:42,581 STEVE WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST GUY 80 00:04:42,683 --> 00:04:44,416 TO GET UP TO GIVE A TOAST ANYWHERE. 81 00:04:44,518 --> 00:04:45,717 HELLO, HELLO, HELLO. 82 00:04:45,819 --> 00:04:48,553 IT WAS ALWAYS AD-LIB FOR HIM FROM THE HEART. 83 00:04:48,656 --> 00:04:52,991 THIS IS MY WAY OF LIKE GETTING AWAY FROM THE EMOTIONAL STUFF. 84 00:04:53,093 --> 00:04:55,594 UM, WILLIAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 85 00:04:55,696 --> 00:04:57,529 NOT GONNA LOOK AT YOU. 86 00:04:57,631 --> 00:05:00,932 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING MY SISTER SO HAPPY, 87 00:05:01,035 --> 00:05:04,036 AND MY DAD. 88 00:05:04,138 --> 00:05:07,306 Narrator: STEVE IS NEVER ONE TO HIDE HIS EMOTIONS. 89 00:05:07,408 --> 00:05:12,611 MY DAD TOLD ME, BEFORE HE PASSED, 90 00:05:12,713 --> 00:05:17,749 TO TAKE CARE OF MY SISTER, TO HONOR YOU, 91 00:05:17,851 --> 00:05:22,287 AND...HE LOVED YOU VERY MUCH. 92 00:05:22,389 --> 00:05:24,122 I HAVE TO GET SERIOUS HERE. HANG ON. 93 00:05:24,224 --> 00:05:27,459 OKAY, COOL. ALRIGHT, I'M COOL. ALRIGHT. 94 00:05:27,561 --> 00:05:31,029 [ LAUGHS ] YOU GUYS ARE GREAT COMPANIONS, 95 00:05:31,131 --> 00:05:32,764 YOU'RE GREAT PARTNERS. 96 00:05:32,866 --> 00:05:35,767 MY SISTER, I'VE NEVER SEEN HER HAPPIER. 97 00:05:35,869 --> 00:05:37,502 Narrator: AFTER THE SPEECHES, 98 00:05:37,604 --> 00:05:41,206 STEVE STEPS UP FOR THE FATHER-DAUGHTER DANCE. 99 00:05:41,308 --> 00:05:43,342 Clayton-Leslie: HE CAME UP AND WE GOT READY TO DANCE 100 00:05:43,444 --> 00:05:46,745 AND BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTED, 101 00:05:46,847 --> 00:05:51,583 WE HAD A VERY, VERY POWERFUL MOMENT. 102 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:54,386 Narrator: A SURPRISE RECORDING OF THEIR DEARLY DEPARTED FATHER 103 00:05:54,488 --> 00:05:56,688 PLAYS OUT. 104 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:16,274 HE HAD SO MANY DUTIES THAT DAY, HE WAS MY DAD, 105 00:06:16,377 --> 00:06:19,578 HE WAS THE BEST MAN, HE WAS THE ENTERTAINMENT, 106 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,747 HE WAS THE ONE THAT KEPT EVERYONE CALM, 107 00:06:21,849 --> 00:06:24,516 KEPT EVERYONE LAUGHING. 108 00:06:24,618 --> 00:06:26,351 AND HE WAS A NATURAL AT IT. 109 00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:31,189 Narrator: DESPITE HIS SUCCESS AND CLOSE NETWORK 110 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:32,591 OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS, 111 00:06:32,693 --> 00:06:37,362 STEVE'S OWN ROMANTIC LIFE HAS BEEN ROCKY. 112 00:06:37,464 --> 00:06:39,831 Garcia: HE LOOKED FOR A PARTNER THAT WAS AS FOCUSED 113 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:45,637 AND DETERMINED AND LOVING AND CARING AS HE WAS. 114 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:50,509 AND THAT IS A TALL ORDER TO FILL. 115 00:06:50,611 --> 00:06:53,211 Narrator: NOW 52, HIS FAMILY FIGURES 116 00:06:53,313 --> 00:06:55,080 IT WILL TAKE A VERY SPECIAL PERSON 117 00:06:55,182 --> 00:06:57,015 TO SWEEP HIM OFF HIS FEET. 118 00:06:57,117 --> 00:07:00,485 I THINK STEVE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY ON A LEVEL 119 00:07:00,587 --> 00:07:04,189 HE COULD CONNECT WITH, BOTH EMOTIONALLY, INTELLECTUALLY, 120 00:07:04,291 --> 00:07:05,590 SPIRITUALLY. 121 00:07:05,692 --> 00:07:10,829 Narrator: BUT THREE YEARS LATER, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS. 122 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:15,534 IN LATE 2009, STEVE DECIDES TO LEAVE HIS HOME STATE OF FLORIDA 123 00:07:15,636 --> 00:07:18,103 FOR A CHANGE OF PACE IN NORTH CAROLINA. 124 00:07:20,007 --> 00:07:23,675 Garcia: HE REALLY LOVED BEING PHYSICAL, HE LOVED WALKING, 125 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:26,178 HE LOVED ANYTHING TO DO WITH BEING OUTDOORS, 126 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:31,550 SO WHEN HE MOVED FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO NORTH CAROLINA, 127 00:07:31,652 --> 00:07:35,454 HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OUTDOORS A LOT MORE. 128 00:07:35,556 --> 00:07:37,189 Narrator: WITHIN JUST A FEW MONTHS, 129 00:07:37,291 --> 00:07:40,725 STEVE ANNOUNCES THAT HE HAS MET SOMEONE SPECIAL. 130 00:07:42,463 --> 00:07:44,830 HE SEEMED TO HAVE A GLOW THAT HE HAD BEEN MISSING 131 00:07:44,932 --> 00:07:50,402 FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND HE WAS EXCITED. 132 00:07:50,504 --> 00:07:54,105 Narrator: HER NAME IS LANA WALSH, 12 YEARS HIS JUNIOR. 133 00:07:54,208 --> 00:07:56,675 SHE'S A NURSE WHO GREW UP IN OKLAHOMA. 134 00:07:56,777 --> 00:07:59,411 SHE STRUCK ME AS BEING VERY SWEET, VERY QUIET, 135 00:07:59,513 --> 00:08:02,180 BUT VERY SWEET, AND THIS QUIET KIND OF STOOD OUT 136 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:04,916 BECAUSE STEVE IS NOT VERY QUIET. 137 00:08:05,018 --> 00:08:07,986 French: STEVE'S PERSONALITY WAS GIGANTIC. 138 00:08:08,088 --> 00:08:10,455 SHE WAS MORE LIKE A WALLFLOWER. 139 00:08:10,541 --> 00:08:12,390 Narrator: DESPITE THEIR DIFFERENCES, 140 00:08:12,493 --> 00:08:15,427 STEVE IS SURE SHE'S THE ONE. 141 00:08:15,529 --> 00:08:19,431 THEY WERE VERY AFFECTIONATE WITH EACH OTHER, ALWAYS ARM IN ARM. 142 00:08:19,533 --> 00:08:24,903 STEVE, ALWAYS HUGGING HER, SQUEEZING HER, KISSING HER. 143 00:08:25,005 --> 00:08:27,472 Clayton-Leslie: I FELT HAPPY FOR MY BROTHER. SO, OF COURSE, 144 00:08:27,574 --> 00:08:31,543 ANYBODY THAT HE LOVED, I WAS GOING TO EMBRACE. 145 00:08:33,814 --> 00:08:35,714 Narrator: IT'S NOT LONG FOR STEVE TO ASK LANA 146 00:08:35,816 --> 00:08:37,816 TO MOVE IN WITH HIM. 147 00:08:37,918 --> 00:08:40,952 Clayton-Leslie: AFTER THEY GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER QUITE A BIT MORE, 148 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:44,022 STEVE PERSUADED HER TO COME TO CHARLOTTE 149 00:08:44,124 --> 00:08:50,195 AND, YOU KNOW, STEVE CAN BE VERY CONVINCING. 150 00:08:50,297 --> 00:08:53,548 Narrator: AND THEY ADD SOME NEW ADDITIONS TO THE FAMILY. 151 00:08:53,634 --> 00:08:55,267 Clayton-Leslie: THE FIRST DOG THAT STEVE AND LANA GOT 152 00:08:55,369 --> 00:08:58,503 WAS GUINNESS, AN ITALIAN GREYHOUND. 