Winning a lottery doesn’t always mean you are lucky. Some lottery tragical deaths happened to unfortunate winners. They might have been very lucky winning a huge jackpot, however still could not escape the bad luck that followed.
The sudden wealth might turn some people to troubles, they need to deal with all pressures, family and relative’s jealousy, even become a target for robbery or worse, murder.
Here are 5 most lottery tragical deaths:
- Craigory Burch – After successfully grabbed $434,272 in November 2015, Craigory Burch was found dead in his home two months after. The police declared the cause of death is gunshot wounds from an alleged robbery incident.
- Gerald Muswagon – Winning $10 million on the Super 7 jackpot in 1998 had totally changed Gerald Muswagon’s life. He exposed himself into parties, alcohol, and drugs soon, also charged with several cases including a sexual assault case. Muswagon committed suicide by hanging himself in his parents’ garage.
- Abraham Shakespeare – A truck driver assistance who won $16.9 million in 2006, Shakespeare lived in luxury after this jackpot. However, people know him as a generous man who provided a house for homeless people. His family declared him missing in April 2009, and the police found his body under a concrete slab one year later. His friend, Dee Dee Moore was found guilty of first-degree murder in this case in 2012.
- Urooj Khan – This unfortunate lottery winner died even before claiming his $434,000. Initially, the medical examiner’s office declared that Khan died of natural causes. Then, a further test revealed a different result that he died of cyanide poisoning. This case is still active until today, and no one has ever been charged with his murder.
- Doris Murray – One year after winning $5 million in 2007, Dorris Murray was found dead in her home. The police arrested her former boyfriend, Derrick Lorenzo Stanley as some witnesses saw him out Murray’s home that same day.