Where Is Thomas Clayton Now? 'Dateline' Has Details

A woman is brutally murdered while her husband is out for the night time. His alibi is cast but he isn't off the hook. Where is Thomas Clayton now?

The the town of Elmira, N.Y. describes itself as a "great place to live," and for the most section that's true. Sadly, on the night of September 29, 2015, that will alternate for one circle of relatives. Kelley Clayton (35) and her two children had been home whilst her husband, Thomas Clayton, was out for the night playing poker. When he returned home around 12:30 a.m., he could be met with a ugly scene.

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Kelley's useless frame was once mendacity within the kitchen. She have been overwhelmed to death by a blunt object and it used to be clear she struggled as a trail of blood started upstairs and ended where she died. Thomas called 911 straight away and what would practice is an investigation that would shock this most often peaceful the city.

A new episode of Dateline shares this heart-wrenching story. Was Thomas Clayton involved within the murder of his spouse, and where is he now?

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Where is Thomas Clayton now?

44-year-old Thomas Clayton is these days at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y. where he's serving a life sentence for first level homicide. He is ineligible for parole. According to the Star Gazette, the jury deliberated for six hours before returning with their verdict. On the evening Kelley used to be murdered, it didn't take lengthy for government to call Clayton as a suspect. Once they began taking a look into his alibi, more incriminating data came to light.

ABC News reported that whilst at the poker recreation that night, Clayton requested to use the cell phone of a lady that was additionally there. He made the call more or less 90 mins before arriving home, where he discovered Kelley's frame. Police additionally learned that earlier that year, Clayton "doubled his wife’s life insurance policy." And in fact, they'd learn Clayton was once allegedly involved with other women.

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During interviews carried out by means of Donald Lewis (an investigator for the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office) police learned from some of these ladies that Clayton felt he couldn't divorce Kelley because "she would take everything from [him]." They now had two motives for Clayton's involvement in his wife's death, however he wasn't on my own. It turns out Clayton did not in fact homicide Kelley himself.

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Who killed Kelley Clayton?

Authorities also zeroed in on a man identify Michael Beard, who had just lately been fired from one in all Clayton's companies. Phone data published that Clayton and Beard were in widespread touch with each and every other, which is extraordinary since he used to be no longer an worker. It seems Beard was the person Clayton known as during the poker sport the night Kelley was once murdered.

When picked up by way of police, Beard right away confessed and claimed he used to be paid $10,000 by way of Clayton to kill Kelley. Later Beard would alternate his tale, as an alternative telling government that while he was instructed to burn down the home Clayton shared with Kelley and their two youngsters, he never showed up. His jury didn't purchase it and, like Clayton, Beard used to be additionally discovered to blame and received a existence sentence.

Catch this episode of Dateline on June 24 at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.

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