153 00:08:58,605 --> 00:09:00,205 THEY LOVED THE BREED. 154 00:09:00,307 --> 00:09:03,508 AND SO THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED ANOTHER ONE. 155 00:09:03,610 --> 00:09:05,877 AND HER NAME WAS SADIE. 156 00:09:05,979 --> 00:09:09,214 Narrator: WITH LANA, STEVE FINALLY FEELS HE'S FOUND 157 00:09:09,316 --> 00:09:11,416 HIS MISSING PIECE. 158 00:09:11,518 --> 00:09:15,720 STEVE ALWAYS HAD GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HER. 159 00:09:15,822 --> 00:09:18,924 YOU KNOW, HE REFERRED TO AS HIS LANA SUE. 160 00:09:19,026 --> 00:09:21,893 HE COULDN'T HIDE THE FEELINGS HE HAD FOR HER. 161 00:09:21,995 --> 00:09:23,695 HE WAS VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH HER. 162 00:09:23,797 --> 00:09:27,632 Garcia: I THINK STEVE FOUND HIMSELF WELL GROUNDED WITH LANA. 163 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:30,569 I FELT LIKE 164 00:09:30,671 --> 00:09:34,539 STEVE FOUND A CERTAIN SENSE OF PEACE WITH HER, 165 00:09:34,641 --> 00:09:36,808 Narrator: STEVE CLAYTON CAME TO NORTH CAROLINA FOR A CHANGE 166 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:41,313 FROM HIS OLD LIFE, AND FOUND A WHOLE NEW FUTURE. 167 00:09:42,616 --> 00:09:46,785 ♪ 168 00:09:46,887 --> 00:09:49,955 Narrator: WHEN STEVE CLAYTON DANCED WITH HIS SISTER AT HER WEDDING, 169 00:09:50,057 --> 00:09:54,626 HE DREAMED OF FINDING HIS OWN SPECIAL SOMEONE. 170 00:09:54,728 --> 00:09:56,528 AND NOW, SIX YEARS LATER, 171 00:09:56,630 --> 00:09:59,164 HE'S ABOUT TO MARRY THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, 172 00:09:59,266 --> 00:10:01,600 A V.A. NURSE NAMED LANA WALSH. 173 00:10:03,904 --> 00:10:06,871 Clayton-Leslie: IT WAS A LOVELY DAY IN NOVEMBER 2013, 174 00:10:06,974 --> 00:10:09,507 MANY OF US HAD TRAVELED TO NORTH CAROLINA 175 00:10:09,610 --> 00:10:12,410 JUST TO BE THERE AND ENJOY THAT DAY WITH HIM, 176 00:10:12,512 --> 00:10:15,981 AND HE MADE IT VERY SPECIAL FOR EVERYONE. 177 00:10:16,083 --> 00:10:18,116 French: LANA AND STEVE'S WEDDING TOOK PLACE 178 00:10:18,218 --> 00:10:20,151 AT THEIR HOUSE IN CHARLOTTE. 179 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:25,557 IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EVENT, YOU COULD JUST SEE THE LOVE. 180 00:10:25,659 --> 00:10:27,892 I MEAN, JUST BEAMING. BOTH OF THEM WERE. 181 00:10:27,995 --> 00:10:30,929 Narrator: SOON AFTER, THE COUPLE DECIDE TO RELOCATE 182 00:10:31,031 --> 00:10:32,430 AND MOVE INTO THEIR FOREVER HOME 183 00:10:32,532 --> 00:10:34,799 JUST OVER THE BORDER IN SOUTH CAROLINA 184 00:10:34,901 --> 00:10:37,102 ON THE BANKS OF LAKE WYLIE. 185 00:10:37,204 --> 00:10:39,270 Clayton-Leslie: IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING ON A POSTCARD, 186 00:10:39,373 --> 00:10:42,841 THIS GORGEOUS OCEAN-BLUE HOME 187 00:10:42,943 --> 00:10:45,944 SITTING ON A GORGEOUS PIECE OF LAKEFRONT PROPERTY. 188 00:10:46,046 --> 00:10:48,213 IT WAS VERY LOVELY. 189 00:10:48,315 --> 00:10:51,216 Narrator: THE COUPLE SET ABOUT REFURBISHING THEIR NEW HOME, 190 00:10:51,318 --> 00:10:53,451 DECORATING IT WITH STEVE'S COLLECTION OF ARTWORKS 191 00:10:53,553 --> 00:10:55,920 AND ANTIQUES. 192 00:10:56,023 --> 00:10:57,022 STEVE WAS THE KIND OF PERSON 193 00:10:57,124 --> 00:10:59,724 THAT OBJECTS WERE VERY PERSONAL TO HIM 194 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:02,761 AND HE WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS POSSESSIONS. 195 00:11:02,863 --> 00:11:04,729 THEY WERE ALL UNIQUE IN SOME WAY. 196 00:11:07,968 --> 00:11:09,801 Narrator: THE MOVE ALLOWS THE COUPLE TO INDULGE 197 00:11:09,903 --> 00:11:11,569 IN THEIR LOVE OF NATURE. 198 00:11:14,508 --> 00:11:16,107 Clayton-Leslie: SO IF THERE WAS SOMETHING FUN 199 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:17,275 AND OUTDOORSY TO DO, 200 00:11:17,377 --> 00:11:18,810 HE WAS GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE THERE 201 00:11:18,912 --> 00:11:21,846 AND HE WAS GUNG HO ABOUT IT. 202 00:11:21,948 --> 00:11:23,882 Narrator: THEIR RELOCATION TO SOUTH CAROLINA 203 00:11:23,984 --> 00:11:28,386 ALSO MEANS THE PAIR ARE CLOSER TO STEVE'S EXTENDED FAMILY. 204 00:11:28,488 --> 00:11:31,723 I MARRIED STEVE'S NIECE IN 2010. 205 00:11:31,825 --> 00:11:34,659 SO I OFFICIALLY BECAME HIS NEPHEW. 206 00:11:34,761 --> 00:11:36,461 WE HUNG OUT WITH STEVE AND LANA A LOT 207 00:11:36,563 --> 00:11:37,562 WHEN THEY MOVED UP HERE. 208 00:11:37,664 --> 00:11:39,164 WE WOULD GO OUT TO DINNER WITH THEM, 209 00:11:39,266 --> 00:11:40,665 WE'D GO TO CONCERTS, 210 00:11:40,767 --> 00:11:44,936 WE WOULD GO TO SPECIAL EVENTS EVERY HOLIDAY. 211 00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:46,738 Narrator: THEY'RE ALSO JUST A 30-MINUTE DRIVE 212 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,274 FROM LANA'S SON AND GRANDCHILDREN. 213 00:11:49,376 --> 00:11:53,678 AND THE PAIR NEVER SAY "NO" TO A BIT OF BABYSITTING. 214 00:11:53,780 --> 00:11:56,247 STEVE HAD A WAY WITH CHILDREN BECAUSE STEVE 215 00:11:56,349 --> 00:11:59,117 HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHILD AT HEART, 216 00:11:59,219 --> 00:12:02,620 SO HE'S THE KIND OF GUY THAT GETS DOWN ON THE FLOOR 217 00:12:02,723 --> 00:12:04,289 AND PLAYS WITH THE KIDS. 218 00:12:07,294 --> 00:12:08,793 Narrator: AND WITH THE KIDS AROUND, 219 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:11,629 THERE'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN THE CLAYTON HOUSEHOLD. 220 00:12:11,732 --> 00:12:15,100 HERE, LANA FILMS STEVE ATTEMPTING TO DESCRIBE THE LIMBO 221 00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:17,035 WHILE HER TWIN GRANDDAUGHTERS WATCH. 222 00:12:21,675 --> 00:12:23,608 Lana: [ LAUGHS ] 223 00:12:32,052 --> 00:12:34,085 Narrator: LANA'S TICKLED, 224 00:12:34,187 --> 00:12:38,523 BUT THE TWINS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN THEIR ICE CREAM. 