Chicago lottery winner poisoned with cyanide

Fox News.com ^ | 1/7/2013 | Fox News

[lonevoice]

CHICAGO – A Chicago medical examiner says a lottery winner was fatally poisoned with cyanide a day after he collected nearly $425,000.

[lonevoice]

I wonder what the motive could possibly be? < /sarc>

[iowamark]

Lucky/Unlucky?

[The Sons of Liberty]

This way Rahm gets to collect income tax on the winnings and death tax in one fell swoop - Chicago thug politics at work.

[AppyPappy]

Any heirs?

[MaxMax]

Maybe he wanted to die rich, before he spent it all on strippers.

[GeronL]

did he stuff it into a mattress?

[Dr. Sivana]

When THAT kind of death occurs, first I would check to see if Angela Lansbury or Archie Goodwin is ANYwhere in the vicinity.

[F15Eagle]

“Angela Lansbury”

She was one bad omen. What couple times I saw the show, she shows up at the front door ... 24 hours later ... yikes.

[Jonty30]

This is why, when you win a substantial enough amount to which cannot just drop it on a mortgage or something, financial experts advise getting out of town for an extended period of time.

[Lancey Howard]

It’s obviously time the government instituted an assault poison ban.

[dennisw]

Sucks to have all that money but be dead.

[dblshot]

When your number comes up....

[blueyon]

http://www.lottery.com/news//$1-million-lottery-instant-win-has-chicago-man-jumping-for-joy.htm
“Urooj Khan is the newest $1 million winner from the Illinois Lottery’s $3,000,000 Cash Jackpot instant game. Khan bought his winning $1 million ticket at 7-Eleven, 6801 North Western Avenue in Chicago.

Khan along with his wife, Shabana Ansari, their daughter, Jasmeen Khan, and several friends gathered at the lucky, winning store today to accept an oversized check from Illinois Lottery representatives.”

Sad for him in someone wanted to poison him. I hope it was an accident......

[carriage_hill]

Is that the stuff that smells like almonds, or is that Arsenic?

[Fireone]

Famous last words: “Now I can afford to drop out of the union.”

[Bob]

Sad for him in someone wanted to poison him. I hope it was an accident......

I certainly wouldn't put any money on the possibility of accidental cyanide poisoning. Other poisonings perhaps, but not cyanide.

[reg45]

Obviously an assault chemical.

[iowamark]

He had supper with his wife just before expiring. It might be hard to prove anything after six months.

[Incorrigible]

Concrete Shoes...
Cyanide... TNT!
Done dirt cheap!

[Berlin_Freeper]

If you strike it rich, never go back where you came from.

[Jonty30]

Not likely cyanide, I agree.

It would take a lot of apples to ingest enough cyanide to be deadly. :)

[LibertarianLiz]

“Angela Lansbury” She was one bad omen. What couple times I saw the show, she shows up at the front door ... 24 hours later ... yikes.

LOL, your comment gave me a flashback to Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman. My eldest daughter was in elementary school at the time, and she would watch this show with me and then comment on what a lousy doctor the "medicine woman" was because people she took care of were always dying.

[lonevoice]

I hope it was an accident......

The article on Fox News says the medical examiner reclassified the death as a homicide.

[Straight Vermonter]

Is that the stuff that smells like almonds

Yes but not everyone has the genetic predisposition to smell/taste it.

[JRandomFreeper]

Yes, cyanide smells of almonds.

/johnny

[The Cajun]

Chicago lottery winner poisoned with cyanide

Guess the ammo shortage is effecting Chicago too.....Just drawing a conclusion.

[Conserev1]

I think we need to call in Inspector Clouseau~!

[Wolfie]

“Congratulations honey, here’s a nice big piece of almond torte to celebrate”.

[Conserev1]

And a 3 day wait and background check to buy cyanide.

[Valpal1]

I have two guesses:

The obvious; The wife did it because now he could afford more than one wife.

The less obvious; A male relative did it, with plans to frame the wife, hence the request by a relative for a fuller investigation.

[simonjo]

Didn’t Obama do that to Andrew Breitbart and the coroner? Too incidental that Andrew was killed on March 1st if you ask me.

[Morris70]

I would move first. Then fly back just to collect.

[bgill]

That’s one way for Chicago to save their budget.

[adorno]

It’s obviously time the government instituted an assault poison ban.

Or, it's time to ban the lotteries.

Without the lotteries, there would be no lottery-winnings-related homicides.

That dead lottery winner from Florida, Shakespeare, would agree with me.

[F15Eagle]

lol

[SeminoleCounty]

Whars the Assault Cyanide ban? Whar? Whar?

[dirtymac]

Rahm

[expat2]

Cui bono?

[justrepublican]

He got a lousy $425 out of $1,000,000 win? 57.5% taxes

Ban Gov. gambling

[Slyfox]

He didn't happen to be the 6-6-6 winner the day after Obama won the election in 2008, was he?

[ScottinVA]

Sounds like the local union thugs made him an offer he couldn`t refuse...but he refused anyway.

[Pollster1]

I thought the killer was clever, waiting until the next day to avoid suspicion. I’m surprised so many people suspected foul play immediately.

[lonevoice]

[terycarl]

He got a lousy $425 out of $1,000,000 win? 57.5% taxes Ban Gov. gambling

not quite that bad (yet)...the 425,000 is the cost of an annuity that would pay the prize over 10 years....he could have opted for 100,000, before taxes,per year, over a 10 year period. If he invests wisely, he is much better off this way.

[lonevoice]

If he invests wisely, he is much better off this way.

[convocation]

I thought the killer was clever, waiting until the next day to avoid suspicion. I’m surprised so many people suspected foul play immediately.

Lol!

[LibertyRocks]

That’s a good thing to know, thanks. You know, just by the miracle of a chance I am in a position to need this information. LOL (Not likely.)

[TexasTransplant]

Probably a short list of Suspects in his Murder ...

So easy a “Revenue Enhancement Agent” could do it.

Biggest obstacle will probably be what their cut will be

TT

[Jonty30]

Unfortunately, I don’t need the information, but I do believe in good planning.

I even have my fantasy house planned I, the event I can afford to build it.

[Right Wing Assault]

He looks depressed. Clearly a suicide.