"48 HOURS" SATURDAY DOUBLE FEATURE

Saturday, July 29

9:00 PM, ET/PT - Could an item found in the medicine cabinets of millions of Americans have played a role in the death of a well-liked millionaire? Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS report on the death of businessman Steve Clayton and the case against his wife Lana Clayton in an encore "The Eye Drop Homicide," to be broadcast Saturday, July 29 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Lana Clayton said she found her husband at the bottom of a staircase in their South Carolina home. The businessman, who created a chain of physical therapy clinics, had been married to his wife for five years when he died. Initially, investigators reported that Steve Clayton died from a heart attack. However, Clayton's nephew, Nick French, a police officer in a nearby town, began to notice something odd about Lana Clayton's behavior when he rushed to the mansion to console her. Concerned about the nature of his death, the family asked for an autopsy and a toxicology test. The blood test revealed an unusual chemical - tetrahydrozoline, a common ingredient in many brands of eye drops - in Clayton's blood that would shift the investigation into a new direction. In an instant, Lana Clayton, a nurse, went from grieving widow to suspect in her husband's murder. (The makers of eye drops using tetrahydrozoline maintain that their products are safe when used as directed, are marked for external use only, and should never be swallowed.) Watch a preview.

10:00 PM, ET/PT - On Oct. 10, 2019, Joseph Elledge, then 23, reported his wife, Mengqi Ji, missing. Elledge told Columbia, Mo., police that he believed his wife may have left him and their 1-year-old daughter for another man with whom he said she had an online relationship. But when police searched the couple's apartment, they found a muddy pair of Elledge's boots - evidence that would become essential months after Ji's remains were found buried under a juniper tree. Elledge's boots were found to have several juniper tree needles stuck to the soles. 48 HOURS correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on how DNA from those needles was linked to the tree directly above Ji's shallow grave, providing prosecutors with the evidence they needed to help convict Elledge of her murder. An encore of "The Tree That Helped Solve a Murder" will be broadcast Saturday, July 29 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+. Watch a preview.

48 HOURS, now in its 35th year, is one of the most successful true-crime docuseries in television history and has been the #1 non-sports broadcast on Saturday nights for 16 consecutive years. 48 HOURS is broadcast Saturdays at 10:00 PM, ET/PT on CBS, and streams anytime on Paramount+. You can also watch 48 HOURS on the CBS News Streaming Network Wednesdays at 8:00 PM, ET. Download the CBS News app on your phone or connected TV. Follow 48 HOURS on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Listen to podcasts at CBS Audio.