225 00:12:38,625 --> 00:12:40,825 STEVE ENJOYED PLAYING ALL KINDS OF GAMES, 226 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:44,195 WHETHER IT WAS SCRABBLE OR EVEN A SILLY CHILD'S GAME. 227 00:13:11,024 --> 00:13:15,927 [ LAUGHTER ] 228 00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:19,264 French: STEVE WAS A HUGE TEDDY BEAR. THEY LOVED TO PLAY WITH HIM. 229 00:13:19,366 --> 00:13:21,199 HE ALWAYS HAD KIDS HANGING ON HIM. 230 00:13:22,936 --> 00:13:25,503 Narrator: AND LANA'S ALWAYS GAME FOR SOME FUN, TOO. 231 00:13:33,747 --> 00:13:35,880 -YEAH! [ LAUGHS ] -OH! 232 00:13:37,951 --> 00:13:39,217 CHEERS. 233 00:13:39,319 --> 00:13:40,985 Narrator: FIVE YEARS INTO THEIR MARRIAGE, 234 00:13:41,087 --> 00:13:44,155 STEVE AND LANA APPEAR TO BE THRIVING, 235 00:13:44,257 --> 00:13:48,326 BUT IN JUNE 2018, STEVE SUDDENLY FALLS ILL. 236 00:13:48,428 --> 00:13:53,998 HE SAYS HE FEELS DIZZY, COMPLAINING OF VERTIGO. 237 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:58,469 French: HE SAID THAT HIS EAR HURT AND THAT HE FELT NAUSEOUS. 238 00:13:58,572 --> 00:14:01,573 AND HE STARTED GETTING SICK IN THE YARD 239 00:14:01,675 --> 00:14:03,374 AND I FELT REAL BAD FOR HIM. 240 00:14:05,078 --> 00:14:07,946 I KNEW THAT HE HAD HAD ISSUES WITH VERTIGO, 241 00:14:08,048 --> 00:14:09,681 YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THIS. 242 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,587 Clayton-Leslie: HE SAID HE HAD BEEN VERY ILL 243 00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:18,356 AND DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG. 244 00:14:18,458 --> 00:14:21,926 HE JUST REMEMBERS THAT HE WAS WORKING OUT IN THE GARDEN 245 00:14:22,028 --> 00:14:26,531 AND HE STARTED TO FEEL DIZZY, 246 00:14:26,633 --> 00:14:29,734 A LITTLE NAUSEOUS, A LITTLE DIZZY, HEADACHE, 247 00:14:29,836 --> 00:14:32,670 AND HE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE HE HAD GOTTEN SUNSTROKE. 248 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:35,607 YOU OKAY? 249 00:14:35,709 --> 00:14:37,275 YEAH. 250 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:39,644 Narrator: AS A NURSE, LANA THINKS THE BEST THING 251 00:14:39,746 --> 00:14:41,546 FOR STEVE IS BED REST. 252 00:14:41,648 --> 00:14:45,683 HE SAID HE REMEMBERED LAYING DOWN AND HE SAID THE NEXT TIME 253 00:14:45,785 --> 00:14:50,555 HE OPENED HIS EYES, 36 HOURS HAD PASSED. 254 00:14:50,657 --> 00:14:52,724 Narrator: WORRIED, ROSIE CALLS LANA TO SEE 255 00:14:52,826 --> 00:14:56,461 IF SHE CAN EXPLAIN STEVE'S MYSTERY ILLNESS. 256 00:14:56,563 --> 00:14:58,730 Clayton-Leslie: I ASKED HER WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS GOING ON, 257 00:14:58,832 --> 00:15:03,067 BECAUSE THAT'S VERY ODD FOR ANY PERSON OF ANY AGE 258 00:15:03,169 --> 00:15:07,138 TO LOSE 36 HOURS OF TIME. 259 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,943 AND SHE SAID THAT HE WAS FINE AND THAT SHE WAS WATCHING HIM 260 00:15:12,045 --> 00:15:15,680 AND SHE WAS MAKING SURE HE WAS OKAY. 261 00:15:15,782 --> 00:15:17,782 Narrator: THOUGH HE'S NEVER BEEN ILL LIKE THIS BEFORE, 262 00:15:17,884 --> 00:15:21,819 LANA THINKS THAT STEVE IS JUST EXHAUSTED. 263 00:15:21,922 --> 00:15:25,723 I FELT REASSURED THAT LANA WAS THERE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM 264 00:15:25,825 --> 00:15:27,091 IN ANY WAY THAT SHE COULD, 265 00:15:27,193 --> 00:15:30,261 ESPECIALLY WITH HER KNOWLEDGE AS A NURSE. 266 00:15:30,363 --> 00:15:32,897 Narrator: IT SEEMS STEVE'S LARGER-THAN-LIFE ENERGY 267 00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:34,599 IS STARTING TO CATCH UP WITH HIM. 268 00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:38,269 BUT JUST TWO WEEKS LATER, 269 00:15:38,371 --> 00:15:41,205 IT APPEARS LANA'S TREATMENT HAS WORKED. 270 00:15:41,308 --> 00:15:43,474 STEVE'S BACK TO HIS OLD SELF, 271 00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:46,010 THROWING A PARTY FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. 272 00:15:46,112 --> 00:15:48,680 THAT PARTY WAS JUST AS GREAT AS EVERY OTHER PARTY 273 00:15:48,782 --> 00:15:49,948 WE'D BEEN TO THERE. 274 00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:52,350 STEVE WAS HIS NORMAL, AFFECTIONATE SELF. 275 00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:55,019 EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME. 276 00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:56,821 Narrator: HERE'S STEVE DANCING WITH LANA 277 00:15:56,923 --> 00:16:00,725 AS THEY CELEBRATE IN STYLE. 278 00:16:00,827 --> 00:16:02,093 French: HE GRABBED LANA RIGHT AWAY 279 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:06,464 AND WE JUST KIND OF FOLLOWED SUIT AND ALL JOINED IN. 280 00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:11,135 I REMEMBER WATCHING THEM HUG AND HIM KISS HER 281 00:16:11,237 --> 00:16:14,739 AND THEY WERE COMPLETELY IN LOVE. 282 00:16:14,841 --> 00:16:18,710 Narrator: THINGS ARE GOOD AT THE CLAYTON HOME AND NO ONE DOUBTS 283 00:16:18,812 --> 00:16:22,246 LANA AND STEVE'S LIVES ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY 284 00:16:22,349 --> 00:16:23,548 AND LONG. 285 00:16:27,087 --> 00:16:31,489 ♪ 286 00:16:38,898 --> 00:16:43,634 Narrator: ON JULY 21st, 2018, A CALL COMES IN TO YORK COUNTY 911. 287 00:17:04,858 --> 00:17:07,225 POLICE UNITS ARRIVE ON SCENE. 288 00:17:07,327 --> 00:17:11,329 ♪ 289 00:17:11,431 --> 00:17:13,998 AND BODY CAM FOOTAGE RECORDED BY RESPONDING OFFICER 290 00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:16,768 SERGEANT DAY CAPTURES WHAT THEY FIND. 291 00:17:16,870 --> 00:17:21,205 ♪ 292 00:17:21,307 --> 00:17:23,941 AS THEY WALK INTO THE FRONT DOOR THERE'S STEVE 293 00:17:24,044 --> 00:17:26,444 RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS GRAND STAIRCASE, 294 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:30,715 AND UNFORTUNATELY AT THAT POINT HE IS GONE, HE IS DEAD, 295 00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:38,222 YOU HEAR THEM KIND OF WHISPERING AND TALKING IN LOW VOICES, 296 00:17:38,324 --> 00:17:41,325 THAT'S BECAUSE LANA CLAYTON IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER 297 00:17:41,428 --> 00:17:43,694 DISTRAUGHT AND CRYING, SO THEY DON'T WANT 298 00:17:43,797 --> 00:17:45,830 TO SAY ANYTHING THAT'S DISTURBING TO HER. 299 00:18:12,959 --> 00:18:15,993 Narrator: SERGEANT DAY NEEDS TO TALK WITH STEVE'S WIFE, LANA, 300 00:18:16,096 --> 00:18:18,229 TO FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. 301 00:18:45,058 --> 00:18:46,557 LANA TELLS SERGEANT DAY 302 00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:50,294 THAT STEVE HAD BEEN SUFFERING DIZZINESS FOR TWO DAYS. 303 00:18:50,396 --> 00:18:52,797 Thompson: STEVEN HAD BEEN VERY ILL WITH VERTIGO. 304 00:18:52,899 --> 00:18:54,232 SHE HAD FOUND HIM THURSDAY MORNING 305 00:18:54,334 --> 00:18:56,334 THAT HE STOOD UP, GOT VERY DIZZY AND COLLAPSED, 306 00:18:56,436 --> 00:18:57,768 THAT SHE HAD TO HELP HIM UPSTAIRS. 307 00:18:57,871 --> 00:19:00,471 AND SINCE THAT TIME, HE HASN'T BEEN BACK DOWNSTAIRS. 308 00:19:18,625 --> 00:19:20,158 Narrator: DESPITE HER TRAINING, 309 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:23,728 LANA WAS UNABLE TO RENDER AID TO STEVE. 310 00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:25,730 THAT'S WHEN SHE, I THINK, REALLY PANICS 311 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:29,133 BECAUSE SHE KNOWS SHE CAN'T DO ANYTHING FURTHER TO HELP HIM. 312 00:19:29,235 --> 00:19:31,536 AND SO SHE IMMEDIATELY RAN OUT WHEN SHE HEARD THE MOTORCYCLE 313 00:19:31,638 --> 00:19:35,773 COMING BY TO WAVE SOMEONE DOWN TO CALL 911. 314 00:19:35,875 --> 00:19:38,876 Narrator: NEPHEW NICK FRENCH IS ON DUTY AS A POLICE OFFICER 315 00:19:38,978 --> 00:19:40,945 WHEN HE GETS THE NEWS. 316 00:19:41,047 --> 00:19:45,983 MY MOM CALLED AND SHE SAID "UNCLE STEVE DIED" AND, 317 00:19:46,085 --> 00:19:52,156 YOU KNOW. JUST KIND OF DISBELIEF. 318 00:19:52,258 --> 00:19:53,291 I MEAN, I KNEW IT WAS FOR REAL, 319 00:19:53,393 --> 00:19:56,060 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T REALLY SINK IN. 320 00:19:56,162 --> 00:19:59,063 SO I GOT DOWN THERE AS QUICK AS I COULD. 321 00:19:59,165 --> 00:20:01,499 I JUST REMEMBER THE WHOLE TIME GOING THROUGH MY HEAD 322 00:20:01,601 --> 00:20:04,602 WAS "HOW? WHY?" 323 00:20:05,505 --> 00:20:07,371 Clayton-Leslie: THE PHONE RANG AND I SAW 324 00:20:07,473 --> 00:20:10,341 THAT IT WAS MY NEPHEW CALLING. 325 00:20:10,443 --> 00:20:13,444 HE SAID "UNCLE STEVE DIED. UNCLE STEVE DIED." 326 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:16,981 THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE. 327 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:20,084 HOW COULD HE BE GONE? NO, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 328 00:20:20,186 --> 00:20:23,888 ♪ 329 00:20:23,990 --> 00:20:26,357 Narrator: WITH ROSIE 700 MILES AWAY, 330 00:20:26,459 --> 00:20:30,795 NICK AND HIS FAMILY RALLY AROUND LANA. 331 00:20:30,897 --> 00:20:33,798 French: I FELT AWFUL BECAUSE I KNEW SHE LOVED UNCLE STEVE 332 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:36,701 AND I JUST KEPT THINKING, "I'M UPSET RIGHT NOW, 333 00:20:36,803 --> 00:20:38,636 BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH 334 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:42,940 TO FIND HER HUSBAND, YOU KNOW, ON THE GROUND LIKE THIS." 335 00:20:43,042 --> 00:20:45,476 Narrator: LANA FEARS STEVE'S VERTIGO COULD HAVE CAUSED 336 00:20:45,578 --> 00:20:47,645 THE FALL DOWN THE STAIRS. 337 00:20:47,747 --> 00:20:51,649 SHE KEPT SAYING THAT, "WELL, I THINK HE FELL DOWN THE STAIRS 338 00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:56,087 AND THAT'S HORRIBLE AND I-I HOPE HE DIDN'T." 339 00:20:56,189 --> 00:20:58,022 Narrator: SERGEANT DAY CHECKS FOR ANY SIGNS 340 00:20:58,124 --> 00:20:59,924 THAT STEVE MAY HAVE BEEN ATTACKED. 341 00:21:00,026 --> 00:21:02,760 Thompson: THIS LOOKED LIKE IT WAS PROBABLY A NATURAL DEATH, 342 00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:03,828 BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. 343 00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:05,329 SO SERGEANT DAY 344 00:21:05,431 --> 00:21:09,734 DOES AT THAT POINT GO UPSTAIRS TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED. 345 00:21:09,836 --> 00:21:12,603 THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE UNNERVING TO JUST GO THROUGH A LABYRINTH 346 00:21:12,705 --> 00:21:14,972 OF A HOUSE THAT YOU HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE 347 00:21:15,074 --> 00:21:18,843 BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD BE AROUND THE CORNER. 348 00:21:20,580 --> 00:21:22,546 YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE DOES NOT APPEAR 349 00:21:22,649 --> 00:21:25,716 TO BE A SIGN OF STRUGGLE. 350 00:21:25,818 --> 00:21:27,752 NO OTHER SIGNS OF SOMEONE ELSE BEING UP THERE, 351 00:21:27,854 --> 00:21:33,024 HAVING DONE SOMETHING TO HIM, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT AT ALL. 352 00:21:33,126 --> 00:21:34,492 Narrator: IN THE MASTER BEDROOM, 353 00:21:34,594 --> 00:21:36,160 THE BED SHEET IS ALL RUMPLED UP, 354 00:21:36,262 --> 00:21:39,297 BUT NOTHING TO SUGGEST STEVE HAD ANY KIND OF STRUGGLE. 355 00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:41,098 IT LOOKS AS IF THE CAUSE OF DEATH 356 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,100 WILL NOT BE A MYSTERY FOR THE CORONER. 357 00:22:00,186 --> 00:22:03,688 THE CORONER CAN'T SEE ANY CONTUSIONS AND BRUISES. 358 00:22:03,790 --> 00:22:06,757 NOTHING SUGGESTS STEVE FELL DOWN THE STAIRCASE. 359 00:22:14,734 --> 00:22:17,868 IT LOOK AS THOUGH STEVE MADE IT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS 360 00:22:17,970 --> 00:22:21,038 AND THEN COLLAPSED. 361 00:22:21,140 --> 00:22:24,108 French: THE CORONER SAID, "I BELIEVE HE HAD A HEART ATTACK." 362 00:22:24,210 --> 00:22:27,244 AND I KIND OF SAID, "WHAT LEADS YOU TO THAT OPINION?" 363 00:22:27,347 --> 00:22:29,280 AND SHE SAID, "WELL, THE COLORATION OF HIS FACE." 364 00:22:29,382 --> 00:22:31,549 Thompson: THERE WAS BLUENESS THAT WENT ACROSS THE TOP OF THE CHEST, 365 00:22:31,651 --> 00:22:33,751 ALMOST IN A LINE, THAT OFTENTIMES, 366 00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:35,786 ACCORDING TO THE CORONER, IS AN INDICATION 367 00:22:35,888 --> 00:22:37,555 THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD A HEART ATTACK. 368 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:41,659 Narrator: BACK IN THE LIVING ROOM, SERGEANT DAY TELLS LANA 369 00:22:41,761 --> 00:22:43,194 WHAT THEY THINK HAS HAPPENED. 370 00:23:13,426 --> 00:23:15,393 WHILE LANA DIGESTS THE NEWS, 371 00:23:15,495 --> 00:23:19,230 NICK AND HIS FAMILY HELP WITH CLEANING UP. 372 00:23:19,332 --> 00:23:20,998 French: WE WANTED TO MAKE THE HOUSE 373 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,500 STILL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH FOR HER. 374 00:23:22,602 --> 00:23:24,769 YOU KNOW, WE KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO BE EXHAUSTED 375 00:23:24,871 --> 00:23:27,271 AND SHE HAD TO SPEND THE NIGHT THERE. 376 00:23:27,373 --> 00:23:31,075 Narrator: BUT THEY'RE SHOCKED AT WHAT THEY FIND IN THE BEDROOM. 377 00:23:31,177 --> 00:23:37,481 French: WHEN WE WENT UPSTAIRS, I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE SMELL. 378 00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:43,020 IT WAS A SMELL OF HUMAN FILTH, YOU KNOW, EXCREMENT, URINE. 379 00:23:43,122 --> 00:23:44,221 SO WE LOOKED AROUND, 380 00:23:44,323 --> 00:23:47,892 AND THERE WAS HUGE URINE DISCOLORATION SPOTS 381 00:23:47,994 --> 00:23:50,127 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BED. 382 00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:54,265 Narrator: THE SOILED MATTRESS RAISES SOME QUESTIONS. 383 00:23:54,367 --> 00:23:58,502 SO I'M THINKING THE AMOUNT OF URINE 384 00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:00,971 THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO SOAK THROUGH THIS MATTRESS, 385 00:24:01,073 --> 00:24:04,241 STEVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE BATHROOM 386 00:24:04,343 --> 00:24:06,410 IN THIS BED FOR DAYS. 387 00:24:06,512 --> 00:24:08,412 SO WE IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT 388 00:24:08,514 --> 00:24:11,182 "WE HAVE TO GET THIS MATTRESS OUT OF THE ROOM." 389 00:24:11,284 --> 00:24:15,419 WE COULD BARELY PICK IT UP. IT WAS EXTREMELY HEAVY. 390 00:24:15,521 --> 00:24:18,255 WE TOOK THE MATTRESS AND WE TOSSED IT OUT OF THE HOUSE. 391 00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:22,993 ♪ 392 00:24:23,095 --> 00:24:25,329 Narrator: WHEN ROSIE TALKS WITH LANA ON THE PHONE, 393 00:24:25,431 --> 00:24:28,966 SHE ASKS HER, HOW DID STEVE GET SO ILL? 394 00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:30,434 HELLO? 395 00:24:30,536 --> 00:24:32,136 Clayton-Leslie: WHEN I SPOKE WITH LANA MUCH LATER 396 00:24:32,238 --> 00:24:34,104 IN THAT EVENING, I ASKED HER WHAT HAPPENED, 397 00:24:34,207 --> 00:24:36,273 WHAT HAPPENED? AND SHE SAID HE HADN'T BEEN 398 00:24:36,375 --> 00:24:38,709 FEELING WELL FOR A FEW DAYS. 399 00:24:38,811 --> 00:24:41,212 AND I SAID, "WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL SOMEBODY? 400 00:24:41,314 --> 00:24:43,581 WHY DIDN'T YOU LET SOMEBODY KNOW?" 401 00:24:43,683 --> 00:24:45,749 AND SHE SAID, "WELL, HE WAS STARTING TO FEEL BETTER." 402 00:24:45,852 --> 00:24:46,884 LOOK, ROSIE! 403 00:24:46,986 --> 00:24:48,319 Narrator: SHE SAYS STEVE NEVER CALLED 404 00:24:48,421 --> 00:24:50,120 BECAUSE HE'D BEEN SLEEPING HEAVILY 405 00:24:50,223 --> 00:24:52,590 AND MISPLACED HIS CELLPHONE A WEEK EARLIER. 406 00:24:52,692 --> 00:24:53,891 BYE! 407 00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:55,626 Clayton-Leslie: LANA CLAIMED THAT IT HAD BEEN 408 00:24:55,728 --> 00:24:57,761 MISSING FOR SEVERAL DAYS. 409 00:24:57,864 --> 00:25:01,398 MY BROTHER WAS NEVER, EVER WITHOUT HIS PHONE. 410 00:25:01,501 --> 00:25:04,502 HE JUST WAS ALWAYS ATTACHED TO HIS PHONE, 411 00:25:04,604 --> 00:25:06,170 IT WENT EVERYWHERE WITH HIM. 412 00:25:07,306 --> 00:25:09,073 IT WAS AT THAT POINT WHERE I REALLY FELT 413 00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:12,109 LIKE SOMETHING VERY SINISTER WAS GOING ON 414 00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:13,911 AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. 415 00:25:16,916 --> 00:25:20,851 ♪ 416 00:25:20,953 --> 00:25:23,454 Narrator: STEVE'S SISTER ROSIE ASKS HIS WIDOW, LANA, 417 00:25:23,556 --> 00:25:25,956 ABOUT HIS WILL. 418 00:25:26,058 --> 00:25:28,192 Clayton-Leslie: STEVE AND I HAD TALKED MANY TIMES ABOUT 419 00:25:28,294 --> 00:25:32,596 WHAT IT WAS THAT HE WANTED TO DO WHEN THAT TIME CAME, 420 00:25:32,698 --> 00:25:35,132 AND HE WANTED TO BE BURIED 421 00:25:35,234 --> 00:25:39,303 IN THAT BEAUTIFUL CEMETERY IN FORT LAUDERDALE. 422 00:25:39,405 --> 00:25:42,206 WHEN I ASKED LANA, SHE SAID THERE IS NO WILL. 423 00:25:42,308 --> 00:25:44,575 Narrator: LANA HAS ALREADY MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS. 424 00:25:44,677 --> 00:25:46,977 STEVE IS DUE TO BE CREMATED 425 00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:50,180 AND SHE'S PLANNING HIS MEMORIAL. 426 00:25:50,283 --> 00:25:52,516 ON AUGUST 4th, 2018, 427 00:25:52,618 --> 00:25:57,121 LANA HOLDS THE SERVICE FOR STEVE AT THEIR HOME. 428 00:25:57,223 --> 00:25:59,256 Garcia: IT WAS HIGHLY EMOTIONAL. 429 00:25:59,358 --> 00:26:02,126 EVERYBODY THERE FELT SUCH A DEEP CONNECTION TO STEVE. 430 00:26:02,228 --> 00:26:08,365 IT WAS -- IT WAS JUST HARD TO STAY CALM. 431 00:26:10,570 --> 00:26:12,903 EVEN THOUGH IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE, 432 00:26:13,005 --> 00:26:15,239 YOU JUST COULDN'T HELP BUT FEEL 433 00:26:15,341 --> 00:26:18,943 JUST THE DEEP, DEEP SORROW THAT EVERYBODY FELT. 434 00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:41,131 Narrator: AT THE MEMORIAL, ROSIE AND THE FAMILY ARE SURPRISED 435 00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:46,604 TO FIND LANA HAS ALREADY STARTED TO CLEAR OUT STEVE'S BELONGINGS. 436 00:26:46,706 --> 00:26:50,007 French: SHE HAD ALREADY BEGAN TAKING ALL OF HIS CLOTHES, 437 00:26:50,109 --> 00:26:51,442 ALL OF HIS PERSONAL ITEMS, 438 00:26:51,544 --> 00:26:55,512 AND SHE DONATED THEM ALL TO THE V.A. 439 00:26:55,615 --> 00:26:57,848 Clayton-Leslie: I WAS ALMOST KNOCKED OFF MY FEET 440 00:26:57,950 --> 00:27:01,719 TO SEE THE NUMBER OF HANGERS, EMPTY HANGERS IN THAT CLOSET 441 00:27:01,821 --> 00:27:04,455 WITH NOT A SINGLE STITCH OF CLOTHES. 442 00:27:04,557 --> 00:27:08,292 A LOT OF WATCHES MISSING, A LOT OF JEWELRY MISSING. 443 00:27:08,394 --> 00:27:11,195 HIS WEDDING RING WAS MISSING. 444 00:27:11,297 --> 00:27:13,764 Narrator: AND LANA'S CLAIMS ABOUT STEVE NOT HAVING A WILL 445 00:27:13,866 --> 00:27:16,567 RAISES FURTHER SUSPICIONS. 446 00:27:18,404 --> 00:27:20,070 Clayton-Leslie: THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STEVE AND I 447 00:27:20,172 --> 00:27:24,074 AND STEVE AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD DISCUSSED WAS HOW IMPORTANT 448 00:27:24,176 --> 00:27:27,945 IT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER. 449 00:27:28,047 --> 00:27:32,716 THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO LOGIC IN MY BROTHER, AN ACCOUNTANT, 450 00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:38,956 A PERSON WHO WAS METICULOUS WITH HIS FINANCES, NOT HAVING A WILL. 451 00:27:39,058 --> 00:27:43,727 Narrator: THE FAMILY FEEL LIKE SOMETHING ISN'T ADDING UP. 452 00:27:43,829 --> 00:27:45,696 French: WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE HERE. 453 00:27:45,798 --> 00:27:47,798 WE KNOW SOMETHING'S GOING ON, AND THAT WAS WHEN WE CALLED 454 00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:49,099 THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE 455 00:27:49,201 --> 00:27:51,969 AND SAID, "HEY, PLEASE DO AN AUTOPSY. 456 00:27:52,071 --> 00:27:54,738 AND AT THE VERY LEAST, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, 457 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,609 DO A TOXICOLOGY." AND THEY AGREED TO IT. 458 00:27:58,711 --> 00:28:01,712 Narrator: DETECTIVE MOTZ OF THE YORK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE 459 00:28:01,814 --> 00:28:06,950 IS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAMILY'S SUSPICIONS ABOUT STEVE'S DEATH. 460 00:28:07,053 --> 00:28:08,052 GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 461 00:28:08,154 --> 00:28:10,220 BUT WHEN THE AUTOPSY REPORT COMES IN, 462 00:28:10,322 --> 00:28:12,322 IT LISTS SIGNS OF HEART DISEASE 463 00:28:12,425 --> 00:28:14,658 AND POINTS TO DEATH BY NATURAL CAUSES. 464 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,326 AH, YES, THANK YOU. 465 00:28:16,429 --> 00:28:18,896 THE INITIAL AUTOPSY STILL SHOWS 466 00:28:18,998 --> 00:28:21,198 THAT IT IS LIKELY A HEART ATTACK, 467 00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:23,400 BUT THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TOXICOLOGIST REPORT 468 00:28:23,502 --> 00:28:26,737 TO COME BACK TO FINALLY MAKE AN ACTUAL FINDING. 469 00:28:28,674 --> 00:28:32,443 Narrator: IT WILL TAKE A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THOSE RESULTS ARRIVE. 470 00:28:32,545 --> 00:28:34,378 Clayton-Leslie: SO WE WAITED ON PINS AND NEEDLES 471 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,880 FOR THE TRUTH TO COME OUT. 472 00:28:36,982 --> 00:28:38,649 WE JUST KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING -- 473 00:28:38,751 --> 00:28:40,918 SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG. 474 00:28:41,020 --> 00:28:42,553 THANK YOU. 475 00:28:42,655 --> 00:28:45,289 Narrator: WHEN THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT ON STEVE CLAYTON'S BLOOD 476 00:28:45,391 --> 00:28:48,726 COMES BACK, IT'S SHOCKING. 477 00:28:48,828 --> 00:28:51,028 IT SHOWS TRACES OF SEVERAL SEDATIVES, 478 00:28:51,130 --> 00:28:55,232 INCLUDING MARIJUANA, TEMAZEPAM, AND BENADRYL. 479 00:28:55,334 --> 00:28:57,267 BUT THAT'S NOT ALL THAT. 480 00:28:57,369 --> 00:29:00,337 THE BIGGEST SHOCK IN THE TOXICOLOGY RESULTS 481 00:29:00,439 --> 00:29:02,005 WAS TETRAHYDROZOLINE, 482 00:29:02,108 --> 00:29:06,343 ALSO KNOWN AS THZ, IT IS THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN EYEDROPS 483 00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:10,881 LIKE VISINE, MURINE, OR OTHER OVER-THE-COUNTER EYE DROPS. 484 00:29:10,983 --> 00:29:14,852 Narrator: THZ IS NOT EVER MEANT TO BE INGESTED. 485 00:29:14,954 --> 00:29:18,689 GIVEN IN SMALL DOSES, IT MAKES YOU FEEL VERY ILL. 486 00:29:18,791 --> 00:29:21,792 IT MAKES YOU NAUSEOUS, IT MAKES YOU DIZZY. 487 00:29:21,894 --> 00:29:24,094 IT'LL MAKE YOU PASS OUT EVENTUALLY, 488 00:29:24,196 --> 00:29:26,163 BUT IN LARGE QUANTITIES, IT IS DEADLY. 489 00:29:26,265 --> 00:29:28,665 IT SHUTS YOUR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DOWN 490 00:29:28,768 --> 00:29:32,035 AND IT WILL KILL YOU. 491 00:29:32,138 --> 00:29:34,138 Narrator: THE DETECTIVES LEARN THAT THZ 492 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,007 CAN LIMIT THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO VITAL ORGANS, 493 00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:40,444 LEADING TO A HEART ATTACK. 494 00:29:40,546 --> 00:29:43,747 Thompson: WHEN THE BODY CAM GOES UP THERE, THE VISINE YOU SEE 495 00:29:43,849 --> 00:29:47,351 IS ON THE TALL DRESSER, THAT'S AWAY FROM THE BED, 496 00:29:47,453 --> 00:29:50,654 THAT'S WHERE HE CAN'T GET UP TO GET THE VISINE. 497 00:29:50,756 --> 00:29:55,192 NOW IT'S VERY CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A NATURAL DEATH. 498 00:29:58,597 --> 00:29:59,730 Narrator: DETECTIVE MOTZ 499 00:29:59,832 --> 00:30:02,065 NEEDS TO HAVE A TALK WITH LANA CLAYTON. 500 00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:11,408 FIVE WEEKS AFTER THE SUDDEN DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, 501 00:30:11,510 --> 00:30:14,077 LANA CLAYTON IS QUESTIONED BY DETECTIVES. 502 00:30:30,729 --> 00:30:33,597 THE DETECTIVES WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE MEDICATIONS 503 00:30:33,699 --> 00:30:35,332 FOUND IN STEVE'S BLOOD. 504 00:30:57,623 --> 00:30:59,056 IT'S A LONG LIST, 505 00:30:59,158 --> 00:31:04,194 BUT THERE'S NO MENTION OF THZ, THE DRUG THAT KILLED STEVE. 506 00:31:04,296 --> 00:31:08,832 IT'S COLORLESS, IT'S ODORLESS AND IT'S TASTELESS, 507 00:31:08,934 --> 00:31:11,268 WHICH MAKES IT THE PERFECT THING TO GIVE TO SOMEONE 508 00:31:11,370 --> 00:31:13,036 IF YOU WANT TO POISON THEM. 509 00:31:13,138 --> 00:31:16,640 THE LEVEL OF THZ IN STEVE'S BLOOD WAS SO HIGH 510 00:31:16,742 --> 00:31:19,610 THAT IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH. 511 00:31:19,712 --> 00:31:24,248 IT IS A LETHAL LEVEL NO MATTER WHAT WAY YOU LOOK AT IT. 512 00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:26,083 Narrator: THE DETECTIVES PRESS ON. 513 00:31:47,339 --> 00:31:48,805 Thompson: THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO THINGS 514 00:31:48,908 --> 00:31:50,407 THAT THE POLICE ARE NOW CONSIDERING. 515 00:31:50,509 --> 00:31:53,176 ONE, HE'S POISONED. THERE'S FOUL PLAY. 516 00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:55,879 TWO, HE INGESTED IT ON HIS OWN, 517 00:31:55,981 --> 00:31:58,982 WHETHER IT WAS INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL. 518 00:31:59,084 --> 00:32:02,185 Narrator: BUT AS POLICE PROBE STEVE AND LANA'S RELATIONSHIP... 519 00:32:13,198 --> 00:32:16,733 ...LANA CLAIMS THAT STEVE HAD A DARK SIDE. 520 00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:49,466 ♪ 521 00:32:49,568 --> 00:32:51,034 Narrator: AFTER LANA'S INTERVIEW, 522 00:32:51,136 --> 00:32:55,539 DETECTIVES ORDER A SEARCH OF THE HOUSE. 523 00:32:55,641 --> 00:32:59,276 Thompson: THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CUPS OR GLASSES THAT HAVE A RESIDUE 524 00:32:59,378 --> 00:33:01,178 AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THEY CAN FIND 525 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:04,815 THAT HELPS THEM DETERMINE WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS, 526 00:33:04,917 --> 00:33:07,017 ANYTHING DOCUMENT-WISE 527 00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:09,820 THAT WOULD SHOW TROUBLE IN THE MARRIAGE. 528 00:33:09,922 --> 00:33:13,290 BUT DURING THAT TIME, LANA TELLS THE OFFICER 529 00:33:13,392 --> 00:33:14,791 THAT SHE WANTS TO SPEAK AGAIN 530 00:33:14,893 --> 00:33:17,394 WITH DETECTIVE MOTZ. 531 00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:21,398 Narrator: DETECTIVE MOTZ RECORDS WHAT LANA HAS TO SAY. 532 00:33:28,540 --> 00:33:29,639 AAH! 533 00:33:33,946 --> 00:33:35,979 LANA, FOR GOD'S SAKE! 534 00:33:47,059 --> 00:33:49,593 UGH. WAIT, WAIT, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, HUH? 535 00:34:07,980 --> 00:34:11,248 Narrator: IT'S THEN THAT LANA DROPS A BOMBSHELL. 536 00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:12,709 IT'S A DAMNING CONFESSION, 537 00:35:12,811 --> 00:35:16,012 BUT THE DETECTIVES CAN'T ARREST LANA JUST YET. 538 00:35:16,115 --> 00:35:18,115 Thompson: AFTER LANA CONFESSED, THE POLICE LEFT. 539 00:35:18,217 --> 00:35:19,649 THEY GOT THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW AS FAR AS 540 00:35:19,751 --> 00:35:21,818 WHAT CHARGES WOULD BE MADE AND THEY WERE READY 541 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:26,656 TO COME BACK THE NEXT DAY TO ARREST LANA CLAYTON. 542 00:35:26,758 --> 00:35:28,125 Narrator: BUT EARLY THAT MORNING, 543 00:35:28,227 --> 00:35:32,629 THEY GET A CALL FROM ONE OF LANA'S NEIGHBORS. 544 00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:34,764 Thompson: THEY FOUND NOTES OF SUICIDE. 545 00:35:34,867 --> 00:35:37,868 THEY'RE AFRAID THAT SHE'S HARMED HERSELF. 546 00:35:37,970 --> 00:35:39,469 SHE KNEW THE POLICE WERE COMING BACK THE NEXT DAY 547 00:35:39,571 --> 00:35:42,806 AND SHE KNEW THEY WOULD HAVE WARRANTS FOR ARREST. 548 00:35:42,908 --> 00:35:46,676 SHE TURNED THE GAS ON AND WENT UPSTAIRS 549 00:35:46,778 --> 00:35:49,679 AND TOOK SOME PILLS TO KILL HERSELF. 550 00:35:52,951 --> 00:35:56,453 Thompson: THEY FIND HER UNCONSCIOUS IN HER BED. 551 00:35:56,555 --> 00:35:59,623 SHE'S TAKEN INTO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE'S TREATED 552 00:35:59,725 --> 00:36:03,026 AND ULTIMATELY RELEASED AND THEN IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED 553 00:36:03,128 --> 00:36:07,597 ON THE CHARGE OF MURDER AND TAMPERING WITH FOOD ITEMS. 554 00:36:07,699 --> 00:36:10,784 Narrator: THE FAMILY IS INFORMED OF LANA'S ARREST. 555 00:36:10,886 --> 00:36:12,719 A DETECTIVE FROM YORK COUNTY CALLED ME AND SAID, 556 00:36:12,821 --> 00:36:14,120 "HEY, NICK, YOU KNOW, 557 00:36:14,223 --> 00:36:15,956 I JUST WANT TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED HERE. 558 00:36:16,058 --> 00:36:18,725 LANA CONFESSED." 559 00:36:18,827 --> 00:36:21,595 AND I PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY. IT HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS, 560 00:36:21,697 --> 00:36:24,114 LITERALLY LIKE A BASEBALL BAT TO THE FACE. 561 00:36:24,216 --> 00:36:28,652 I ANSWERED THE PHONE AND ROSIE WAS ON THE OTHER END SCREAMING 562 00:36:28,754 --> 00:36:30,820 THAT SHE KILLED HIM. 563 00:36:30,923 --> 00:36:34,991 Narrator: ON JANUARY 16th, 2020, LANA ACCEPTS A PLEA DEAL 564 00:36:35,093 --> 00:36:38,495 AND ADMITS GUILT ON CHARGES OF VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER 565 00:36:38,597 --> 00:36:41,064 AND TAMPERING WITH A DRUG OR FOOD PRODUCT. 566 00:36:53,579 --> 00:36:56,446 LANA INSISTS SHE NEVER INTENDED FOR STEVE TO DIE 567 00:36:56,548 --> 00:37:00,383 AND JUST WANTED REVENGE FOR HIS ABUSE. 568 00:37:00,485 --> 00:37:05,422 BUT HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY DON'T BUY THAT STEVE WAS EVER ABUSIVE. 569 00:37:05,524 --> 00:37:07,991 Thompson: SHE TRIES TO ASSASSINATE STEVE'S CHARACTER 570 00:37:08,093 --> 00:37:09,459 BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM 571 00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:11,595 AND HE HAD MENTORED CAME FORWARD TO SAY 572 00:37:11,697 --> 00:37:13,296 HE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON. 573 00:37:13,398 --> 00:37:15,966 THERE WAS NO ABUSE OF ANY SORT WITH STEVEN. 574 00:37:16,068 --> 00:37:19,836 SHE WAS TRYING TO DO WHATEVER SHE COULD TO SAVE HERSELF 575 00:37:19,938 --> 00:37:23,406 FROM A VERY, VERY, VERY LONG SENTENCE 576 00:37:23,508 --> 00:37:26,476 AND POSSIBLY THE DEATH PENALTY. 577 00:37:26,578 --> 00:37:31,081 BUT HE WAS A GENTLE SOUL, NOT CAPABLE OF HARMING SOMEONE. 578 00:37:34,052 --> 00:37:36,019 Narrator: BASED ON THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT, 579 00:37:36,121 --> 00:37:37,420 THE PROSECUTORS BELIEVE 580 00:37:37,522 --> 00:37:41,558 STEVE SUFFERED FOR THREE DAYS BEFORE DYING. 581 00:37:41,660 --> 00:37:47,097 Thompson: LANA TELLS US THAT THE FATAL DOSE WAS ON THURSDAY MORNING. 582 00:37:47,199 --> 00:37:50,300 BUT WE KNOW AS A MATTER OF SCIENTIFIC FACT 583 00:37:50,402 --> 00:37:53,203 FROM THE TOXICOLOGIST, THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. 584 00:37:53,305 --> 00:37:54,971 HE WOULD HAVE DIED THURSDAY MORNING 585 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:56,506 IF HE HAD INGESTED THAT THURSDAY MORNING. 586 00:37:56,608 --> 00:37:59,009 FOR HIM TO HAVE BEEN SICK ALL OF THAT TIME, 587 00:37:59,111 --> 00:38:01,778 IT INDICATES THAT SHE CONTINUALLY GAVE HIM MEDICATION 588 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:03,413 THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, 589 00:38:03,515 --> 00:38:06,883 POISONED HIM WITH VISINE LITTLE BY LITTLE. 590 00:38:06,985 --> 00:38:08,918 Narrator: AND LANA, A NURSE, 591 00:38:09,021 --> 00:38:13,290 NEVER SOUGHT TO HELP HIM AFTER THE INITIAL POISONING. 592 00:38:13,392 --> 00:38:17,527 STEVEN WOULD NOT HAVE STAYED IN A URINE-SOAKED MATTRESS. 593 00:38:17,629 --> 00:38:18,928 HE WAS A CLEAN FREAK. 594 00:38:19,031 --> 00:38:22,299 HE WOULD NOT HAVE STOOD FOR SUCH A THING. 595 00:38:22,401 --> 00:38:24,200 HE'S TOO WEAK TO GET UP AND MOVE. 596 00:38:24,303 --> 00:38:26,603 THERE'S NO PHONE IN THE HOUSE, THERE'S NO LANDLINE, 597 00:38:26,705 --> 00:38:28,271 SO HE CAN'T CALL SOMEBODY. 598 00:38:28,373 --> 00:38:31,908 SO THIS PUTS HIM IN THE SITUATION OF BEING TORTURED 599 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,878 WITH NO WAY TO GET HELP. 600 00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:37,681 AND SO FINALLY, SHE KNEW SATURDAY, THAT'S IT. 601 00:38:37,783 --> 00:38:41,084 AND SHE SQUEEZED THAT WHOLE BOTTLE OF VISINE INTO HIS WATER, 602 00:38:41,186 --> 00:38:42,118 HAD HIM DRINK IT, 603 00:38:42,220 --> 00:38:44,287 AND THEN GOES OUT TO MOW THE GRASS 604 00:38:44,389 --> 00:38:47,023 SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO WATCH THE HORROR OF HIS DEATH. 605 00:38:47,125 --> 00:38:52,362 ♪ 606 00:38:52,464 --> 00:38:55,865 INSTEAD OF A NURSE THAT HELPS, SHE IS THE NURSE FROM HELL. 607 00:38:55,967 --> 00:39:03,873 ♪ 608 00:39:03,975 --> 00:39:06,409 Narrator: 53-YEAR-OLD LANA CLAYTON IS SENTENCED 609 00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:08,745 TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON. 610 00:39:08,847 --> 00:39:12,716 SHE NEVER, NEVER ADMITTED THAT SHE INTENDED TO KILL STEVE, 611 00:39:12,818 --> 00:39:16,252 BUT THE FACTS SHOW OTHERWISE. 612 00:39:16,355 --> 00:39:19,756 Schillinger: I FEEL LIKE THERE'S NO PENALTY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 613 00:39:19,858 --> 00:39:21,024 GREAT ENOUGH FOR LANA. 614 00:39:21,126 --> 00:39:22,992 THIS IS THREE DAYS OF METHODICALLY POISONING 615 00:39:23,095 --> 00:39:24,761 MY BEST FRIEND AND THEN KILLING HIM. 616 00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:27,397 French: THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT HAD TO GO INTO 617 00:39:27,499 --> 00:39:30,033 HER PUTTING ON THIS CHARADE. 618 00:39:30,135 --> 00:39:32,435 AND SHE CARRIED THAT RIGHT ON THROUGH TILL THE END. 619 00:39:32,537 --> 00:39:36,139 AND I THINK THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A MONSTER. 620 00:39:36,241 --> 00:39:39,576 Narrator: BUT LANA ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT. 621 00:39:39,678 --> 00:39:41,311 Thompson: THERE ALMOST WASN'T AN AUTOPSY. 622 00:39:41,413 --> 00:39:43,046 IF THERE HADN'T BEEN AN AUTOPSY, 623 00:39:43,148 --> 00:39:44,748 THE RULING OF THE CORONER WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS 624 00:39:44,850 --> 00:39:47,884 WAS LIKELY A HEART EPISODE AND IT WAS NATURAL CAUSES. 625 00:39:47,986 --> 00:39:49,586 Clayton-Leslie: THE TRUTH IS, SHE DID THIS TO HERSELF, 626 00:39:49,688 --> 00:39:52,622 YOU KNOW, HAD SHE BEEN JUST THE SAME QUIET, 627 00:39:52,724 --> 00:39:57,794 GENTLE LANA GRIEVING THE LOSS OF STEVE, 628 00:39:57,896 --> 00:40:01,030 NO ONE WOULD HAVE HAD ANY SUSPICION WHATSOEVER. 629 00:40:01,133 --> 00:40:05,735 Narrator: ALTHOUGH LANA INSISTS STEVE'S DEATH WAS UNINTENTIONAL, 630 00:40:05,837 --> 00:40:08,037 HIS FAMILY AND THE PROSECUTION BELIEVE 631 00:40:08,140 --> 00:40:12,342 IT WAS A DELIBERATE ACT MOTIVATED BY FINANCIAL GAIN. 632 00:40:12,444 --> 00:40:15,378 Thompson: ONE OBVIOUS AND GLARING MOTIVE IS STEVE'S WEALTH. 633 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,781 WITHOUT A WILL IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 634 00:40:17,883 --> 00:40:20,150 EVERYTHING GOES TO THE SPOUSE. 635 00:40:20,252 --> 00:40:25,655 SO LANA WOULD KNOW, "IF STEVE IS GONE, I GET EVERYTHING." 636 00:40:25,757 --> 00:40:27,357 Clayton-Leslie: IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING 637 00:40:27,459 --> 00:40:29,325 MALICIOUS LIKE THIS, 638 00:40:29,428 --> 00:40:31,060 ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS GET RID OF THE WILL 639 00:40:31,163 --> 00:40:33,096 AND EVERYTHING BELONGED TO THEM. 640 00:40:33,198 --> 00:40:37,434 Narrator: THE FAMILY TRY TO MOVE ON WITHOUT STEVE IN THEIR LIVES. 641 00:40:37,536 --> 00:40:38,968 HELLO, HELLO, HELLO. 642 00:40:39,070 --> 00:40:40,470 Schillinger: I MEAN, I MISS A LOT ABOUT STEVE, 643 00:40:40,572 --> 00:40:43,640 BUT I MISS HIS VOICE. I MISS HEARING HIS VOICE. 644 00:40:43,742 --> 00:40:47,577 THIS IS MY WAY OF LIKE GETTING AWAY FROM THE EMOTIONAL STUFF. 645 00:40:47,679 --> 00:40:49,679 Garcia: I THINK WHAT I MISS ABOUT STEVE IS HIS 646 00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:51,481 OVER-THE-TOP PERSONALITY, 647 00:40:51,583 --> 00:40:53,950 THIS BIG, BOISTEROUS, GREGARIOUS CHARACTER 648 00:40:54,052 --> 00:40:58,721 THAT ENTERS THE ROOM AND JUST TAKES OVER EVERYTHING. 649 00:40:58,824 --> 00:41:00,590 YOU SET ME UP. 650 00:41:00,692 --> 00:41:03,927 STEVE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON. 651 00:41:04,029 --> 00:41:07,197 IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT NOT HAVING HIM AROUND. 652 00:41:07,299 --> 00:41:08,932 Clayton-Leslie: THE THING I MISS THE MOST ABOUT STEVE 653 00:41:09,034 --> 00:41:11,134 IS HIS LAUGHTER 654 00:41:11,236 --> 00:41:14,637 AND HIS ABILITY TO LIGHT UP A ROOM. 655 00:41:14,739 --> 00:41:17,507 STEVEN WAS STOLEN FROM EVERYONE WHO LOVED HIM. 656 00:41:17,609 --> 00:41:23,546 ♪